Insurer Does Not Owe Regulatory Defense Fees To Doctor, Panel Rules In Reversal

(February 8, 2024, 2:55 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court held that a medical professional liability insurer has no duty to reimburse its doctor insured for regulatory defense fees incurred in an underlying investigation by the North Carlina Medical Board, reversing a lower court’s ruling that the policy required the insurer to reimburse $50,000 to the insured....