All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 3 2008 // An organic farmer from Philomath, Ore., says he plans a legal challenge to genetically modified crops because he fears contamination.Frank Morton says he is concerned about modified sugar beet seeds that scientists with...
Nov 2 2008 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced that Scott Kipper, administrator of the Insurance Division, left his position on Oct. 31, 2008, to pursue other interests. Yet before he left,...
Oct 31 2008 // The tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was the biggest in the Indian Ocean in some 600 years, and it has lessons for the Pacific Northwest, geologists said.Geologists say the long gap between tsunamis in the Indian...
Oct 22 2008 // The only sure things about wildfires is that they will cost more to put out than they used to and that they remain as unpredictable as ever.Hotter, drier summers, rising labor and equipment costs, buildup of forest fuels...
Oct 21 2008 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced that Scott Kipper, administrator of the Insurance Division, will be leaving his position effective Oct. 31, 2008, to pursue other...
Oct 14 2008 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has launched a Web site to help address concerns about the security of personal finances.The Web page addresses common questions about insurance policies, bank and...
Sep 24 2008 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) recently revoked the licenses of a Portland insurance agent and her agency, and fined the agent $43,714 for misappropriating clients’ premium money,...
Sep 15 2008 // Employers in Oregon will pay nearly 6 percent less on average for workers’ compensation coverage in 2009, the Department of Consumer and Business Services announced.The reduction in the workers’ compensation...
Aug 28 2008 // Portland, Ore.-based Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced strong return results for its Liberty Northwest/Oregon Restaurant Association (LNW/ORA) workers’ compensation...
Aug 25 2008 // Health care providers all over Oregon say they’ll have to drop workers’ compensation cases, after a change in how they are paid to care for those injured on the job.The temporary rule, imposed July 7, 2008,...
Aug 21 2008 // The Oregon Insurance Division recently adopted rules implementing legislation (HB 3605) enacted in the 2008 special session, which authorized the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, in the event...
Aug 1 2008 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. announced the stock acquisition of and Fullerton & Company Inc., of Portland, Ore. Fullerton & Company has annualized revenues of approximately $9.3 million, the announcement...
Jul 30 2008 // Oregon Insurance Division – Rates & Forms unit is hosting an industry training day on Sept. 15, 2008. The discussion will include current legislative changes, filing requirements and helpful filing tips....
Jul 24 2008 // The Liberty Northwest Board of Directors recently declared a 10 percent dividend of premiums earned for restaurants participating in the Oregon Restaurant Association (ORA) Safety Group Dividend Property & Liability...
Jul 18 2008 // A new workers’ compensation ruling by the state may make it a little toughter to find a doctor to treat injuries on the job.Doctors, physical therapists and other medical providers have been firing e-mails at the...
Jul 7 2008 // The Pennsylvania Senate in a July 3 roll call vote unanimously approved Joel S. Ario to become the state’s insurance commissioner, a year after Gov. Ed Rendell first nominated the former chief insurance regulator in...
Jul 3 2008 // July 3 2008 – Unitrin Specialty and Red Shield Insurance Company announced today that the two companies have formed a marketing relationship that will benefit both company’s appointed agents in Oregon and...
Jun 24 2008 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services Insurance Division has published the 2007 Annual Complaint Statistics, ranking major insurers based on their complaint records in six common lines of insurance:...
Jun 16 2008 // The Oregon Insurance Division has amended rules to reduce fees for license examinations and reexaminations for insurance producers, adjusters and insurance consultants, and to change the biennial renewal date for...
Jun 13 2008 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho Gary Steffen, vice president of Safe and Sound Insurance in Gladstone, Ore., and Amigos Aseguranzas in Portland, Ore., as the association president. He will serve as the...