Insights - Trends in Worldwide Medical Malpractice Exposure
Source: Asia Insurance Review | Oct 2006
The modern medical
profession is undergoing major and frequent radical transformations fuelled
by advancements in medical science, developments in law and court decisions,
the deteriorating image of medical practitioners, as well as social, economic
and political influences. Mr Chan Hui Leong, Client Manager, Non-Life
Client Coordination Singapore Regional Centre of Competence, Casualty &
Bond at Munich Re, looks at one of the more disturbing effects of this development
- the trend towards increasing claims quantum for medical malpractice which
is painfully evident throughout the developed countries of the world.
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