The healthcare landscape continues to be challenging for organisations, whether large or small. Through working with organisations like yours, Healthcare Protection has developed specialist knowledge of the medical malpractice market.
Insuring with Healthcare Protection’s medical malpractice insurance gives your organisation access to professional malpractice protection. There is also the option to include medicolegal or dentolegal advice, specialist PR support, retroactive cover and you will always be assured of expert claims handling.
Our product is designed to protect UK private sector healthcare and dental organisations providing treatments, advice and services.
Benefits of our medical malpractice insurance policy
Medical or dental malpractice cover
Payment of compensatory damages for any claims brought against your organisation arising from a negligent act, error or omission. This includes claimant costs
Defence costs
Legal costs incurred for defending a claim
Good Samaritan acts
Cover for liability arising during a Good Samaritan act worldwide (excluding USA and Canada)
Unintentional breach of confidentiality*
Protection in the event data or information provided in confidence to you by a patient / client is disclosed to a third party without their consent
Advancement of defence costs
To ensure legal fees are paid for as they occur
Libel and slander*
Cover for defamation cases filed against the entity including your defence costs
Variable indemnity limits and excesses
Tailored to your organisation's needs
Cost of replacing documents*
Cover for the restoration or replacement of lost, damaged, stolen or destroyed documents of yours or entrusted to you
Indemnity to principal
Coverage is provided for the listed principal when they are named in a liability suit involving the organisation
*sub-limits apply to this element of the cover
Who we work with
A range of businesses can benefit from our medical malpractice insurance including:
Private hospitals
Private GP's
Secondary care clinics
Dental corporates
Air ambulances
Hospices
Fertility clinics
Mental health facilities
Diagnostics
Occupational Health, health assessments, and employee screening
Tailor your insurance policy
We know that no two healthcare organisations – or their requirements – are the same, so you can tailor your insurance policy by including a range of additional options. Find out more >
To find out how we can support you, arrange a call with a client manager:
REQUEST A CALLBACKHealthcare Protection’s medical malpractice insurance can also be offered through MPS Partnerships which brings together services from the MPS group to provide tailored protection and risk management solutions.
To find out more visit the MPS Partnerships website.