Physician malpractice is the most specialty-sensitive line in healthcare. Two doctors in the same building, with the same claims history and the same limits, can be an order of magnitude apart on premium purely on procedure mix — which is why a quote that looks wrong usually isn't, and a quote that looks right for the wrong specialty is the expensive mistake.

We place the full range, from medical directors with no patient contact through to neurosurgery, and we are most useful to you at the difficult end: physicians with claims history, licence actions, gaps in coverage, or a scope of practice the standard market won't look at.

What we place

The cover that actually responds.

Professional liability

Claims-made or occurrence at $1M/$3M and above, with consent-to-settle, prior acts and tail options negotiated rather than accepted as offered.

Hard-to-place and impaired risk

Adverse claims history, licence actions, lapsed coverage, or a procedure mix outside standard appetite — placed on E&S or RRG paper where the admitted market declines.

Telemedicine and multi-state scope

Cross-border licensure, asynchronous care and platform exposures, with the state-by-state footprint underwritten properly rather than assumed.

Corporate and entity cover

Practice-level liability, medical director cover, and vicarious liability for employed NPs, PAs and CRNAs.

Tail and prior acts

Extended reporting on retirement, death and disability provisions, and prior-acts cover when a physician moves carrier or practice.

Market pricing — 2026

What it costs.

Indicative annual premium — by risk class

Professional liability at $1M/$3M limits. Ranges reflect the spread between benign and litigious venues.

OperationIndicative annual premium
Medical director (no patient care) $2,800 – $3,500
Primary care or low-risk specialty $5,000 – $15,000
Moderate-risk specialty $12,000 – $55,000
High-risk surgical specialty $20,000 – $350,000
Hard-to-place / impaired risk (E&S or RRG paper) $75,000 – $200,000
Telemedicine — nurse practitioner or PA $375 – $3,000
Telemedicine — specialty physician $5,000 – $25,000

Indicative annual premium — by specialty

The single largest driver of physician premium. Venue and claims history move these materially in both directions.

SpecialtyIndicative annual premium
Psychiatry $2,000 – $12,000
Family medicine $5,000 – $12,000
Internal medicine $5,000 – $15,000
Dermatology $5,000 – $30,000
Radiology $10,000 – $55,000
Emergency medicine $12,000 – $30,000
Anesthesiology $14,000 – $55,000
General surgery $40,000 – $150,000
Neurosurgery $80,000 – $300,000
OB/GYN (with obstetrics) $100,000 – $350,000

Indicative market ranges for 2026, shown to help you scope a risk before you submit it — they are not quotes and not an offer of coverage. Actual premium depends on venue, claims history, limits, staffing and documented controls, and can fall outside these ranges in either direction. Every risk is individually underwritten.

Premium drivers

What moves the number.

Pushes premium higher

  • Obstetrics, spine, or any procedure with a catastrophic-injury tail
  • Practising in a litigious venue — venue can outweigh specialty
  • Open claims, or a pattern of small settlements rather than one large one
  • Licence action, board complaint, or a gap in continuous coverage
  • Scope creep beyond the specialty declared at binding

Keeps premium lower

  • Continuous coverage with no gaps and full prior acts
  • Clean claims history over a full policy cycle, documented
  • Narrow, clearly-declared scope of practice
  • Participation in carrier risk-management and CME programmes
  • Group or entity placement rather than individual paper
Risks we place

Bring us the whole segment.

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