The Medical Professional Liability Association is the leading international association representing medical professional liability insurance companies, risk retention groups, captives, trusts, and other entities with a commitment to the quality delivery of healthcare. MPL Association members insure more than 2 million healthcare professionals around the world—doctors, dentists, nurses and nurse practitioners, and other healthcare providers—including more than two-thirds of America’s private practicing physicians. MPL Association members also insure more than 3,000 hospitals and 5,000 medical facilities. Twitter: www.twitter.com/MPLassociation Facebook: www.facebook.com/MPLassociation In the 1970s, physicians faced a rapidly disappearing insurance market. Out of options, they banded together with insurance professionals and organized medicine (medical societies and hospital associations) to form a new breed of insurance company: the physician-owned medical professional liability insurance carrier. Eventually these new kinds of companies were launched throughout the nation. These new companies differed from the commercial insurance carriers, in philosophy and in extent of commitment to their insureds. They pledged to provide affordable insurance protection, and also to find ways to minimize risk among their physician colleagues. These enterprises melded the skills and knowledge of physicians and insurance professionals into a fresh approach to addressing medical professional liability challenges. In most companies, physicians were directly involved in underwriting decisions and claims management. Many of the companies had low levels of initial capital and those running the companies were often “learning on the job.” A number of the companies benefited from support within the reinsurance community, especially Lloyds of London. In 1977, those newly established companies formed the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) to provide a forum for exchanging information and solving problems. The PIAA would also serve as an advocate for an affordable and dependable medical liability insurance market. The new Association would help make it possible for its member companies to offer reasonably priced liability insurance to healthcare professionals. Furthermore, as the unified voice for this unique industry, the PIAA was in an excellent position to promote the practice of high-quality and safe medicine and to work to enact and defend tort reforms. Just as MPL organizations face a changing environment, so too did PIAA. In 2017, after careful consideration, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to change the Association’s name to the Medical Professional Liability Association. This name better positions the Association to keep pace with the change its members and the evolving MPL community are experiencing. The new name best represents the Association’s current identity and character and positions it strategically for the future. This is an exciting next step in the evolution of this unique organization. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The MPL Association encourages interaction and open discussion, but please keep your comments and posts relevant and respectful. We reserve the right to remove posts advertising commercial products, those that violate LinkedIn's terms of service, and those that are inaccurate or otherwise objectionable.