Liability insurance crisis
- Liability insurance crisis
The liability insurance crisis in the United States of America refers to a volatile economic period during the mid-1980s. During these years, until about 1990, rising insurance premiums and an unavailability of coverage for several types of liability led to a crisis that has been attributed, among others, to the expansion of tort doctrines for insurer liability and the McCarran-Ferguson exemption from antitrust laws.
External links
* [http://www.westlaw.com/find/default.asp?cite=73+Miss.+L.J.+1001&RS=WLW2.05&VR=1.0 Percy, Checking up on the Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Crisis, 73 Miss. L.J. 1001]
* [http://www.yalelawjournal.org/pdf/113-6/SiegelmanFINAL.pdf Siegelman, Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets: An Exaggerated Threat]
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