All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 13 2007 // The daily commute to a high school on Hatteras Island offered Dare County teacher Lisa Duke a gorgeous drive on a scenic highway with the ocean on one side and Pamlico Sound on the other.But the few hundred feet that lift...
Sep 4 2007 // Oregon has implemented a new law aimed at making group contractor liability insurance more available. HB 2751 implements one of the recommendations of the The Construction Claims Task Force, and adds group contractor...
Aug 24 2007 // The 2007 Oregon Legislature has passed a number of bills relating to insurance.The bills affecting property/casualty insurance include: *SB 183 (ch 574) Premium relief to rural doctors for professional medical liability...
Aug 21 2007 // An ongoing joint investigation by Oregon State Police (OSP) and the Insurance Division, a part of the Department of Consumer & Business Services, regarding reports alleging financial fraud and violations of law...
Aug 17 2007 // A seat belt saved a Eugene, Ore., driver, police say, but not in the usual way.Steven Earp, 48, was eating a fast-food sandwich this week, said police Sgt. Doug Mozan. Earp choked and blacked out.His 1997 Honda sedan hit a...
Aug 10 2007 // Ranchers whose pastures have been damaged by fire can get federal help if they’re willing to reseed and keep livestock off the land until 2010.Bob Graham, state conservationist for the U.S. Natural Resources...
Aug 6 2007 // Oregon seeking comments on insurer assessmentsOregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services is seeking public comments on its proposed amendment of administrative rules relating to assessments against...
Aug 3 2007 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF), the state workers’ compensation insurer, may be sued for damages.In John Johnson v. SAIF Corp., the plaintiff alleged that...
Aug 2 2007 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced it is opening a new ServicePoint operations Center in Hillsboro, Ore. The ServicePoint call center will be open by mid-year 2008 and will initially house more than 500...
Jul 31 2007 // The Oregon Supreme Court ruled the State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. can be sued for violations of federal constitutional rights.The court said that SAIF can be considered a “person” under federal law and,...
Jul 23 2007 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services is seeking public comments on its proposed amendment of the state’s administrative rules relating to assessments against insurers to fund regulatory...
Jul 23 2007 // Oregon fines nine AIG companies $5 millionThe Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has imposed a $5 million fine on nine insurers in the American International Group (AIG) for numerous violations of...
Jul 23 2007 // Edgewood Partners, Calco InsuranceEdgewood Partners Insurance Center, a California retail property and casualty and benefits insurance brokerage firm announced an agreement in principle has been reached with Calco Holdings...
Jul 23 2007 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer & Business Services announced that Insurance Administrator Joel Ario will be leaving the Beaver State to become Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner.As the insurance...
Jul 18 2007 // A rapidly growing wildfire burning outside the Eastern Oregon ranching town of Monument has increased to 36 square miles, threatening about 20 homes to become one of the state’s top firefighting priorities, officials...
Jul 6 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has imposed a $5 million fine on nine insurers in the American International Group (AIG) for numerous violations of Oregon insurance and workers’...
Jul 2 2007 // Business advocates and trial lawyers could be headed for a showdown over Oregon’s product liability laws before the legislative session comes to its scheduled end, and the verdict is anything but certain.The fight is...
Jul 2 2007 // Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell has nominated Joel Scott Ario, the chief insurance regulator for the state of Oregon and a former consumer advocate, to serve as Pennsylvania’s insurance commissioner.As the...
Jul 2 2007 // The Oregon Insurance Division announced it will stop issuing printed licenses for insurance producers. Beginning July 1, there will no longer be printed initial, renewal, or replacement licenses. All license information...
Jul 2 2007 // Business advocates and trial lawyers could be headed for a showdown over Oregon’s product liability laws before the legislative session comes to its scheduled end, and the verdict is anything but certain.The fight is...