NAPA, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Doctors Company, the leading national physician-owned medical malpractice carrier, is pleased to announce Robert D. Francis has been named the company's chief operating officer. He begins his work with The Doctors Company on July 1, 2004.
"Rob is a strong leader with exceptional organizational and personnel management skills," said Richard E. Anderson, M.D., F.A.C.P., chairman and CEO of The Doctors Company. "He possesses the industry experience and strategic insight required to succeed in this important role."
Mr. Francis joins The Doctors Company after 20 years with ProAssurance Corporation. Most recently, he served as president of Red Mountain Casualty Insurance Company, where he was responsible for ProAssurance's Excess and Surplus line initiatives, and as senior vice president of ProAssurance Professional Liability Group. Prior to these positions, Mr. Francis held a variety of senior executive and board positions for the company and its subsidiaries serving a major role in its transition from a single state mutual company to a multi-state, publicly traded company.
"I see my new position at The Doctors Company as an opportunity to join an outstanding organization, which leads our industry in physician advocacy, and to contribute some new perspectives to The Doctors Company's continuing efforts in support of physicians and reform efforts in the medical malpractice insurance arena," said Rob Francis.
Mr. Francis has also served as chairman of the board of directors of Health Care Insurance Facility, a consortium of medical malpractice insurers and international reinsurers, and on the boards of LifeSouth, Inc., and Specialty Underwriters Reinsurance Facility, Ltd. He is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of South Alabama and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Samford University.
About The Doctors Company
Founded by doctors for doctors in 1976 to protect the practice of medicine, The Doctors Company (http://www.thedoctors.com/) is the nation's leading physician-owned medical malpractice insurance provider. With solid financial strength and a unique understanding of the medical malpractice risk environment, The Doctors Company enjoys a reputation as the industry vanguard.
The Doctors CompanyCONTACT: Jes Hulsey of The Doctors Company, +1-707-226-0247; orChristine Milligan of Peppercom, +1-212-931-6161, for The Doctors Company
Web site: http://www.thedoctors.com/
