Medical malpractice
North of the Border: Informed consent appeal allowed
Times have changed for the doctor/patient relationship –material risks must be disclosed.
Doctor deregistered for false medical report evidence
A doctor was struck off the medical register for deliberately misrepresenting his medical experience and membership of professional bodies under oath and in medical reports supporting personal injury claims.
Legal update: Medical Innovation Bill: Criticisms over impact of Bill remain
The Medical Innovation Bill could lead to an increase in litigation, despite its attempts to reduce it, with the potential to confuse rather than clarify the law. Gary Allison and Judith Davison report.
Generali backs Italian stem cell trial
Italian insurer Generali and research organisation Associazione Revert Onlus have begun a three-year partnership to support cell therapy clinical trial on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Legal update: Care providers: Strong leadership is the key to raising standards in the care sector
Abuse and neglect scandals show the danger of care facilities that lack proper risk management strategies.
Marketform restructures medical malpractice division
Underwriter Marketform has reshuffled its medical malpractice division.
Law report: Doc not to blame for patient's stroke
This law report has been contributed by law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Outsourcing NHS services may leave negligence claims cover black hole
Politicians concerned over sufficient insurance indemnity
Law report: Historic factual dispute between doctor and patient settled via expert GP analysis
This law report was supplied by law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Marketform claims US PL launch will alert international brokers
Marketform will underwrite hospital professional liability in the US, comprising medical malpractice and associated general liability insurance.
Midwives professional indemnity: Communication breakdown with PI specialists leaves ball in coalition’s court
Government tasked to intervene as midwives’ insurance talks corrode
Surgeons offered complication cover following breast implants scandal
A compulsory scheme providing cosmetic surgeons with complication insurance cover has been earmarked as an important step towards avoiding a repeat of the aftermath of the Poly Implant Prothèse scandal.
Marketform to underwrite plastic surgery complications scheme
Members of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons will be the first to benefit from an insurance scheme to cover complications arising from operations.
Law reports: Failure to spot rare disease did not amount to care duty breach
This law report was contributed by law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
PPOs a “ticking time bomb” says legal expert
Periodic payment orders represent a “ticking time bomb” for injury lawyers and insurers alike, according to one speaker at the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers’ annual conference.
Axa to buy HSBC Singapore's life and medical insurance business
HSBC Insurance (Singapore) Pte, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings, has agreed to sell its group term life insurance and group medical insurance portfolios in Singapore to Axa Life Insurance Singapore.
Law report: Unsuccessful hip replacement procedure did not amount to surgeon negligence
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Italian insurers 'not interested' in professional indemnity cover
Italy’s new government should grasp the opportunity to 'revolutionise' the professional indemnity market, ensuring greater competition and increasing the availability of cover.
Claims Club: Senior NHS member blames claimant solicitors for hike in negligence cases
Heightened interest from claimant solicitors rather than a decline in standards is behind the significant rise in clinical negligence claims lodged against the National Health Service over the past three years.
WR Berkley España appoints new president
WR Berkley Corporation has promoted Alejandro Jiménez to executive chairman of WR Berkley Insurance (Europe) Limited Sucursal En España.
Worrying level of underinsurance exposed in HK
The chief executive of AIA Hong Kong has expressed deep concern after a survey by the University of Hong Kong revealed this week that a third of the country's adults do not have insurance.
Online exclusive: Will no-fault compensation soon become a reality in Scotland?
The Scottish government has today (20 August 2012) launched a consultation on no-fault compensation north of the border for injuries resulting from clinical treatment.
Two-year wait ends as PI discount rate consultation launched
The Ministry of Justice has called on stakeholders to respond to the long-awaited discount rate consultation, which it finally launched yesterday.
Q&A Asia: with Lloyd's Asia's Kent Chaplin
Kent Chaplin, head of Asia Pacific and managing director of Lloyd's Asia, spoke to Francesca Nyman about the market's presence in Asia, its relationship with brokers and its plans for the future.