Industry and Company News
The Doctors Company Completes Acquisition of ProAssurance Corporation
The Doctors Company has completed the acquisition of ProAssurance Corporation, a specialty insurer with broad expertise in medical liability, products liability for medical technology and life sciences companies, and workers’ compensation insurance. The combined company protects more than 200,000 healthcare professionals and organizations nationwide with assets of $12.5 billion.
The Current Malpractice Claims Landscape: Lower Frequency, Higher Severity
Frequency of malpractice claims has decreased, but malpractice insurance pricing is driven by both frequency and severity. As severity continues to rise, lower frequency alone is not enough to relieve pressure on premiums. Learn how medical malpractice claims are becoming more expensive, more volatile, and more consequential—driving up malpractice costs and rate pressure.
The Doctors Company Named Ward’s 50 Top Performer
The Doctors Company has been named in the 2026 Ward’s 50 top-performing insurers. We were chosen out of nearly 3,000 property-casualty insurance companies, and this honor recognizes our outstanding financial results in the areas of safety, consistency, and performance over a five-year period (2021–2025).
Deepika Srivastava Named to MPL Association Board
The Medical Professional Liability Association (MPL Association) has appointed Deepika Srivastava, Chief Operating Officer of The Doctors Company, to the Association’s Board. The MPL Association is the international organization representing the medical professional liability insurance community, with a commitment to the quality delivery of healthcare, patient safety, and fair tort reform. This appointment recognizes Ms. Srivastava’s industry leadership in innovation and the responsible application of artificial intelligence (AI), as she champions a disciplined, data-driven approach that leverages AI and advanced analytics to improve business performance while keeping human expertise at the center of decision-making.
Why AI Has Outpaced Medical Malpractice Law, and What to Do About It
Richard E. Anderson, MD, FACP, Chairman and CEO of The Doctors Company and TDC Group, argues that the gap between what AI can do clinically and what courts are ready to judge has created a difficult position for physicians, and that it will take a long time for the system to catch up.
New Resources on Top Topics in Healthcare
The Doctors Company offers a wealth of expert resources and insights across a wide range of top healthcare topics. Our most recent resources include:
Plastic Surgery Claims Study Flags Clinical Judgment as Costliest Malpractice Driver
A study by The Doctors Company of nearly 2,000 closed plastic surgery claims, featured in Insurance Business, reveals a counterintuitive gap between claim frequency and financial exposure.
Curbside Consultations: Patient Safety and Legal Risks
Informal, or “curbside,” consultations among healthcare practitioners represent an important part of clinical practice and can help promote collegial relationships in both office and facility settings. However, informal consultations do include inherent and often poorly appreciated risks for the consulting practitioner.
For PAs, Medication Risks Are Malpractice Risks: Safety Strategies
Medication-related harm is a top malpractice allegation against physician assistants (PAs). PAs can protect their patients and their careers through proactive safety strategies.
The Role of the Medical Assistant in Your Office Practice
When utilized properly within their legal scope of practice, a knowledgeable and skilled medical assistant can improve workflow and productivity, increase patient satisfaction, and reduce practitioner and staff burnout. Relying on a medical assistant to perform tasks outside the state’s defined legal scope of practice can, however, place both the practitioner and the patient at risk.
The Doctor’s Advocate is published by The Doctors Company to advise and inform its members about loss prevention and insurance issues.
The guidelines suggested in this newsletter are not rules, do not constitute legal advice, and do not ensure a successful outcome. They attempt to define principles of practice for providing appropriate care. The principles are not inclusive of all proper methods of care nor exclusive of other methods reasonably directed at obtaining the same results.
The ultimate decision regarding the appropriateness of any treatment must be made by each healthcare provider considering the circumstances of the individual situation and in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which the care is rendered.
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