All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 17 2017 // Written premiums from workers’ compensation insurers in California for the year are expected to be flat at $18.1 billion compared with 2016 thanks largely to rate decreases, according to analysts with the...
Aug 10 2017 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Portland, Ore.-based Coordinated Resources Group LLC.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ruppert Reinstadler and Carol Dobbs, managing partners of CRG, will join Hub...
Aug 7 2017 // Eddie Biggar sports a black-and-green suit dotted with tiny green leaves as he dances jovially on a corner of the Pacific Coast Highway.Some two-and-a-half hours southwest of Portland, he owns the sidewalk. Just like a...
Aug 7 2017 // A federal appeals court has ruled that NBC News did not defame an Oregon sporting goods company by characterizing its exploding rifle targets as “bombs” in a report on the “Today” show.The 2nd U.S....
Jul 26 2017 // A federal appeals court has ruled that NBC News did not defame an Oregon sporting goods company by characterizing its exploding rifle targets as “bombs” in a report on the “Today” show.The 2nd U.S....
Jul 24 2017 // A former altar boy at a Portland, Ore. church has filed a $3.1 million lawsuit against the church contending he was repeatedly sexually abused by a choir director in the early 1960s.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that...
Jul 20 2017 // A fire southeast of Eugene, Ore., destroyed three mobile homes and sent a man to a Portland hospital.Residents of the mobile home park tell The Register-Guard that two dogs and four cats died. The fire happened Monday at...
Jun 28 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Andrew Laing a producer within the company’s Alliant Americas middle market division. Laing will be based in Portland, Ore. and be responsible for the design and delivery of...
Jun 23 2017 // Legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado, Oregon and Washington has resulted in collision claim frequencies that are about three percent higher overall than would have been expected without legalization, a new...
Jun 21 2017 // A contractor has been fined nearly $200,000 for violations discovered after two workers were injured in a mishap on Portland, Ore.’s Ross Island Bridge. Oregon OSHA announced the penalty Monday, following an...
Jun 2 2017 // State governors and city mayors were quick to claim the mantle of U.S. leadership in fighting climate change after President Donald Trump said on Thursday the country will pull out of the Paris climate agreement.The...
May 23 2017 // Portland, Ore.-based Elliott, Powell, Baden & Baker has partnered with ISU Insurance Agency Network. EPB&B offers business and personal insurance. San Francisco, Calif.-based ISU Network is a organization with 180...
May 17 2017 // A group of Oregon farmers has filed a $6.7 million lawsuit against a bank for allegedly interfering with sales of radish seed and thus causing its value to decrease. The Capital Press reported the Radish Seed...
May 15 2017 // A homeowners association will pay $300,000 to a Keizer family as part of a settlement for banning a motor home from being parked in the family’s driveway. The Statesman Journal reported that Gary, Renee and Khrizma...
May 15 2017 // A judge has dismissed a $4 million lawsuit filed by a relative of four people who drowned in a northwest Oregon lake in 2014.Judge Andrew Erwin dismissed the suit after Washington County argued it was entitled to immunity....
May 15 2017 // The family of a woman who jumped off a 27-story building in downtown Portland, Ore., has sued the security guard who couldn’t stop her.The lawsuit seeks $505,000, alleging the guard was at fault for unlocking the...
May 8 2017 // Nasburg Huggins Insurance has named Spencer Gordon as an account executive producer in its Coos Bay, Ore. office. Gordon was previously executive director of the local non-profit agency Bay Area Enterprises. He was a...
May 4 2017 // The family of an 87-year-old woman who died after she was hit by the automatic front doors of a Portland, Ore. hotel has filed a $2.7 million lawsuit against the hotel. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the lawsuit...
May 3 2017 // The family of a woman who jumped off a 27-story building in downtown Portland, Ore. has sued the security guard who couldn’t stop her.The lawsuit seeks $505,000, alleging the guard was at fault for unlocking the door...
May 1 2017 // The father of a 2-year-old Oregon boy who died of morphine poisoning seeks $5 million in a lawsuit filed against the boy’s mother, grandmother, aunt and an insurance company.Jesse deVos’ lawsuit alleges the...