Whitbread can take care of your Medical Indemnity Insurance needs as a practitioner.
Available through a very select group of insurance advisers, Whitbread can arrange for you a flexible, high quality Medical Indemnity Insurance policy via an array of leading insurers, whilst also delivering specialist advice to ensure you are supported to make the best possible decisions for a secure professional and financial future.
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Whitbread’s many years of experience in providing quality insurance solutions to the healthcare industry has enabled us to partner with respected Medical Indemnity insurers to further enhance the insurance solutions we offer to medical practices and doctors.
Whitbread are one of only a handful of Australian insurance brokers with the capability to offer Medical Indemnity Insurance products to medical professionals.
Please Note: Below are some of the more common insurance policy features, however, the list is not exhaustive and some features may not be offered by certain insurers. Please refer to the insurer-specific policy wording for inclusions, exclusions, terms and conditions.
Policy will provide retroactive cover (“tail cover”) for prior practice you have undertaken.
Broad healthcare services definition to minimise the potential for gaps in your insurance protection.
An additional layer of protection with a ‘reinstatement’ clause to top up the policy limit if exhausted by a claim. Legal defence costs are in addition to the policy limit, to avoid eroding the limit.
Covers fines for breaches of privacy laws, as well as the cost of notifying regulators and patients if you experience a privacy breach.
Automatic cover for your loss of earnings for time away from your practice while attending court or arbitration in relation to a claim.
Automatic cover for public patient claims in your practice speciality where your hospital or area health service does not indemnify you.
Your reputation has value. A Medical Indemnity policy can contribute to legal costs if you wish to continue defending a claim. It can cover the costs of engaging a public relations consultant to help safeguard your reputation.
Cover for telehealth services including real time patient interactions and instant electronic monitoring.
Access to a 24/7 medico-legal hotline to ensure you have access to quality, specialist legal advice when you need it most.
No billing band categories or increase to your premium mid-term if gross billings are higher than anticipated.
No onerous cancellation penalties.
Capability to be flexible around cover dates in line with your preferences.
Medical Malpractice insurance covers you and your practice for damages, claimants costs and expenses and your legal defence costs for claims made against you. It also provides cover for the non-medical employees of the clinic who are not legally required to take out their own indemnity policy i.e. receptionists.
Yes, you will have access to a 24/7 medico-legal hotline to ensure you have quality, specialist support when you need it most, no matter what questions you need to ask.
Yes, a Medical Indemnity policy will provide retroactive cover (“tail cover”) for any prior practice you have undertaken, ensuring there are no gaps in cover.
A Medical Indemnity Insurance policy can cover your loss of earnings for time away from your practice while attending court or arbitration in relation to a claim.
Whitbread can arrange a Medical Indemnity policy that does not put you in set billing band categories or increase your premium mid-term if your gross billings are higher than anticipated.
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