August 21, 2019
byThe Doctors Company announced the appointment of David L. Feldman, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAPL, FACS, as chief medical officer (CMO) of The Doctors Company Group. In this new role, Feldman will lead the group’s education efforts in — and be the primary spokesperson for — trends and issues on patient… Continue reading...
August 20, 2019
byPinnacle Actuarial Resources announced that Ken Hawkins, ACAS, MAAA, has joined Pinnacle as a consulting actuary in the firm’s Bloomington, Ill., home office. Hawkins returns to Pinnacle after three years of leading pricing and rate implementation for a regional property/casualty insurer’s commercial lines products. “We are very pleased to welcome… Continue reading...
August 8, 2019
byAbstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M19-2441 The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the nation’s leading physician and public health organizations called for policies to reduce firearms-related injuries and deaths in the U.S. in a new call-to-action, “Firearm-Related Injury and Death in the United States: A Call to Action from the Nation’s Leading Physician… Continue reading...
August 1, 2019
byThe Doctors Company has completed the purchase of Hospitals Insurance Company (HIC), a New York State admitted and licensed insurance company, and FOJP Service Corp., a New York service organization that provides third-party comprehensive insurance and risk management advisory services to HIC-insured hospitals. The purchase price is $650 million, subject… Continue reading...
July 31, 2019
byISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. announced a new affinity program partnership with the Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association (KOMA). Through the program, KOMA members will receive access to ISMIE’s risk management services, premium discounts and other. Physicians coming out of residency are eligible for special discounts. “We look forward serving the members… Continue reading...
July 17, 2019
byProAssurance Corp. has been named to the Ward’s 50 for 2019. This is the thirteenth-consecutive year the Ward Group has recognized ProAssurance as one of America’s fifty top performing property-casualty insurance companies. To be included in the Ward’s 50, companies are subject to a rigorous evaluation process that includes financial… Continue reading...
July 11, 2019
byA.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A++ (Superior) and the Long-TermIssuer Credit Ratings of “aa+” of the members of MedPro Group (MedPro) (headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN). These Credit Ratings (ratings) apply to The Medical Protective Company (Fort Wayne, IN), its affiliates: Princeton Insurance Company (Princeton, NJ);… Continue reading...
July 1, 2019
byAMA Abortion Lawsuit Puts Doctors In The Thick Of Debate Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News The American Medical Association is suing North Dakota to block two abortion-related laws, the latest signal the doctors’ group is shifting to a more aggressive stance as the Trump administration and state conservatives ratchet up… Continue reading...
June 21, 2019
byCoverys announced the appointment of Brian J. Spero to the Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Company board of directors. Spero has more than 30 years of proven expertise as a senior executive in insurance operations, legal, regulatory and administrative leadership roles. Spero currently serves as the president and CEO of The… Continue reading...
June 20, 2019
byActing New York Financial Services Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell today announced that the Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved the application of The Doctors Company (TDC) to purchase Hospitals Insurance Company (HIC) from Maimonides Health Resources, Inc., Montefiore Medicine Academic Health System, Inc. and Mount Sinai Health System, Inc.,… Continue reading...