Malpractice Insurance for Nurses on Probation

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Malpractice Insurance for Nurses on Probation

Does anyone know of any companies that will offer if you have a discipline on your license? 

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My understanding from others is that most all companies will give you malpractice if you show the monitoring agency is in support of you working and they can send a letter. The rates will be higher in the beginning I've been told.

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NSO,  I believe. Your rates will be higher. 

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Rates are not higher for individuals.  Professional liability insurance is not like car insurance where individual rates go up after a claim.  Rates go up across the board when total costs incurred are higher.  The insurer will advise you that any policy issued will only cover events that occurred after the policy went into effect but the rate will be the same.  

I am in monitoring, and I have NSO insurance!  You just pay a bit higher of a premium since you're in monitoring, I think like 50 dollars more.  It's only 150/yr and the peace of mind you get knowing you're protected is amazing.  It also covers up to 25,000$ in legal help for Board investigations/license issues.  I wish I had had it when I first was reported to the board for substance abuse.  My legal fees might have been covered.  It's worth it to me!

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Quickstepper said:

NSO,  I believe. Your rates will be higher. 

Thanks I will check with them 

Following up on this. Were you able to find coverage. And if so, what company did you use?

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I started to use NSO but they wanted more information about my license issue so I did not complete the forms. I will try to look back into this next year

Thank you for the update!

Thank you for replying! I have applied with NSO - they requested more info - I emailed all of that to them. It's been almost two weeks, and I haven't heard anything back yet. So I was getting a little nervous. I applied for insurance with another company and was told it would be about $2,500-$5,000 per year. I was shocked! Let's hope I hear back from NSO with a better option soon.

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blueduck28 said:

Thank you for replying! I have applied with NSO - they requested more info - I emailed all of that to them. It's been almost two weeks, and I haven't heard anything back yet. So I was getting a little nervous. I applied for insurance with another company and was told it would be about $2,500-$5,000 per year. I was shocked! Let's hope I hear back from NSO with a better option soon.

What company gave you a quote? 

The company was ANIC. I had originally applied to Proliability/AMBA and was denied. But someone contacted me from that company and recommended me to their sister company - ANIC. They were willing to insure me for about $2500. I declined.

I ended up explaining my situation to NSO and was approved for about $200/year - so much better!

I know it can feel a little icky, but you have to explain your situation to these companies in order to get coverage.

Good luck on your journey! Insurance is definitely worth it!

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blueduck28 said:

The company was ANIC. I had originally applied to Proliability/AMBA and was denied. But someone contacted me from that company and recommended me to their sister company - ANIC. They were willing to insure me for about $2500. I declined.

I ended up explaining my situation to NSO and was approved for about $200/year - so much better!

I know it can feel a little icky, but you have to explain your situation to these companies in order to get coverage.

Good luck on your journey! Insurance is definitely worth it!

Great thanks for sharing. I'm in the process of applying for NSO and prolibility. Hopefully I will get coverage.  I will post back once I do. 

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