How much does psychiatry malpractice insurance cost in Illinois?

The typical mature, claims-made premium at $1M / $3M is $12,152 to $20,588 per year, 104% above the national median. This is a manual-rate benchmark before any account-specific credits or debits.

What is this figure based on?

It comes from Illinois's filed carrier rate manuals (ISMIE Mutual (occurrence, The Doctors Company (mature CM), normalized to $1M/$3M mature claims-made. Psychiatry is a low-acuity, cognitive class that sits near the bottom of every rate manual in the manual.

Why is my quote different from this number?

Manual rates exclude schedule credits, debits, claims history, part-time status, and dividends. A broker comparing carriers can often land you below the benchmark — that is what the match below is for.

Malpractice cost

Psychiatry malpractice insurance in Illinois

Typical annual premium at $1M / $3M mature claims-made — 104% above the national median.

$12,152 to $20,588

per year · $1M / $3M coverage · mature claims-made

$12,996 (P10)$16,370 median$19,744 (P90)

Based on 2 filed carriers

Coverage $1M / $3MPolicy Claims-madeMaturity MatureRegion Varies by county

Who files these rates in Illinois

$12,152 — The Doctors Company (mature CM
$20,588 — ISMIE Mutual (occurrence

By region in Illinois

ISMIE Mutual (occurrence files territory relativities, so the same psychiatry premium swings by county. Applied to the state median:

Territory	Factor	Est. median
Remainder of Illinois	×1.00	$16,370
Madison / Will	×1.61	$26,438
Cook / Jackson / St. Clair	×1.54	$25,177
Kankakee / Vermilion	×1.46	$23,933
Kane / McHenry / Winnebago — Elgin/Rockford	×1.31	$21,412
Grundy	×1.23	$20,151
Lake + DuPage/Champaign/Macon/DeKalb/LaSalle/Coles/Effingham...	×1.08	$17,630
Peoria	×0.92	$15,110
Adams / Knox / Rock Island / Sangamon — Quincy/Springfield	×0.85	$13,849

What drives a Psychiatry premium

Specialty class

Psychiatry — a low-acuity, cognitive class that sits near the bottom of every rate manual.

Territory

Where you practice; county factors can move the rate well above or below the state figure.

Maturity

Claims-made steps up over ~4 years to the mature rate shown here.

Limits

$1M / $3M is the benchmark; higher limits raise the premium via a filed increased-limit factor.

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All specialties in Illinois

Specialty	$1M / $3M range
Psychiatry	$12,152–$20,588
Ophthalmology	$26,904–$31,432
Occupational Medicine	$13,262–$16,972
Pathology	$17,989–$20,588
Dermatology	$12,565–$20,588
Pediatrics	$15,618–$16,972
Family Medicine	$19,994–$36,856
General Practice	$19,994–$33,240
Internal Medicine	$24,127–$38,664
Gastroenterology	$33,215–$51,320
Neurology	$34,284–$56,740
Pulmonology	$33,640–$45,896
Anesthesiology	$26,825–$38,664
Radiology	$39,908–$54,932
Cardiology	$18,348–$36,856
Emergency Medicine	$50,670–$56,740
Orthopedic Surgery	$60,171–$87,472
General Surgery	$98,126–$136,280
OB/GYN	$98,370–$121,816