11/27/2022: Due to a local power outage, the MPL Association’s phone system is currently offline. For email addresses, please see the Staff Directory.
Available On-demand Hear analysis and commentary on 2023 industry results and learn what to watch for in the sector in 2024, including an analysis of the key industry financial drivers.
The MPL Association is shifting its focus toward state policy makers with a new program—the National Advocacy Initiative. This comes at an important time for the MPL community as the deteriorating policy environment in the states is resulting in increasing attacks on established reforms.
Dr. Carl Hook Receives 2024 MPL Association Award of Excellence in Honor of Peter Sweetland
MPL Association Names Recipients of 2024 MPL Industry Defender Award
Insurers navigating market volatility are increasingly seeking asset class distinctive yield opportunities, portfolio diversification, and the potential to enhance portfolio quality—and esoteric asset-backed securities (ABS) are an asset class garnering attention that meets these criteria.
By Mike Nowakowski
The medical professional liability industry is undergoing a period of transformation that includes both technological and business evolution. Read more about this growth, including challenges and solutions in a new article from Sapiens.
By Jiffy Thomas
The past decade has seen a quiet revolution in the provision of many lines of insurance, with managing general agents and managing general underwriters luring talent from insurance companies. Read more to learn how the MPL market has been affected by this change.
By William Pitt
The Association released the MPL Insurance Sector Report: 2023 Financial Results Analysis and 2024 Financial Outlook, which explores the industry’s key financial metrics for 2023, most notably, financial performance, premium growth, accident-year loss ratios, and reserve changes in prior accident years.
By Bill Burns, ACAS, MAAA and Kwon Miller
This article is the second part of a four-part series around the people behind new technology implementations and explores the reasons for burnout and how to help your coworkers, employees, and yourself with burnout.
By Mat Winter and Dr. Brittney Murray
Sometimes situations arise and healthcare professionals are tempted to terminate the provider-patient relationship. However, because there is a duty of care for patient, clinicians need to carefully consider all options before making the decision to terminate the patient relationship.
By Shirin Slabbers
According to a look at the 2023 financial results for the MPL sector from Milliman, frequency continues to hold severity in check…for now. The authors say that, in many ways, the trajectory of 2023 was similar to 2022 for the medical professional liability industry.
By Eric J. Wunder and Zachary A. Fischer
With megaverdicts rising, the MPL landscape continues to shift: Increasing social inflation, a changing jury pool, the rising influence of generative AI, and the coming retirement wave of experienced MPL defense attorneys may all play a role in increasing severity.
By Amy Buttell
Recent increases in the number of Advance Practice Providers have accelerated a trend that isn’t likely to end anytime soon, and this change is occurring not just in the US, but in a variety of jurisdictions around the world. APPs occupy a variety of roles that are stretching to provide needed care for aging and sick populations.
The MPL Association Data Sharing Project looks at MPL claims that were closed with or without an indemnity payment and the average indemnity paid through early offers, settlements, arbitration, and verdicts for the plaintiff based on the nature of the specialty, allegation, severity of injury, outcome, and patient age.
High yield serves an important role in income generation for insurance portfolios, providing diversified income streams versus traditional core fixed income. Learn more in this article from DWS.
By Jason Chen, Bernie Ryan, and Katherine Klein
A recent decision from the Louisiana Supreme Court offers guidance for certain MPL cases in the wake of the pandemic, as well as for future litigation involving the issue of immunity of healthcare providers for malpractice occurring during a declared state of public emergency. Learn more in this new Case and Comment.
By Bruce Cranner and Magdalena Majka
Practicing physicians often question whether it is appropriate for them to treat family, friends, or colleagues. It can be challenging when people with whom you have a close personal relationship seek informal, out-of-hours medical advice or request prescriptions. Learn more in the latest International Perspective from Australian member MIGA.
By Carlee Smyth
This is part one of a four-part series about the people behind new technology implementations. This article explores intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, how to avoid traps such as groupthink and social loafing, and how to provide the essentials necessary to establish the project dream team.