Making sure Never Events never happen. Spiraling costs. Malpractice litigation. Malpractice insurance. Privacy demands. Clinical trial risks. New technology, new construction. No sector of the American economy faces more challenges than the health care industry.

Diagnosis: Multiple Health Care Risks Challenge Syndrome (MHRCS).

Treatment: Partnering with the world-class Client Advocates® of the Willis Health Care Practice. Supplement with Glocal therapy – global resources, delivered locally.

Prognosis: Excellent. The combination of Client Advocacy with direct access to global resources and experience in all aspects of health care risk management optimizes outcomes for health care entities by minimizing the total cost of risk.

The Willis Health Care Practice is a worldwide network of knowledge-based insurance and risk management professionals dedicated solely to the health care industry. We offer a team of pooled intellectual capital with deep industry experience in Health Care Property and Casualty insurance and special emphasis on all aspects of Health Care Professional Liability.

We have invested in the resources necessary to provide you – the health care industry client – with the service you deserve in insurance brokerage, risk analytics, risk management consulting and claims management. In an industry where the human touch is so highly valued, we are truly hands-on in serving as an extension of our health care clients’ risk management departments. Just as every patient is unique, we recognize that every health care provider and facility is unique in their risk financing and risk control needs.

We deliver excellence in managing and reducing total cost of risk through a closely linked national and international network of health care brokers in our retail offices, supported by the broad expertise of our national Health Care Practice consultants and the global placement capability of our dedicated health care brokers in London and Bermuda.

This wide range of expertise allows us to address the specific needs of the dynamic health care industry. In addition to clinical risk management and claims management consultants, national Health Care Practice members have specific expertise in all industry segments:

  • Hospitals/integrated delivery systems
  • Physicians/groups
  • Long-term care
  • Managed care organizations
  • Miscellaneous health care facilities
  • Life sciences

The Health Care Practice can also draw upon the extensive global resources of Willis for the following related services:

  • Risk analytics and enterprise risk management (Willis Enterprise & Risk Finance Practice)
  • Actuarial Practice
  • Captive insurance company/risk retention group creation and management (Captive Practice)
  • Property Resource Group
  • Executive Risks Practice
  • Market Security Group
  • Environmental Practice
  • Network Privacy Risk/Cyber Risk Practice
  • Employee Benefits Practice

Our dedicated industry experts work with the full range of Property and Casualty insurance lines, including:

  • Health Care/Hospital Professional and General Liability
  • Nursing Home Professional and General Liability
  • Miscellaneous Health Care Facility Liability
  • Managed Care Errors and Omissions
  • Managed Care, Provider, and Employer Excess of Loss (Stop-Loss)
  • Medical Products and Clinical Trial Liability
  • Directors & Officers Liability
  • Employment Practices Liability
  • Billing Errors & Omissions
  • Network Privacy/Cyber Risk Liability
  • Auto Fleets
  • Aviation Liability

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