Category Archive: Malpractice Insurance

Nurse practitioners have a great deal of responsibility when it comes to patient care. Many nurse practitioners assume that because they work under a doctor and their employer provides some level of malpractice insurance, they’re covered. It may be worth it to purchase your own policy, however. Employer malpractice insurance is to protect the employer, […]

You’re looking forward to graduation. You’re doing your clinical rotation in some different departments, and you’re glad you’ve chosen nursing. If you’re only a student, why do you need malpractice insurance? You don’t even have your own patients yet! Sadly, as society gets more and more litigious, nursing students may find themselves held accountable for […]

You’ve worked hard to graduate and become a Physician’s Assistant. Naturally, you’ll want to protect yourself from mistakes and malpractice claims, which seem to multiply every year. What companies are worth getting a quote from? Who are the best providers of malpractice insurance?  The 6 Best Providers of Malpractice Insurance for Physician Assistants We gathered […]

Physical therapists are responsible for helping injured or ill people recover their mobility and ease their pain. It’s a lot of responsibility, especially with your hands on the patients some of the time. Accidents can happen, and sometimes physical therapists can get sued. Should you carry your own malpractice insurance? With the average cost of […]

Social work isn’t one of those professions most people associate with lawsuits. After all, social workers are there to help people, so it seems unlikely on the surface that they’d be sued. However, malpractice lawsuits can happen to social workers, too. So below we’ll look at the scenarios where social work malpractice insurance comes into […]

It seems counterintuitive that lawyers would need to source their own malpractice insurance.  After all, do the people filing the malpractice suits really get sued themselves? Lawyers themselves can actually be sued for a number of reasons: claims of negligence, breach of confidentiality, administrative errors, missing filing deadlines, and professional misconduct. And as any lawyer […]

According to the American Chiropractic Association, more than 35 million people visit chiropractors every year. These people come from all walks of life and all age groups for treatment of neuromuscular disorders, primarily through adjustments. While chiropractors are highly trained and careful in their application of therapeutic treatments, there can still be accidents and injuries […]

You have many options when it comes to finding malpractice insurance. A type of professional liability insurance, most major small business insurers offer some sort of malpractice insurance coverage. To help you find the best options, we’ve outlined the 10 best malpractice insurance companies below. 1) Proliability: Best for buying process  Proliability has been in […]

Malpractice insurance is a type of professional liability insurance. Malpractice insurance most often applies to healthcare workers and lawyers. This type of insurance protects you if you are sued to have made any mistakes that harm a client or a patient.  Different professions might cause different types of risks in their work, therefore malpractice insurance […]

The Federal government is the nation’s largest employer. Federal employees include anyone from law enforcement to working for the forest service. Federal Employees have the same risk of being accused of misconduct or mistakes as their peers in the private sector do.  There is a special kind of professional liability insurance, or sometimes called malpractice […]

Dental hygienists do a lot of work on patient’s teeth. As a professional, you may not think you need malpractice insurance, but you might want to know that The National Practitioner Data Bank recorded 4,491 lawsuits against dental hygienists in the past ten years, with the average settlement being $68,000. And that doesn’t include defense […]

While lawyers are used to protecting their clients from the harsher aspects of the law, many don’t take enough steps to protect themselves. If you are a practicing attorney, you might not have legal malpractice insurance, but it is a useful product to invest in. Getting malpractice insurance for lawyers means you are protected if […]

One of the most confusing aspects of looking up insurance types is all the different terms you’ll see.  Possibly the most confusing is the difference between professional liability, malpractice, and E&O (errors & omissions) insurance.  They all technically cover similar types of errors, so you may often see them used interchangeably. But at the same […]

Now that you’ve set up your practice, bought all of your equipment, and hired the best people to help you launch your business, don’t overlook the importance of malpractice insurance. Malpractice insurance, otherwise known as professional liability insurance, will protect you and your license if a client sues you. Where can you get malpractice insurance? […]

HPSO (Healthcare Providers Service Organization) offers professional liability insurance for all types of healthcare professionals. They insure individuals, businesses, medical practices and schools. HPSO insures over a million such professionals and have since 1991.  Like NSO (Nursing Service Organization), HPSO is registered trade name of Affinity Insurance Services. Their parent company is Aon Corporation. They […]

Malpractice insurance is a type of professional liability insurance, usually used for healthcare workers. Healthcare workers literally have the lives of their patients in their hands, and malpractice insurance protects them if they make any mistakes that results in harm to a patient. According to WebMD, 250,000 people die from medical errors every year, and […]

NSO stands for Nursing Service Organization. They’ve been around since 1976 and provide professional liability insurance to over 500,000 nurses worldwide. Policies are underwritten by CNA, a much bigger insurance company that focuses on business insurance for manufacturing, construction, manufacturing, technology, financial institutions and healthcare. You may also find information referring to Affinity Insurance Services […]

Proliability offers all manner of professional liability insurance to numerous professions. They are a subsidiary of Mercer Consumer, a service of Mercer Health and Benefits Administration. Their parent company is Marsh & McLennan, which is an insurance brokerage and risk management company. They have medical malpractice insurance, professional liability insurance, and errors and omissions insurance […]

Are you a doctor or an attorney who is retiring soon after a lifetime’s worth of medical or legal work? Do you plan on moving from one firm where you worked for over a decade to another firm soon? It’s time to start seriously preparing for your major life change. That means wrapping up important […]

As a skilled and highly trained professional like a doctor, dentist, nurse, or lawyer, you handle problems for clients on a daily basis. But, sometimes those clients aren’t happy with the work put in, or you make a mistake. In these cases, the client may want to file a malpractice claim.  Before you panic, start […]

Cost is a major factor in any insurance purchase, and that’s especially the case if you’re purchasing malpractice insurance. Malpractice insurance is a costly investment, but it’s one that’s well worth it in a world with increased litigation against health care providers and other professionals. Below we’ll cover example prices of malpractice insurance and what […]