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Medical Malpractice Insurance, malpractice insurance, professional medical insurance

If you’re a healthcare professional or own/manage a medical establishment, make sure you’re covered with CGU Medical Malpractice Insurance.

Medical Malpractice Insurance

If you’re a healthcare professional or own/manage a medical establishment, make sure you’re covered with CGU Medical Malpractice Insurance.

What is Medical Malpractice Insurance?

CGU Medical Malpractice Insurance protects both professionals and establishments in the medical field from liability claims arising from medical malpractice and resulting injury or loss to patients or clients.

Get a quote and apply

Contact your insurance adviser or find an insurance adviser to obtain a Medical Malpractice Insurance quote and complete an application.

Make a claim

Already have CGU Medical Malpractice Insurance and need to make a claim? Our claims section will point you in the right direction.


Key Features

  • For Medical, health and allied professionals
    • Civil liabilities covered including (but not limited to):
    • breach of duty (including duty of confidentiality)
    • unintentional defamation
    • loss of or damage to documents (to the full policy limit)
    • dishonest/fraudulent/criminal or malicious acts and breach of fiduciary duty (innocent party cover)
    • misleading and deceptive conduct under the ASIC Act 2001
    • breaches of the Trade Practices Act / Fair Trading Acts (Australian and New Zealand)
    • Covers bodily injury and property damage claims arising from the professional services covered by the policy
    • Definition of 'claim' includes written and verbal demands
    • Advancement of claim investigation costs
  • For Medical, health and allied establishments
    • Broad range of Civil Liabilities covered
    • Good Samaritan Acts cover
    • Fund raising & social activities cover
    • Claims investigation costs, i.e. legal defence costs are paid in addition to the policy limit
    • Bodily injury and property damage claims arising from the professional services
    • Continuous cover

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