COPIC Companies history

1985 COPIC Financial Service Group is formed to provide a broad range of personal and professional insurance and financial products for the health care community

1992 COPIC Medical Foundation is created to provide grant funding for programs and initiatives that improve patient safety and quality of care

1993 COPIC develops its risk management discount program as a method of rewarding physicians who adhere to risk management guidelines and continue to expand their risk management knowledge

1996 COPIC begins offering medical professional liability insurance at no charge to eligible physicians who provide uncompensated medical care

2002 COPIC develops Level One Guidelines designed to reduce systems failures, improve documentation, and ultimately reduce avoidable adverse outcomes

2007 COPIC's 3Rs Program (Recognize, Respond and Resolve) is recognized by The New England Journal of Medicine as part of the national transformation in how health care providers communicate with patients about unexpected outcomes

2013 COPIC forms a Risk Retention Group (RRG); owned by its members, the RRG provides liability insurance to providers electing to expand into other states and allows for flexibility, ownership in business decisions, and control over member selection

2017 The Iowa Medical Society selects COPIC as the preferred medical professional liability insurance provider for its members