Medical malpractice
Insurance Insight November
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PI to be compulsory for professional body members in Italy
Professional indemnity insurance is to be made compulsory for all members of recognised professional bodies in Italy following new legislation.
Law report: Assessment delay upheld by Judge
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law report: Botched cosmetic surgery leads to groundbreaking £6m payout
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Post Europe: Professional indemnity – the growth market
Professional indemnity was worth almost €6bn across Europe in 2010 and with changes to Italian legislation and increasing negligence claims Alan Leach explains how this market is sure to expand.
Legal expenses - ATE: End of the road?
With the government giving the green light to implementation of Lord Jackson's civil litigation reforms, Leigh Jackson details the adverse reaction of legal expenses insurers and whether this sounds the death knell for the ATE market.
Legal update - clinical negligence: substantial speculation
A recent future loss of earnings case saw the claimant awarded substantial damages for a business they had not even started. Clare Malpus reports on the insurer implications.
North of the Border: no fault compensation
On 20 February 2011 the report of the No Fault Compensation Review Group was published. The group, headed by Professor Sheila McLean, has backed a Scottish government plan to reform the system of clinical negligence claims, by introducing a no-fault…
No-fault forum shopping fears calmed by lawyers
Insurance lawyers have played down fears that proposals to introduce a no-fault system for clinical negligence claims in Scotland could result in forum shopping.
Post history - 15 years ago: Claims Direct launch sets off PI alarm
Looking through Post's back catalogue paints a unique picture of more than 150 years of insurance news, as this article from 15 years ago reveals.
Insurers appalled over surgeon’s ‘voluntary erasure’
Health insurers were “astonished” to be given only 24 hours to respond to a Harley Street surgeon’s application for ‘voluntary erasure’ from the medical register — after four years of building a case of evidence regarding improper conduct.
Jackson proposals to "restore balance" in negligence claims
The costs of settling clinical negligence claims have spiralled in the last 30 years with average claimants’ legal costs increasing by three times the rate of inflation since 1981, according to the Medical Defence Union.
Co-op extends PI claims services
Co-operative Legal Services is set to extend its current range of personal injury claims services to include accidents at work and industrial disease claims.
Law report: MoJ success over medical negligence of prisoner
This law report was contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Law report: Suspension order fair due to issues of honesty and probity
This law report has been contributed by national law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer.
Professional indemnity requirements for doctors 'do not go far enough'
The recommendation for mandatory indemnity for healthcare professionals is not before time but has not gone far enough, according to the Medical Defence Union.
Law reports: Court rules antenatal care was not negligent
Jones v North West Strategic Health Authority (Queen's Bench Division — 5 February 2010)
MDU responds to report on civil litigation costs
Lord Justice Jackson’s final report believed to be well-considered.
Two senior Brit Insurance executives go - sources
Two senior executives at Brit have left the company, sources told Reinsurance.