When NORCAL customers joined the ProAssurance family in 2021, it extended a legacy of providing superior medical professional liability coverage tracing back to 1975. We are committed to continuing to provide unparalleled support and services to California physicians and other healthcare providers.
We continue to advocate for, serve, and defend your practice of medicine every day. In this environment of increasing regulatory and legislative challenges, we’ve bolstered our resources to protect the practices—and livelihoods—of our valued policyholders.
Protecting Your Practice of Medicine
Our Risk Management team is here to help you promote patient safety, minimize risk, and maximize defensibility in the event of a claim. Part of their mission is providing you with an ongoing and updated library of the most comprehensive, relevant, and easy-to-share assessment and training resources available.
The following tools and resources are available at no additional cost:
- Online loss prevention seminars available on-demand.
- Claims Rx claims-based learning and risk reduction strategies on trending topics.
- Specialty-focused Malpractice Case Studies offering risk management insights.
- “2 Minutes: What’s the Risk?” video series featuring clinical, quality, and legal consultants discussing medical liability issues.
- Medical liability articles and content bundles on current topics.
- Sample letters, checklists, forms, and guidelines to support proper documentation and best practices.
Have a question today?
Anyone in your practice can call our Risk Management Helpline to speak to a ProAssurance Risk Management Consultant
for answers to medical professional liability questions.
Phone: 844-223-9648
Email: RiskAdvisor@ProAssurance.com
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST
With a better understanding of what puts your practice at risk, we can help improve defensibility in the event of a claim.
The ABSA is a brief survey that can be completed by the entire healthcare team (physicians included) in a few short minutes. Questions focus on office processes related to medical liability. This approach promotes candid answers to help us identify gaps in knowledge. Aggregated results are then reviewed so that focused educational opportunities can address the gaps.
With ProAssurance comes national strength and California expertise.
We are committed to California, and our regional expertise means we stay on top of the medical liability environment that matters to you.
California 5-year medical malpractice
claims summary, 2019-2023*
4,700+ open medical malpractice claims managed by ProAssurance
99% of closed claims were resolved without going to trial
80% of claims were closed without indemnity, meaning no damages were paid to plaintiff
Seeking alternatives to standard
medical professional liability coverage?
Our team is dedicated to providing innovative liability solutions for emerging healthcare classes of risks with diverse needs—from telemedicine and virtual medicine to locum tenens and multi-state healthcare accounts.
Locally focused, nationally connected
- Locally focused MPL knowledge delivered through our regional service structure
- Regional/local claims and risk management expertise
- Access to more MPL coverage options
- Responsibly managed financial reserves to defend and support favorable outcomes for our clients
Check here for the latest California Medical Liability Legislation
ProAssurance continues to advocate for, serve, and defend California healthcare providers. In an effort to keep our insureds informed of important changes in their state, we monitor key legislative efforts. Find the latest updates below.
Meet your California medical liability service team.
With wide-ranging expertise in Risk Management, Claims, Business Development, and Underwriting, your ProAssurance West Region Team is here, ready to listen to your questions and provide you with highly experienced insight, advice, and innovative solutions that address your concerns and your practice’s needs.
415-735-2154
Assistant Vice President, Business Development AndreaLinder@ProAssurance.com
702-697-6401