Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Federal Assistance Approved for Oregon, Washington Counties
Dec 12 2007 // In storm-ravaged parts of the Northwest, home and business owners are beginning to file insurance claims — a process that could be complicated by whether severe winds or floods did the damage. Insurers say...
Kipper to Lead Oregon Insurance Division
Dec 2 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has named Scott Kipper administrator of its Insurance Division, DCBS Director Cory Streisinger announced. Kipper replaces Joel Ario, who left in July to become...
Oregon Motorcycle Fatalities Rise With Aging Riders
Nov 4 2007 // The motorcycle fatality rate in Oregon is climbing along with the size of bikes’ engines and the age of riders. The number of riders who are killed, as measured by deaths per 10,000 registered motorcycles and per...
Business Moves
Oct 27 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher, BIS Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired BIS Insurance Services Inc. of Sacramento, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1979, BIS Insurance Services is an employee...
Oregon Motorcycle Fatalities Rise with Aging Riders
Oct 26 2007 // The motorcycle fatality rate in Oregon is climbing along with the size of bikes’ engines and the age of riders. The number of riders who are killed, as measured by deaths per 10,000 registered motorcycles and per...
ACE Insurance Pays $4.5 Million to Settle Multi-state Bid-rigging Claims
Oct 26 2007 // ACE Group Holdings has agreed to pay $4.5 million to end a bid-rigging and price-fixing case, according to state officials. The monies will be divided among eight states and the District of Columbia. Florida’s Chief...
Oregon Producer’s License Revoked
Oct 15 2007 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services announced that it has revoked the license of producer Derek J. Reynolds. Reynolds was licensed in Oregon as a resident individual insurance producer from Sept. 5,...
Washington Casualty Earns Reinstatement of License in Ore.
Oct 10 2007 // Washington Casualty Company (WCC), a medical professional liability firm, recently announced that it has earned the reinstatement of its license to underwrite insurance in Oregon. The announcement coincides with the...
Oregon to decrease workers’ comp rates 2.3%
Oct 8 2007 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has announced it is decreasing the workers’ compensation pure premium rate in 2008 by 2.3 percent. Meanwhile, the workers’ comp premium assessment,...
Washington Casualty Reinstated in Oregon
Oct 5 2007 // Medical professional liability insurer Washington Casualty Co. announced that it has earned the reinstatement of its license to underwrite insurance in Oregon, as determined by the Oregon Department of Insurance. The...
Oregon Researchers Simulate Tsunami
Sep 25 2007 // A giant tsunami struck Seaside, Ore. last week — at least, a model version of the town, built by researchers at Oregon State University to demonstrate the potentially devastating effects of a real...
New Ore. law affects group contractor liability insurance
Sep 24 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...
Oregon To Decrease Workers’ Comp Rates 2.3%
Sep 19 2007 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has announced it is decreasing the workers’ compensation pur premium rate in 2008 by 2.3 percent. Meanwhile, the workers’ comp premium assessment,...
Oregon Updates Rule on Industry Assessments
Sep 18 2007 // Oregon has updated its administrative rules relating to assessments against insurers to fund regulatory functions. The rulemaking, OAR 836-009-0011, implements recently enacted legislation (ch. 560 Oregon Laws 2007,...
N.C. Bridge Sways, Gets Sufficiency Score of 2 Out of 100
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...
New Ore. Law Affects Group Contractor Liability Insurance
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...
Oregon Legislature Passes Several P/C Insurance-Related Bills
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...
Oregon Police Seeking Info on North Eugene Insurance Agency
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...
Seat Belt Saves Choking Oregon Driver
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...
Federal Government Offers Aid for Burned Oregon Pastures
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...
