Medical Malpractice Insurance & The Insurance Cycle: Medical Professional Liability & the P/C Insurance Industry

This PowerPoint report, presented at the 31st Annual Physician Insurance Association of America Meeting by Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, discusses the insurance cycle, with a focus on the medical malpractice insurance sector. The presentation provides an overview and outlook of the property/casualty industry and reviews profitability, underwriting trends, premium growth and price drivers, and capacity and surplus. The medical malpractice insurance section provides an overview of medical professional liability insurance, noting significant improvements. The section focuses on medical and health care cost inflation, and medical malpractice operating results, investment performance and the tort environment.

The following presentation is called "Medical Malpractice Insurance & The Insurance Cycle: Medical Professional Liability  & the P/C Insurance Industry". It was presented by Dr. Robert P. Hartwig in May 15, 2008.

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