505.27 Medical malpractice insurance — annual claims reports required.

1. An insurer providing medical malpractice insurance coverage to Iowa health care providers shall file annually on or before June 1 with the commissioner a report of all medical malpractice insurance claims, both open claims and closed claims filed during the reporting period, against any such Iowa insureds during the preceding calendar year.

2. The report shall be in writing and contain all of the following information aggregated by specialty area and paid loss and paid expense categories established by the commissioner:

a. The total number of claims in the reporting period and the nature and substance of such claims.

b. The total amounts paid within six months after final disposition of the claims.

c. The total amount reserved for the payment of claims incurred and reported but not disposed.

d. The expenses, as set forth by rule, related to the claims.

e. Any other additional information as required by the commissioner by rule.

3. The commissioner shall compile annually the data included in reports filed by insurers pursuant to this section into an aggregate form by insurer, except that such data shall not include information that directly or indirectly identifies any individual, including a patient, an insured, or a health care provider. The commissioner shall submit a written report summarizing such data along with any recommendations to the general assembly and the governor by December 1, 2007, with subsequent reports submitted to the general assembly and the governor annually thereafter.

4. A report prepared pursuant to subsection 1 or 3 shall be open to the public and shall be made available to a requesting party by the commissioner at no charge, except that any identifying information of any individual, including a patient, an insured, or health care provider, shall remain confidential.

5. For purposes of this section:

a. “Health care provider” means the same as defined in section 135.61, a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B, or a health care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 135C.

b. “Insurer” means an insurance company authorized to transact insurance business in this state. “Insurer” does not include a health care provider who maintains professional liability insurance coverage through a self-insurance plan, an unauthorized insurance company transacting business with an insured person in this state, or a person not authorized to transact insurance business in this state.

2006 Acts, ch 1128, §3; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §141

Referred to in §135P.4