December 18, 2024, California Department of Insurance
Commissioner Lara Announces Reappointments to the CIGA Board of Governors
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced several reappointments to help drive forward the California Department of Insurance’s mission to protect California consumers. Deepika Srivastava, Chief Operating Officer of The Doctors Company, was reappointed to the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) Board of Governors.
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Subscriber Agreement and Power of Attorney
The Doctors Company's subscriber agreement for power of attorney.
March 15, 2024, MDLinx
Patient Dies During BBL Surgery: Physician Without Surgical Privileges Allegedly Punctures Organs
Richard Cahill, JD, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, The Doctors Company, part of TDC Group, discusses the importance of having healthcare providers and practices accurately report their credentials.
October 21, 2022, Medscape
COVID Lawsuits Have Arrived: Which Doctors Are at Risk?
Peter Kolbert, SVP for Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group, discusses how physicians have long worried about the legal consequences of COVID-19 and whether lawsuits might arise from the care that was provided or that was delayed by the pandemic. Now, new data reflect the grim news: COVID claims have arrived.
Video Aug 05, 2018
What to Expect from Litigation: Dr. Nye's Perspective
Dr. Elizabeth R. Nye, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Chicago, describes how she defended herself against a medical malpractice lawsuit involving a complicated delivery that led to the death of the infant. Dr. Nye recounts the emotional impact of the lawsuit.
Errors and Omissions Liability Insurance
Protect your medical practice from miscellaneous errors and omissions exposures. If you provide services not typically covered by a traditional medical malpractice policy, errors and omissions (E&O) coverage mitigates your exposures.
The Doctors Company Names Christa Steele, MBA, to Board of Governors
The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Christa Steele, MBA, to its Board of Governors. Ms. Steele is a financial and governance executive with decades of corporate leadership experience across a wide range of industries.
Quick Check: Patient Dismissal Process
Our Quick Check tool can help you improve your process for dismissing patients from your practice.
Before COVID-19, Outlier Medical Malpractice Verdicts Were Rising—What’s Next?
Severity—the average cost of a medical malpractice claim—continues its relentless increase. Though severity has been rising since at least the 1970s, in recent years we have seen a sharp increase in outlier verdicts, which exceed common policy limits and often set records for their venues. Before the pandemic, nearly all states had seen these extraordinarily large awards, but whether the pace of these awards will be affected by the pandemic is unknown. Some U.S. states have adopted limited liability protections for physicians during COVID-19, but those protections may be tested in the courts.
Video Sep 11, 2024
A Medical Consult with GPT-4
Robert Wachter, MD, consults ChatGPT regarding a challenging patient case during the TDC Group 2024 Executive Advisory Board Meeting. Dr. Wachter is an 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.