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Italy: Medical malpractice insurance

A new law on medical malpractice insurance has changed the rules regarding the type of insurance cover that individual health professionals and health or social care organisations are required to purchase.

Tue 20 Jun 2017

Law No. 24 of 8 March 2017 on the safety of care and of patients and on the professional liability of health professionals, which is effective from 1 April 2017, has introduced several significant changes regarding medical malpractice coverage, the responsibilities of insureds, the litigation process, subrogation actions and the creation of a medical malpractice guarantee fund. These changes affect individual health professionals and health or social care organisations in the public and private sectors. A full description of the changes and a copy of the law are available on Crystal via the Class specific regulations section under ‘Medical malpractice insurance’. A summary is provided below.

Medical malpractice coverage

Responsibilities of insureds

Litigation process and subrogation

Guarantee fund

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