Pacific region data indicates general increases to medical indemnity premiums across all insurance types from 2021 - 2022, with a decline to slightly more modest levels in 2024. However, experiences vary and trends around new clinical treatment issues, increased notifications, expanding plaintiff legal costs and ongoing inflationary pressures are credited with sustaining higher premiums.
In this confidential survey, the AMA want to hear about your experience in the last five years to better understand factors stimulating rising premiums in certain specialties and more broadly across the health workforce.