2022–23 Medical indemnity universal cover annual report

This report sets out the number of refusals by insurers to provide insurance cover to medical practitioners and the number of contracts with a risk surcharge in 2022–23. It also sets out the total number of withdrawals from contracts, and complaints about refusals and surcharges.

In the 2022–23 financial year, medical indemnity insurers reported a total number of:

  • 27 refusals to provide professional indemnity insurance cover to a medical practitioner
  • 199 insurance contracts imposing a risk surcharge.

They also reported a total of 215 instances of the following:

2022–23 Medical indemnity universal cover annual report

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