All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Mar 24 2008 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services is proposing to permanently adopt a temporary rule that reduces fees for license examinations and reexaminations for insurance producers, adjusters and insurance...
Mar 24 2008 // The Bush administration said it recognizes the seriousness of the potential shutdown of ocean salmon fishing off Oregon and California this year and will consider as soon as possible whether to declare a federal fisheries...
Mar 18 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a claim of sex abuse against a government employee may depend on when the plaintiff discovers the city played a role in the abuse, not necessarily when the abuse occurred.In The Boy...
Mar 14 2008 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services is proposing to permanently adopt a temporary rule that reduces fees for license examinations and reexaminations for insurance producers, adjusters and insurance...
Mar 11 2008 // In a victory for an insurance company accused of acting in bad faith, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a $20.7 million jury award for punitive damages in a fatal traffic accident in 1987 was excessive.The case also set...
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Feb 27 2008 // March 24, 2008, is the last day that the Oregon Insurance Division is accepting public comment on its proposed rulemaking to implement 2007 legislation related to workers’ compensation insurance. The proposed...
Feb 24 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court for a third time has allowed a $79.5 million punitive-damages judgment against Philip Morris, an award twice struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which suggested it was excessive.The award was...
Feb 15 2008 // When Michigan officials recently reinterpreted state law to stop nonresidents from getting driver’s licenses, critics said it had an unintended consequence.The crackdown, intended to target illegal immigrants, also...
Feb 13 2008 // Spurred by December storms that caused millions of dollars in flood and wind damage, Oregon lawmakers are expediting a package of disaster aid bills in this special session, including one to get jobless benefits more...
Feb 4 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court for a third time has allowed a $79.5 million punitive-damages judgment against Philip Morris, an award twice struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which suggested it was excessive.The award was...
Jan 27 2008 // The Oregon Department of Insurance is reminding producers who write coverage for the more than 45,000 Oregon contractors licensed through the Construction Contractors Board of a new law that requires general liability...
Jan 23 2008 // Though Oregon has one of the nation’s most generous sick child leave laws, many working parents don’t use it.Under the Oregon Family Leave Act, parents may stay home with a sick child — unpaid —...
Jan 22 2008 // An Oregon City couple wants the city to pay them more than $400,000 because a sewer line backed up and flooded their basement with sewage, destroying everything from clothes to the family Bible.The disaster occurred while...
Jan 18 2008 // Oregon Mutual Insurance noted the death Wed. Jan. 16 of its retired President/CEO and Chairman of the Board James (Jim) Osborne.Osborne, 79, joined OMI in 1952 as an underwriting trainee. In 1957 he opened the Fresno...
Jan 13 2008 // Oregon’s Department of Transportation Services (DMV) is alerting insurance producers that write towing companies of a new requirement for towers to maintain proof of insurance.In 2007, the state Legislature passed...
Jan 13 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that parts of the Oregon Torts Claims Act that limits liability claims against governments violates the Remedy Clause of the Oregon Constitution, creating the potential for liability...
Jan 9 2008 // The Oregon Department of Insurance is reminding producers who write coverage for the more than 45,000 Oregon contractors licensed through the Construction Contractors Board of a new law that requires general liability...