Cross Insurance health care practice to focus on medical malpractice

Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp., has formed a new health care practice that will focus on primary and excess medical malpractice coverage.

The Bangor, Maine-based insurance agency's service offerings now extend to all four corners of the health care industry: hospitals, physicians, elderly care and allied health professionals, Cross said Monday in a statement.

Primary and excess medical malpractice coverage are available for traditional first-dollar and deductible programs and alternative risk structures including captives, risk retention groups and trusts, according to the statement.

The practice will be led by Cross Insurance vice presidents William B. McKechnie and Dennis R. Lundgren.

Cross also has a third-party administrator unit that allows it to offer in-house capabilities for claims advocacy and claims handling, according to the statement.