Government Relations

Policy Resources and News

Recent Court Action

• Connecticut Courts Follow Growing Trend Holding Hospitals Liable For Negligence of Non-Employee Doctors

McCarran–Ferguson Resources

• Antitrust Talking Points
• American Academy of Actuaries Letter
• Congressional Budget Office Analysis
• Congressional Research Service Report
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners Letter
• PIAA Advertisement in Roll Call
• Letter from Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum (rescinding his previous support for McCarran-Ferguson repeal)
• House of Representatives Contact Information

Talking Points/Fact Sheets

• Disaster Volunteers
• Preserve Effective Reforms

Legislative Updates

• June 2009
• April 2009
• March 2009
• February 2009

Congressional Testimony/Regulatory Comments

• Powell - U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• Smarr - U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
• Hurley - U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
• Patient Safety Comment Letter (coming soon)

Research

• Professor Daniel P. Kessler - The Determinants of the Cost of Medical Liability Insurance
• Professor Robert E. Hoyt & Professor Lawrence S. Powell - Pricing and Reserving Practices in Medical Malpractice Insurance
• Professor Alexander Tabarrok - Medical Malpractice Awards, Insurance, and Negligence: Which Are Related?

What Others Are Saying

• HCLA- The State of Medical Liability Reform
• NAIC - Medical Malpractice Insurance Report
• American Academy of Actuaries - Letter to congressional leaders on the availability and pricing of medical malpractice insurance
• American Academy of Actuaries - Testimony before the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health
  • Follow up comments
  • Response to additional questions 
• American Academy of Actuaries - Important Considerations When Analyzing Closed Claim Databases

Responses to Study by Jay Angoff (written for the Center Justice and Democracy) entitled: "Falling Claims and Rising Premiums in the Medical Liability Insurance Industry"

• Towers Perrin
• American Academy of Actuaries
• Professor Robert E. Hoyt & Professor Lawrence S. Powell
• Huggins Actuarial Services