Keeping our finger on the pulse of the healthcare industry

As a leading claims and risk management partner to hospitals, clinics, senior-living and long-term-care facilities, and provider practice groups around the globe, we understand the nuances and unique needs of the healthcare industry. We leverage best-in-class analytic capabilities to proactively deliver risk management consulting and recommendations. This approach provides clients with comprehensive solutions based on real data and proven outcomes.

We take a multi-disciplinary risk mitigation approach to working with healthcare clients. Some of our key solutions include:

  • Healthcare/medical professional liability
  • Healthcare/medical risk management consulting
  • Workers' compensation
  • General liability
  • Cyber and tech Errors and Omissions (E&O) liability
  • Employment practices liability
  • Claims auditing services
  • Environmental health and safety
  • Product liability/life sciences
  • Auto liability

Our healthcare experience

By the numbers

351
Clients

55,783
New Claims

110,215
Claims Handled

$2.8 Billion
Total Incurred

Figures represent 2024 year-end results and include most coverages, excluding medical professional liability.

While we handle all types of insurance claims, the most common liabilities we manage for our healthcare clients include:

  • Medical Professional liability
  • General liability
  • Product liability/Life sciences
  • Workers' compensation
  • Cyber and tech E&O liability
  • Employment practices liability

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We partner with healthcare clients on a variety of workplace risk mitigation strategies to help ensure employees and patients are kept safe. Our services include:

  • Claims investigations
  • Environmental health and safety
  • Loss control
  • Safety training and education

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Case studies: Healthcare industry success stories

Using our proven best practices, our knowledgeable professionals work collaboratively with you to integrate your program goals and expectations with our risk management and claims handling abilities and services. Here are just a few examples of success.

Large health system decreases claims cost with GBCARE™ Clinical Concierge

Learn how a health system with more than 100 entities, including 10 hospitals across a large U.S. metropolitan area, partnered with Gallagher Bassett for workers' compensation claims and saw results including:

  • 50% decrease in nurse cost per claim
  • Shortened duration between injury and return to work
  • Increase in satisfaction rating by injured employees.

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Professional liability claims consulting lowers healthcare system litigation costs

Learn how a healthcare system struggling to self-administer its professional and general liability claims partnered with Gallagher Bassett for risk mitigation and saw first-year results including:

  • 13% decrease in total claim volume and 63% decrease in pre-suit claims
  • 23% decrease in total case reserves, including indemnity and litigation expenses.

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Bill Bower

Bill Bower

EVP — Practice Leader, Healthcare Vertical
Rob Blasio

Rob Blasio

Managing Director — Gallagher Bassett Specialty
Joe  Zinga

Joe Zinga

EVP — Risk Management

Make Gallagher Bassett your trusted healthcare partner

Leveraging our deep knowledge of the healthcare industry and the challenges we have helped clients face over our decades of on-the-ground experience, our team will be an extension of your organization — working to deliver superior outcomes tailored specifically to your needs.

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