Section 383.105

Title XXIV BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Chapter 383

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   

  383.105.  Report of medical malpractice claims by certain insurers, contents, insurer defined. — 1.  Every insurer providing medical malpractice insurance to a Missouri health care provider and every health care provider who maintains professional liability coverage through a plan of self-insurance shall submit to the director a report of all claims, both open claims filed during the reporting period and closed claims filed during the reporting period, for medical malpractice made against any of its Missouri insureds during the preceding three-month period.

  2.  The report shall be in writing and contain the following information:

  (1)  Name and address of the insured and the person working for the insured who rendered the service which gave rise to the claim, if the two are different;

  (2)  Specialty coverage of the insured;

  (3)  Insured's policy number;

  (4)  Nature and substance of the claim;

  (5)  Date and place in which the claim arose;

  (6)  Name, address and age of the claimant or plaintiff;

  (7)  Within six months after final disposition of the claim, the amounts paid, if any, and the date and manner of disposition (judgment, settlement or otherwise);

  (8)  Expenses incurred; and

  (9)  Such additional information as the director may require.

  3.  As used in sections 383.100 to 383.125, "insurer" includes every insurance company authorized to transact insurance business in this state, every unauthorized insurance company transacting business pursuant to chapter 384, every risk retention group, every insurance company issuing insurance to or through a purchasing group, every entity operating under this chapter, and any other person providing insurance coverage in this state, including self-insured health care providers.

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(L. 1976 H.B. 1308 § 2, A.L. 1986 S.B. 663, A.L. 1999 H.B. 445, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1837)