Facing a medical malpractice action can be one of the most stressful periods in a physician or healthcare provider’s career. After all, it basically means that your medical judgment and care are being challenged, and that your reputation is on the line—even if the claim has no merit.
It should be reassuring to know that SCPIE has an exemplary track record when it comes to claims management, and we work with top-notch defense counsel. We retain attorneys who have a demonstrated track record of successful results in the medical malpractice arena. We are proud of this statistic: 83% of all cases that go to trial have resulted in defense verdicts.
Further, we take an aggressive posture in resolving claims. It is our policy to vigorously defend against unjust claims. We do not settle “nuisance” claims that are completely without merit simply to be rid of them. When medical malpractice insurers do that, a claim may be resolved but the insured’s reputation is often damaged in the process.
We know how important an insured’s reputation is. After all, we’ve been protecting physicians’ reputations for 30 years.
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