DoctorsManagement history

TDC had begun to lay the groundwork for tort reform efforts in other states as early as 1977.

1979: TDC expands to offer coverage in four additional western states.

1980: TDC forms The Doctors' Life Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary.

In 1986, TDC played a key role in derailing an attempt by the plaintiff's bar to overturn MICRA.

By 1989, TDC had been authorized to offer its coverage in 37 states, and the company was well equipped to mobilize its forces for liability reform.

1995: TDC formalizes its reinsurance functions by establishing a separate strategic business unit called TDCRe.

TDC's efforts to diversify proved visionary: by 1997, over 20 percent of TDC's premium revenue was coming from niche insurance markets outside the medical malpractice arena.

TDC launched a major effort to improve its technology beginning in 1998.

TDC got a similar business opportunity in 1999 when a Florida insurer, Caduceus Self Insurance Fund, Inc., announced that it did not have sufficient funds to pay its claims.

At the end of 2000, with $500.1 million in reserves, $381.1 million in surplus, and $255 million in written premium, TDC was keeping these ratios well below regulatory standards.

In September, 2001, surgeon Jacques Marescaux completed the first remote laparoscopy.

Released in 2002, these guidelines included strong recommendations for getting informed consent from patients before using e-mail and for using only encrypted and authentication-secured messaging systems.