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Navigating Medical Indemnity Insurance for Professionals Working Abroad

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In today’s globalised healthcare landscape, professionals often find themselves treating patients across borders. As digital health solutions like telemedicine and teleradiology continue to grow, Medicas offers specialised international medical indemnity insurance.

What is the E in eHealth?

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eHealth insurance provides tailored protection for healthcare providers and businesses operating in the digital healthcare space. As eHealth continues to evolve, comprehensive insurance coverage ensures businesses can confidently innovate while safeguarding patient care and data.

The Critical Role of Cyber Liability Insurance in Healthcare

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Discover the critical importance of cyber liability insurance for healthcare providers in 2024. Learn how cyber attacks can impact clinics, hospitals, and patient safety, and why comprehensive coverage is essential to safeguard against financial, legal, and operational risks

The Australian MDO collapse

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Learn about the Australian medical indemnity crisis. Highlighting the risks of discretionary vs. contractual cover and choosing the right protection for your healthcare practice.

Medicas to Attend Acute & General Medicine Conference 2024

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Medicas is excited to attend the Acute & General Medicine Conference 2024, a major UK event for healthcare professionals, on 12-13 November at ExCeL London. This conference enables Medicas to connect with industry leaders and showcase our tailored insurance solutions.

Private Teleradiology – An Evolving Landscape

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Teleradiology has become widely used all over the UK, due to technological advancements and the need to reduce the backlog in the NHS sector. This article will explore the reasons behind the development of teleradiology, its benefits, and its potential downsides and exposures.

Medical Malpractice Claims profile in private practice

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Medical malpractice claims are a significant issue in the healthcare industry globally, and the United Kingdom (UK) is no exception. In the UK, medical malpractice claims are primarily handled by the National Health Service (NHS), which is a publicly funded healthcare system.

What is informed consent? How can you best ask your patients for consent?

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Patients are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of informed consent. Putting practicians at risk. It is essential for you to understand the theory and practice behind informed consent. Read our key recommendations on how to effectively ask your patients for consent.

Custom-Made Medical Liability Insurance Quotes

We offer unique union-style coverage for medical practitioners, ensuring you have a regulatory, employment and complaints helpline for unlimited legal support and guidance when you need it most.

How To Successfully Respond To A Complaint

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As a medical professional, despite your best efforts, you will always receive complaints from dissatisfied patients within your day-to-day clinical practice. Naturally, this is a stressful experience to have to go through.

Advisory Board

As well as offering bespoke indemnity and insurance solutions Medicas’ global aim is to add value to the market by creating new and niche products and introducing new services that will benefit the medical sector. As such, one of the key aspects of Medicas is to have a clinical board of advisors.

Distressed Risks & Cover Refused Elsewhere

If you are unable to source medical indemnity coverage at an affordable premium, you are unable to work. If you have been declined medical indemnity or regarded as a ‘Distressed Doctor’ by your defence union – we want to help you get back on track.

Surgeons

There is always a certain degree of risk for a patient in surgery. When this does not go according to plan, patients are often likely to complain or claim against the surgeon for what they believe to be a poor result, the standard of care, negligence or follow-up to their surgery.

Corporates and Entities

For larger corporations, and those operating internationally, we provide a range of alternative solutions when it comes to managing corporate risk. Where your strategy relies solely on the direct insurance model, you are always going to be limited by the terms and conditions that an insurer offers.

Medical Professionals

At Medicas, we provide tailored medical indemnity insurance to protect healthcare professionals from the financial risks of clinical negligence claims. Whether you’re a doctor, specialist, or work in private practice, our doctor indemnity cover is designed to meet your specific needs.

Medico Legal Insurance

Medico-Legal report writing is a popular method of supplementing incomes for medical professions in their private work. It could be that you work with an insurance company, claims management companies, or assess travel claims to life insurance medical assessments.

Legal Expenses for doctors and healthcare professionals

As a medical professional, having a claim or allegation made against you can be incredibly damaging and expensive. In an increasingly litigious world, it’s not uncommon to find even the most meticulously professional facing a claim.

Excess Layer Insurance

Insurance claims made in the medical sector – whether against equipment manufacturers or individual surgeons – can soon become extremely expensive to defend.

Healthcare professional indemnity insurance

No matter whether you are a dental nurse, medical lab technician, doctor or complimentary therapist, working in healthcare means you are exposed to a range of liability risks.

Medical Malpractice

Medical Indemnity insurance (also referred to as Medical Malpractice or Medical Negligence insurance) protects you against claims that arise out of allegations of professional negligence and breach of duty from the professional services, such as treatment and care that you have provided to patients.

Medical Indemnity

Medical Indemnity insurance (also referred to as Medical Malpractice or Medical Negligence insurance) protects you against claims that arise out of allegations of professional negligence and breach of duty from the professional services, such as treatment and care that you have provided to patients.

Specialisms

Discover how Medicas provides specialised insurance solutions for various healthcare fields. From medical indemnity for doctors to psychiatry insurance and healthcare liability coverage, our tailored policies meet the unique needs of healthcare professionals and organisations.

Doctors indemnity insurance

No matter whether you are a family GP or a consultant, you are exposed to risks that could very easily lead to a malpractice claim on a daily basis.

Individual Practitioners

Whilst providing professional care within a healthcare setting is truly rewarding, it is also highly challenging with little to no margin for error, presenting risks that aren’t always within your control.

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Explore Medicas' comprehensive insurance solutions for healthcare professionals and organisations, including medical indemnity, malpractice coverage, and professional liability insurance. We address the unique risks faced by doctors, surgeons, and mental health specialists.

Careers

At Medicas, we specialise in medical indemnity, malpractice, and healthcare liability insurance. To continue delivering outstanding service to our clients, we are always on the lookout for talented individuals who share our passion for the healthcare sector and insurance industry.

Why Medicas

We are an Owner Managed & Independent insurance specialist with expertise in all types of Healthcare led risks. Over the years, we have helped thousands of medical professionals, entities, organisations and professionals in their risk assessment, review and placement of their insurance policies.

About Us

Medicas is an independent Lloyd's broker specialising in bespoke insurance solutions for healthcare professionals and organisations. Our mission is to protect the healthcare sector, through a deep understanding of industry risks, personalised service, and access to a wide range of Lloyd’s providers.

Common Surgical Mistakes That Can Turn into Nasty Claims

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Studies into surgical errors in the UK have been conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). One of these studies highlighted that the UK has 5.5 cases of surgical errors per 100,000 patients discharged from hospital.

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What is an Insurance Broker?

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This article defines an insurance broker, an insurance provider, and explains the main differences and how we can assist with Medical Indemnity.

Why Recruitment Agencies Need PI

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Are you an owner of a recruitment agency? Read on to find out why you will need insurance and professional indemnity to help protect you and your staff.

Servca's BIBA Accreditation

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BIBA launch Medical Indemnity scheme for all BIBA members, exclusively with Servca. Working with British Insurance Brokers Association on Healthcare risks

Who are Lloyd’s of London?

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A background into Lloyd's of London and the role of Lloyd's in the global insurance marketplace

Claims Made vs Claims Occurred

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What is Claims Made and Claims Occurred in Medical Indemnity insurance and how does this affect your policy coverage?

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