Sep 01, 2023
Industry and Company News Third Quarter 2023
Announcements in the third quarter of 2023: an appointment to our Board of Governors, the passing of a co-founding board member, and the results of our 2022 Member Experience Survey.
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March 19, 2025, AM Best
AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of The Doctors Company Insurance Group Members Following Announced Acquisition of ProAssurance Corporation
AM Best has commented that the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) of “a+” (Excellent) of the members of The Doctors Company Insurance Group (TDC Group) (Napa, CA) are unchanged following the March 19, 2025, announcement that TDC Group will acquire all outstanding shares of ProAssurance Corporation (PRA) (NYSE: PRA) (Birmingham, AL). The outlook of TDC Group’s Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.
December 10, 2024, Medscape
Malpractice in the Age of AI
Deepika Srivastava, Chief Operating Officer of The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group, provides insights on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and malpractice risk in healthcare.
January 27, 2022, Medscape
Medscape Radiologist Malpractice Report 2021
Peter Kolbert, JD, Senior Vice President of Claim and Litigation Services for Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group, comments on the number of lawsuits resulting from COVID-19.
February 24, 2024, Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
Analysis of Closed Claims Among All Medical Specialties: Importance of Communication and Other Non-Clinical Contributing Factors
Evaluation of contributing factors associated with medical malpractice claims provides important information to optimize the patient–provider relationship. This review of closed claims from The Doctors Company highlights common factors contributing to lawsuits and strategies to avoid them, with a particular focus on communication.
Chairman’s Letter to JAMA Editor
Letter to the editor of JAMA written by Dr. Richard E. Anderson, chairman of The Doctors Company Board of Governors, praising the critique of the IOM report on medical errors in the JAMA article by Clement J. McDonald, MD, et al., “Deaths Due to Medical Errors Are Exaggerated in IOM Report.”
Video Sep 11, 2024
Is This Healthcare's AI Moment?
Robert Wachter, MD, Internist; Chair, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; and Member of the Board of Governors for The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group, asks top experts who gathered at the TDC Group 2024 Executive Advisory Board Meeting, “Is this healthcare’s AI moment?”
Survey Reveals Only 12 Percent of Physicians Likely to Recommend Medicine as a Career, Citing Misinformation and Lack of Trust
A new physician survey reveals a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of -52 for professional satisfaction, with only 12 percent of physicians recommending medicine as a career to others. The top reason: 64 percent of physicians named misinformation on social media as the most challenging part of practicing medicine.
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Subscriber agreement for The Doctors Company Risk Retention Group.
Proxy-RRG
Process to provide your lawful proxy to vote and act for you and in your name at all annual, regular, and special meetings of the Subscribers of The Doctors Company Risk Retention Group.
