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October 09, 2025, Medical Economics
AI on Trial: A Conversation With Deepika Srivastava, Chief Operating Officer at The Doctors Company
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way medicine is practiced and raising profound new questions about liability, accountability, and patient safety. Deepika Srivastava, Chief Operating Officer at The Doctors Company, discusses how AI is beginning to influence medical malpractice and why the legal system isn’t yet ready for what’s coming.

October 03, 2025, Medical Economics
Extended Reporting Period, or Tail, Coverage for Medical Malpractice Insurance: Common and Costly Misconceptions
For many clinicians, extended reporting period coverage, commonly referred to as “tail coverage,” is a vaguely familiar term that they may associate with job change or retirement. Laura Archer, CPCU, Vice President, Underwriting, The Doctors Company, discusses what tail coverage is and provides recommendations for when physicians should consider their options.

October 01, 2025, Cardiology Magazine
Incidental Findings in Cardiac Imaging: Clinical Opportunity or Legal Liability?
Advances in cardiac imaging technology are leading to increased detection of incidental, noncardiac abnormalities within scanned areas. Pulmonary nodules are one of the most common incidental findings. If the ordering practitioner does not follow up, an incidental finding may lead to patient harm and result in a malpractice claim.

October 01, 2025, MedCentral
Malpractice Risks on the Rise for Cardiologists
Cardiologists often face unique challenges that could lead to lawsuits. Between the hazards of performing high-risk procedures, the difficulty of diagnosing heart attacks that appear with non-classic symptoms, and the struggle to keep up with continuous new findings, cardiologists need to be extra careful to avert malpractice claims.

September 26, 2025, Risk & Insurance
Inflation Drives $4 Billion Surge in Medical Malpractice Losses Over Past Decade
Rising economic factors and lawsuit abuse push medical malpractice claim costs to decade highs, The Doctors Company reports.

September 22, 2025, Part B News
Preventive Measures, Appropriate Responses Reduce Litigation Risks
You can’t eliminate the risk that a patient will sue your practice, but there are ways you can reduce the risk of lawsuits, protect your staff, and increase patient satisfaction at the same time.

September 18, 2025, Insurance Insider US
Claims Frequency in Physicians Medmal Starting to Creep Up: Doctors President
Despite tort reform, physicians’ insurers are struggling with the same loss inflation challenges as other liability peers. Robert White, Jr., President of The Doctors Company and TDC Group, discusses The Doctors Company’s latest study, “Nuclear Verdicts and Rising Costs: How Inflation Is Impacting Medical Malpractice Claims," claims frequency and severity trends, and the importance of tort reform.

September 17, 2025, Medical Economics
Inflation Adds $4 Billion to Malpractice Losses, Study Finds
Economic and social inflation have added an estimated $4 billion to insured medical malpractice losses over the past decade, according to a new analysis commissioned by The Doctors Company.

September 17, 2025, Inside Medical Liability
Coping With Litigation: Tips for Healthcare Professionals
Few things in a healthcare practitioner’s life generate more stress and disruption than an allegation of professional malpractice. The first step in alleviating the uncertainty is to understand the litigation process and your role as a defendant.

September 09, 2025, The Insurer from Reuters
Inflation Added $4 Billion to Medical Malpractice Losses in a Decade, TDC Study Finds
Economic and social inflation has added nearly $4 billion in insured losses and expenses to the medical malpractice insurance market over the last decade, a study by The Doctors Company found.