Using data from the Annual Rate Survey Issues of the Medical Liability Monitor (MLM), this Policy Research Perspective summarizes changes in medical liability premiums from 2016 to 2025. Over the last seven years (2019-2025), the proportions of premiums that increased from one year to the next reached highs not seen since the last hard market in early 2000s.
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Medical Liability Today: Risk, claims and costs
Medical liability market research
The AMA’s Division of Economic and Health Policy Research examines trends in the medical liability market, using Physician Practice Benchmark Survey data to analyze claim frequency and external data sources to assess changes in liability premiums. Find additional reports and learn more.
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