We’re kicking off 2025 with many updates and new resources. Let's take a look at it all. From a new litigation education program to client value adds, we've got it all covered.
We'd like to share a few Curi updates about products and services designed to simplify things for you and your clients.
CURRENT HIGHLIGHTS
Meet Some of the Broker Services Team
At Curi, we recognize that our brokers are essential partners in our journey. Our dedicated service model, featuring specialized teams, is designed to address your unique needs with expertise and efficiency, offering you unmatched support.
Juli has been a vital member of the Curi team for 18 years, where she played a key role in managing our VA book of business. In 2019, she transitioned to Business Development, applying her underwriting experience and company knowledge to play a significant role in the success of the department. You may be familiar with Juli from her previous roles, and she is eager to continue collaborating with you all in this new and exciting capacity!
With over 20 years of industry experience, Debbie is a dynamic professional currently serving as the Director of Broker Services for the Mid-Atlantic Region at Curi. Since joining Curi in 2021, she has played a pivotal role in developing and overseeing key broker partnerships and strategic initiatives. She is focused on delivering exceptional service and support to brokers while driving the region's growth through relationship-building. Recognized for her strong leadership, industry expertise, and client-centric approach, Debbie looks forward to helping our Mid-Atlantic broker partners.
Curi Holdings, Inc.’s subsidiary insurance companies (collectively “Curi”) do not encourage Broker of Record (“BOR”) changes; however, Curi recognizes that it is part of the business, and it does happen on occasion. Policyholders may want to change their BOR for various reasons.
As a result, Curi permits policyholders to choose their preferred Curi Broker. We have made updates to our BOR. These updates include:
Curi recognizes a BOR at the premium indication stage for new business. We follow a “first in” approach when it comes to honoring who the BOR is for new business whereby whomever submitted the required underwriting information/documentation/application for an indication request will be treated as the BOR.
Binding new business will constitute a BOR for the upcoming policy term. Curi will allow and honor a BOR letter no later than the policy’s effective date. The broker on the effective date is the BOR, the servicing producer, and will receive commissions for the policy term.
Curi is dedicated to delivering a comprehensive portfolio of insurance coverages and services tailored to your clients' needs. As the cyber landscape has evolved, we recognize that specialized coverage is best managed by a dedicated cyber provider. To ensure your clients receive the expertise and support required to navigate today’s complex risks, Curi will discontinue offering our embedded cyber insurance coverage in new or renewed policies issued on or after July 1, 2025.
We are hosting two broker webinars to explain the change and resources we have to assist you and your impacted clients. The content will be the same for both sessions. Please join us for one or both of the following webinars. See Email with Details.
Reach out to your brokers services representative with questions.
NEW RESOURCES
Helping Clients Demystify the Litigation Process
Navigating litigation can be challenging and stressful for your clients, but Curi is here to help. From blogs and videos to downloadable guides, our program breaks down the entire litigation process, including the roles of key professionals, depositions, mediation, trials, and more.
Through our partnership with Dr. Gita Pensa, creator of the podcast “Doctors and Litigation: The ‘L’ Word,” we also offer your Curi clients a CME video series. Dr. Pensa’s expert insights further support them with actionable advice and stress-reducing strategies. We invite you to visit the Litigation HUB to explore the resources and share them with your clients.
We invite you to watch the recording of the broker webinar held on February 5, with Curi’s SVP of Claims, Kristi Wright, Dr. Carolyn Anctil, Curi’s Chief Medical Advisor, and Dr. Gita Pensa, who shared details about Curi's new litigation education program and how the litigation process can impact a client.
New Risk Resource: HIPAA Prerequisite for Sharing Reproductive Health-Related PHI
As of December 23, 2024, all physicians, regardless of specialty, are required by law to refrain from sharing information with requestors that is “potentially” related to reproductive healthcare without first obtaining a compliant attestation. Due to recent efforts to make PHI more broadly accessible across a patient’s care team, the OCR’s new Final Rule will likely affect clinicians and organizations beyond the primary care and OB-GYN specialties.
Client Benefit: Open Payments & Exclusion List Reporting
We have updated resources available on Curi client benefits provided through our partnership with Venops. New user instructions have been added to our website, and we've created a new shareable flyer.
Reminder: Enhanced Open Payments reporting, combined with federal and state exclusion list monitoring, gives your clients access to consolidated reporting for two important programs, offered at no additional charge, as a benefit of being a Curi Insurance client.
Open Payment Reporting
Since its inception in 2014, the CMS open payments database has made all payments to physicians from pharmaceutical and medical device companies available to the public in a searchable format. Venops provides your clients with enhanced access to Open Payments data, giving them an early look so they can be prepared to respond and rectify any potential cases of erroneous information.
Exclusion List Reporting
To help our client practices and organizations keep up with federal and state exclusion lists, Curi provides access to a monitoring service through Venops. This service will allow them to:
Track their providers, employees, and vendors against the relevant federal and state exclusion list every month
Send them a monthly report to help them stay compliant
Archive their monthly tracking reports on the Venops website
Additional information on these services is available to our clients behind login at curi.com.
Disclaimer: Curi Insurance is pleased to offer payment and exclusion list reporting services to medical practices. Curi Insurance has arranged for external partner Venops to provide these reporting services to Curi’s medical professional liability policyholders and clients. Venops and Venops’s employees are solely responsible for any advice and any content/resources Venops provides. Curi Insurance and Venops cannot and do not offer legal or tax advice; therefore, if you or your practice are in need of either, please consult your independent or corporate lawyer or tax professional.
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