NURSING HOMES
February 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE
NURSING homes in America's south have seen their insurance liability rates pushed so high by "predatory" negligence claims and rise so high that many are being forced to take drastic measures.
Florida, a highly litigious and demographically older state, is now bereft of any state-residing insurers able to write long-term care liability insurance. Only international insurer surplus lines now operate in the state.
"Premiums have gone up 400 per cent in the last two years," said Janegale Boyd, president of the Florida Association ...
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