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occurrence policy

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occurrence policy
[əkur′əns]
Etymology: L, occurere, to run, politica, pertaining to the state
a professional liability insurance policy that covers the holder during the period an alleged act of malpractice occurred. Occurrence policies are said to have a "long tail" because the statute of limitations on malpractice allegations is unlimited. Thus an individual could be sued years after an event took place. If the individual held an occurrence type of malpractice policy, there would be protection under that policy. Under a claims-made policy there would not be protection unless the policy was current.

occurrence policy
Malpractice A type of medical malpractice–professional liability insurance which covers a physician–or other health care professional–for claims arising from medical incidents that occurred during the coverage period of the policy. Cf Claims-made policy.


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