Health & Medical Professional Liability

Mitigating the Risk of Litigation When Treating Noncompliant Patients: Insights from Case Studies

Treating patients who are noncompliant with medical recommendations presents significant challenges for healthcare providers. Noncompliant patients not only are more difficult to treat but also often face poor health outcomes.…

How Malpractice Insurance Helped Bring Down the Asbestos Industry

Asbestos is one of the most unusual substances known to humanity.  A naturally occurring mineral, it is found in underground rock seams in various parts of the world including the…

Healthcare Highlights, Hashtags & High Fives

What a week in the desert! Thank you to the 500+ members who joined us for the 2025 PLUS Healthcare & Medical PL (HMPL) Symposium, held April 30 – May…

Inside the PLUS Healthcare & MedPL Think Tank: Unveiling Insights and Innovations in Professional Liability Insurance Markets

The PLUS Think Tanks are a volunteer role that provides PLUS staff with valuable insights on a variety of professional liability insurance markets. Think Tanks meets 2-3 times per year…

Tell them more: Informing prenatal patients of the realities of delivery may reduce lawsuits and improve doctor-patient relationships

A proposal on informing prenatal patients of more than just procedures and explaining what can really happen during labor and delivery. As defense counsel in hundreds of obstetrical cases, we…

Executive Summary: The Betterley Report’s Cyber Insurance for Healthcare Market Survey-2024

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has impacted many industries, including health care. The recently released Betterley Report’s “Cyber Insurance for Healthcare Market Survey—2024” interviewed the top cyber insurers regarding the…

State-Specific Legislation Adds Layer of Complexity to Use of AI in Health Care

Artificial intelligence (AI) is hardly new in the practice of health care. Indeed, medical facilities and practitioners were among AI’s “first movers” 50 years ago and remain at its leading…

Insurance 101 For Lawyers Webinar Recap

This webinar enforced the fact that in the realm of professional liability insurance, understanding the intricacies of licensing and product distribution models is essential for both insurance professionals and their…

Why Healthcare Should Embrace AI

There is some argument that General Artificial Intelligence (GAI) has already been woven into the fabric of the administration of healthcare, certainly in the United States’ fragmented provider systems.  Third-party-contracted…