Medical Malpractice Insurance

Medical students still burdened by high debt loads – amednews.com

Posted by on Aug 31, 2012 in Medical Liability News, Medical Malpractice Insurance | 0 comments

The mounting costs of getting a medical education continue to weigh heavily on medical students and graduates, many of whom leave school carrying large, three-figure debt loads. Eighty-six percent of allopathic medical school graduates and 91% of osteopathic medicine college graduates had educational debt in 2011, according to the latest data from the Assn. of American Medical Colleges and the American Assn. of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. The average debt is $205,674 for osteopathic...

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The Doctors Company Named a Ward’s 50 Top-Performing Company

Posted by on Aug 31, 2012 in Medical Liability News, Medical Malpractice Insurance | 0 comments

Napa, California—July 23, 2012—The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability, is pleased to announce that it has been named a 2012 Ward’s 50® top-performing company. This year’s selection marks the 11th time that The Doctors Company has achieved top-performing status. Ward Group, an insurance industry management consulting firm and provider of benchmarking and best practices services, makes its selections after analyzing the performance of over 3,000 property-casualty insurance companies based in the U.S.

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