[Letter from Mack F. Bowyer to Truett Latimer, March 1, 1955] Page: 1 of 2
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DIPLOMATS AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY
March 1, 1955
Dear Mr. Latimer:
Representative Truett Latimer
House of Representatives
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas
I am told that
$100, 000 more each year
I firmly believe
1 am writing you to specially t----—2“ _— .
213 and HE 398. Professional liability insurance in Texas has
gotten to a poor state of affairs. I am convinced that most
of the companies that write
are really not interested in
standpoint but will
MACK F. BOWYER, M. D.
PROFESSIONAL BUILDING
11O1 NORTH NINETEENTH STREET
ABILENE. TEXAS
urge your support of Senate bill
213 and HE 398. J
gotten to a poor state of affairs?
professional liability Insurance
1 protecting the doctor from that
.. agree to write insurance only if the doctor
gives them some more of his insurance business. Some of the
w«Se,ny representatives to my knowledge are recommending tre-
coverages such as one hundred and two hundred thousand
rTnainf 8.pntty fanoy Drloe of Peonle have a way
and 1L8eem, th?t Some dootore sre insured so heavily
InnHnc course, there is always that crowd of troublemakers
looking for something for nothing and they consequently sue for
Then s:.8uusual prMtlce these cases are settled
comoanl\makhnghSny £ight of it* To mY Personal knowledge these
° h hf pay a little claim will turn around and
cancel tills man s professional liability Insurance. This has
ot happened to me, but it has to some of my friends. At this
arCrequi^ed^^ch ^atrhrlte profe8Slonal liability insurance
eliminated The™ SC S ® 88me r^t!8 and competition is thereby
eliminated. There has been a marked increase in rates during
the last year even when it was pointed out by a company soecial-
Company of Fort Wcvn® y +-1-, , ve, The Medical Protective
company of Fort Wayne, Indiana, that the large increasp in ratao
was unjustified and they had their losses ovC toe Heinen or
toS\rarS to FroVe Felr polnt- 1 belle?e! lt was" year
J*}** companies had ashed for a 100 per cent Increase In rates
effect that not0n“PSn5’ 9Htestl“ony which was public and'to the
eifeet that not near such a rate was justified, finally s 50 oar
bCJ inur?eHe allowed and even this was more than would have
been asked by the Medical Protective Comoany.
Texas doctors are paying aproxlmately e f
with no additional coverage being offered.
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Bowyer, Mack F. [Letter from Mack F. Bowyer to Truett Latimer, March 1, 1955], letter, March 1, 1955; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1210810/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.