Arizona Medical Malpractice Insurance

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Arizona Medical Malpractice Insurance Market Summary

At the end of 2009, Arizona’s largest insurer controlled 89 percent of the medical malpractice insurance market. This was relatively flat compared to controlling 89.5 percent of the market in 2008. The next largest medical liability insurance carrier controlled just 5.6 percent. In late 2008 a new carrier started to establish themselves into the medical liability market writing just under one percent of doctors practicing in Arizona. A total of only five insurance carriers controls approximately 98 percent of the entire Arizona medical malpractice insurance market.

Between the years of 2009 and 2010, the overall rates of medical malpractice insurance in Arizona remained very stable. The average rate change was -3 percent compared to -4 percent for the previous eighteen months.

Given the factors, Arizona as a whole, has limited availability for medical malpractice insurance. There are really only three writers that will offer coverage for new business without having any limitations on appetite.

An Underwriting Point of View in Arizona

Most of the Arizona medical liability insurance companies have only one territory. The Arizona medical malpractice insurance companies have a different rate for each individual specialty. Physicians and surgeons pay the same premium rate no matter which county their practice is located in throughout the state.

Arizona Tort Reform Update

Recently, the Arizona state Senate passed a measure that would make more difficult for emergency room doctors to be sued for medical malpractice insurance, or depending on the side of the argument, more difficult for patients injured in emergency rooms to collect damages from physicians and hospitals.

From the ATR’s Comprehensive Guide to Federal & State Efforts — “It is reported that under the legislation, those suing could not collect damages unless malpractice can be proven by ‘clear and convincing evidence,’ a burden higher than the current ‘preponderance of the evidence’.”

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External Links & Resources for Arizona Physicians & Surgeons

• Arizona Medical Association (ARMA)
• Arizona Medical Board
• Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA)
• Maricopa County Medical Society (MCMS)
• Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA)
• The Arizona Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (AASCA)