Copic Overview

Helping the humans of healthcare do their best work

Our history

Physician-founded and healthcare-focused

Since our founding in 1981 by a group of Colorado physicians, we’ve been attuned to the needs of healthcare professionals. As we’ve innovated, we’ve stayed true to our roots while expanding our education and support, and offering unparalleled defense for those we insure. And the many other ways we support them have only increased over the years. Today, we’re a trusted partner for physicians, medical professionals, group practices, health care facilities, and hospitals in multiple states in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions, and through the Copic Risk Retention Group, we offer nationwide coverage. Learn more about Copic's history.

Passionate about the power of prevention

It’s easy to think that medical liability insurance exists only for the day when things go wrong.

At Copic, that’s not how we see it. We believe that by working together, we can help things go right. As medical liability insurance providers, we have a unique window into the healthcare system. We see the challenges, the missed opportunities, and the unexpected.


We believe that the best way to improve medicine in the communities we serve is to learn—take everything we know from past claims and cases, medical errors, or other factors that contributed to adverse outcomes, and apply that knowledge to prevent them in the future. We see it as our responsibility to gather and share these learnings far and wide, so providers can do an even better job looking out for patient safety. The greatest value we can provide our customers—and the broader healthcare community—is to help prevent unexpected outcomes in the first place. That’s our role in all of this and how we help improve medicine, for everyone involved.

The Copic family of companies

—working together to improve medicine

Copic Financial

Independent of medical liability coverage, Copic Financial works with you to evaluate the big picture of your other insurance coverage and financial needs, making sure you’re set up for success.

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Copic Insurance Company

Copic offers medical professional liability insurance and is recognized for industry-leading patient safety and risk management programs. We work to support healthcare professionals and help make medicine safer for all.

Copic, A Risk Retention Group 

Our RRG is a mutual, owned by its members, and offers flexibility to provide unique coverage solutions for medical groups/facilities, including those that may have operations in multiple states. It is serviced, supported, and reinsured by Copic Insurance Company.

The Copic Medical Foundation

Our 501(c)(3) organization has provided over $12 million to improving patient care and medical outcomes since 1991. Currently, we’re focused on reducing fragmentation across care settings

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Recognizing and celebrating humanity in healthcare.

From patients to providers to healthcare partners and policymakers—we’re all people working towards the same thing. We all want to ensure excellent care and great outcomes.

We honor, celebrate, and care for the humans of healthcare. That means building relationships, getting to know you, and showing up for you in ways that go beyond the legal or logistical. Because you’re human. And we are, too.

A few achievements we’re especially proud of:

Our pioneering 3Rs Program

Our landmark program—recognized by The New England Journal of Medicine—helps physicians maintain communication and a relationship with their patient while working toward a resolution after an adverse outcome.

Copic Humanitarian Award

One more way we celebrate amazing people doing important work. This award is presented annually to honor a physician who has gone above and beyond in providing volunteer medical services and contributing to their community.

Our endorsements & partnerships

The following organizations endorse Copic:

  • Colorado Hospital Association
  • Colorado Medical Society
  • Iowa Medical Society
  • Minnesota Medical Association
  • Nebraska Medical Association
  • North Dakota Medical Association
  • South Dakota State Medical Association
  • Utah Medical Association

Accredited professional education

Copic offers trusted professional education, accredited through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). Completing courses, and seminars can even earn you a discount on your premium.

In accordance with D.C. Mun. Regs. Subt. 26-A, § 3775, COPIC, A Risk Retention Group's Board of Directors has adopted certain Governance Standards and a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Meet the people of Copic

Our kind, caring, and hardworking team.

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