Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Unitrin Specialty & Red Shield Insurance Company Form Marketing Venture
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...
Oregon Publishes Annual Insurance Complaint Statistics
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:...
Oregon Amends Licensing Examination Fee Rules
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...
Oregon/Idaho Profesional Insurance Agents Association Elects Officers
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...
Oregon Jury Awards More than $14.5 Million in Patent Dispute
Jun 13 2008 // A federal jury ordered a medical equipment manufacturer to pay more than $14.5 million in a patent infringement dispute that involves a device invented by a Portland, Ore. physician. Dr. John O. Hayhurst and Smith &...
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Philip Morris $79M Damages Appeal
Jun 10 2008 // The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it would hear a Philip Morris USA appeal seeking to overturn a $79.5 million punitive damages award won by the widow of a longtime Oregon smoker. The justices agreed to review a...
Oregon Amends Rules Regarding Licensing Examination Fees
Jun 4 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...
Oregon Collision Shops Give State Farm High Customer Service Marks
Jun 2 2008 // State Farm and smaller Northwest insurers are among the best at taking care of customers after an accident. Some larger insurers — Progressive, Allstate, Safeco and Farmers Insurance — are among the worst. That was the...
Oregon Collision Shops Give State Farm High Customer Service Marks
May 27 2008 // State Farm and several smaller Northwest-based auto insurers continue to be among the best at taking care of their customers after an accident. And some of the other larger, best-known insurers –including...
Heffernan Insurance Appoints Versoza VP
May 21 2008 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has appointed Tino Versoza vice president of Financial Services, in its Portland, Ore., office. Versoza has 15 years experience in the medical benefits industry in the Portland area, most...
35 Oregon Workers Died on Job in 2007
May 19 2008 // There were 35 workers who died in accidents on the job in Oregon last year, the third-lowest total in state history. The state began tracking workplace deaths in 1943, averaging 81 per year in the 1980s and falling to 55 a...
Trucking Under the Influence
May 19 2008 // Number of Drug and Alcohol Abusing Truckers Unknown It is estimated that somewhere between 1 percent and 10 percent of drivers of commercial or “big rig” trucks are operating under the influence of drugs or...
Trucking Under the Influence
May 19 2008 // Number of Drug and Alcohol Abusing Truckers Unknown It is estimated that somewhere between 1 percent and 10 percent of drivers of commercial or “big rig” trucks are operating under the influence of drugs or...
Nationwide Insurance Cuts 204 Jobs in Oregon
May 19 2008 // Nationwide Insurance says it will cut 204 jobs at its Portland, Ore., offices in June. According to a filing with the state, the mass layoff is part of Nationwide’s plans to eliminate certain departments. Nationwide...
Trucking Under the Influence
May 19 2008 // Number of Drug and Alcohol Abusing Truckers Unknown It is estimated that somewhere between 1 percent and 10 percent of drivers of commercial or “big rig” trucks are operating under the influence of drugs or...
Oregon Medical Malpractice Limit Upheld
May 14 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a five-year statute of limitations on medical malpractice lawsuits involving minors. The court ruled against a claim that laws in effect when Oregon was a territory blocked a five-year...
Earthquakes Raise Questions of Future Shocks, Public Readiness
May 5 2008 // Just weeks after earthquakes rattled Nevada, the Midwest and the coast of Oregon, and on the heels of the 102nd anniversary of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake, the public, government officials and insurance industry...
Oregon Proposes Fingerprinting Rule
Apr 25 2008 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has proposed adopting rules that would require fingerprints of a person applying for issuance or renewal of a license as an insurance producer, insurance...
Recession, Soft Market Forcing Western Agents to Refocus
Apr 22 2008 // Whether the nation is in a true recession may still be up for debate, but it’s difficult to ignore the signs of economic slowdown throughout the West — and its effect on the insurance industry. New home...
USGS: Earthquakes Serious Threat in 46 States, Ups Risks in Washington, Oregon
Apr 22 2008 // Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have updated the USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps, and noted that earthquakes remain a serious threat in 46 of the United States. For some areas such as western Oregon and...
