Physicians Insurance offers ongoing risk management CME and provides excellent support. The staff is responsive: they readily answer questions about practice changes or liability issues.”
Doug Myers, MD, Otorhinolaryngologist
Vancouver, WA
Physicians Insurance is local and physician-owned. The money comes back to physicians specifically and not to stockholders. I like that they reduce rates when possible and reward physicians who have good records.”
Linda Brown, MD, Ophthalmologist
Anacortes, WA
As a whole, working with Physicians Insurance is a very pleasant experience. When we have questions, it is easy to get in touch with people in risk management and billing. In our practice, that’s very important.”
Rene Santiano, MD
Flordelys Santiano, MD
Salmon Creek Family Practice
Vancouver, WA
I started as part of the WSMA group that formed Physicians Insurance in 1982, so I know that Physicians Insurance always works for physicians. Now that I practice 50 percent, it’s great that I have a reduced premium, and because I’ve been with the company for so many years, I won’t have a tail premium when I retire.”
Bernie Brown, DO
Poulsbo, Washington
I have personal experience with claims management, and Physicians Insurance is outstanding. It’s so nice to have someone whose only job is professional liability. They understand the physician’s perspective in our medical liability environment.”
Cynthia Markus, MD, JD, Emergency Physician
North Sound Emergency Medicine, Inc.
President, Washington State Medical Association
Everett, WA
When I was going into practice, I thought the relationship with my insurance company would be a tense relationship, with the insurance company saying, ‘We’ll protect you as long as you’re perfect.’ I thought I would be another name and number on the roster. But Physicians Insurance has a heart to it. Physicians Insurance has been supportive in ways that I never would have imagined.”
J. Hamilton Licht, MD, Nephrologist
Yakima, Washington
Going through a lawsuit, even though I wasn’t directly involved, was really difficult. The lawsuit was foreign and scary to the clinic, and I took it personally since I was the senior partner. But I always knew Physicians Insurance was in charge, and they provided much-needed expertise and compassion. The people there are professional, supportive, and understanding; I really enjoy interacting with them.”
Lauri Costello, MD, Family Practitioner and Surgical Assistant
Board member, Inland Northwest Blood Center
Spokane, WA
Physicians Insurance has been extremely responsive to my requests for information. They are very helpful, and they are proactive about establishing programs to improve patient interactions and mitigate risk.”
Shane Macaulay, MD, Radiologist
Radiology Consultants of Washington
Bellevue, WA
Kadlec Clinic and Physicians Insurance have a close working relationship, particularly in risk management. When I need to know the best practice for minimizing risk in a specific clinical situation, I check with Physicians Insurance.”
W. Hugh Maloney, MD, Internist
President, Kadlec Clinic
Richland, Washington
Physicians Insurance has been responsive to our desire to have active risk management. They bring us ideas and programs that we can make our own. It has been beneficial to have PI challenge us to demonstrate our systems for follow-up.”
Marcy Shimada, Executive Director
Puget Sound Family Physicians and
Edmonds Family Medicine Clinic, PS
Edmonds, WA
