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Richard V. Bradley, MD Honored With PIAA Award of Excellence PIAA Elects New Officers and Directors at May Conference PIAA Announces New Membership Program for Defense Law Firms
Physician Insurers Association of America Introduces New Logo

Legislative Alert - Medicare Law Contains New Reporting Requirements

Legislative Alert - Medical Liability Legislation Defeated in Senate

PIAA Statement on November 13, 2007 Illinois Circuit Court Ruling

PIAA Names Former Insurance Industry Executive William E. Burgess as Vice President

Legislative Alert - Congressional Bill Mimics Texas Tort Reforms


PIAA Statement on the May 2007 Report Issued by the American Association for Justice
The American Association for Justice (AAJ), formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, issued a report in May 2007 (" No Basis for High Insurance Rates") prepared by plaintiffs' attorney and former Missouri Insurance Commissioner Jay Angoff. Click the link below to read the PIAA's statement in response to this report.
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PIAA Challenges AIR Medical Malpractice Report
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PIAA Responds to Public Citizen's January 2007 Report on the Medical Liability System
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PIAA Statement on Alternative Medical Liability Reforms
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New Study Shows Tort Reforms Reduce Medical Malpractice Premiums
Tort Reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P. Kessler, JD, PhD.  Read the PIAA's press release here and the Kessler's report here.

Experts Deliver One-Two Punch to Critics of Medical Malpractice Insurers
Newly released expert research reveals that consumer group's criticisms of the medical malpractice insurance industry contain systematic flaws and the intentional misuse of industry data.  Read the press release or view the two latest studies funded by the PIAA and the two original consumer group reports by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and Americans for Insurance Reform.

Hoyt & Powell study on FTCR report

Tillinghast comments on AIR report

False Accounting: How Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies Inflate Losses to Justify Sudden Surges in Rates and Tort Reform

Insurance 'Crisis" Officially Over - Medical Malpractice Rates Have Been Stable for a Year

PIAA Distributes Video News Release, Frames Medical Liability Reform Debate
On April 24, the PIAA released its first video news release on the medical liability crisis.  As Congress prepares to address medical liability reform in early May, the PIAA will frame the debate using truth and data, not rhetoric and spin.  Please click on the "Facts about Reform" link below to see charts and data that support what 70 percent of Americans continually say they want: reasonable and meaningful medical liability reforms, and an end to the lawsuit lottery.  Also, click on "Video News Clip" to view the VNR that was distributed on April 24.

Facts about Reform

Please click "" to start playing the video clip.