Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Man Told to Stop Selling Insurance
Oct 13 2004 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has issued a cease and desist order against a Salem man who reportedly continued to transact insurance even after his license was revoked. An investigation...
Oregon’s Liberty Northwest Negotiated Tax Break
Oct 12 2004 // Nine years ago, private workers’ comp insurer Liberty Northwest struck a deal with legislators that it would pay no taxes on profits in Portland or Multnomah County, according to The Oregonian. Liberty Northwest is...
Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming take Med-mal Crisis to the Polls
Oct 11 2004 // On Nov. 2, citizens of three Western states will decide whether or not to limit damage awards in medical malpractice insurance cases. Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming will join Florida as the four states to consider placing caps...
Oregon’s SAIF Releases Evaluation in Response to Concerns – www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/features/2004/
Oct 11 2004 // SAIF is the big bully in Oregon workers’ comp insurance. It claims corporation status when that is expedient and public entity status when that is more advantageous. Unlike private sector competitors, SAIF cannot be...
Ore.’s SAIF Releases Evaluation in Response to Concerns – West – May 17, 2004
Oct 11 2004 // SAIF is the big bully in Oregon workers’ compensation insurance. It claims corporation status when that is expedient and public entity status when that is more advantageous. Unlike private sector competitors, SAIF...
Governor, Businesses, Labor Defend SAIF from Initiative
Oct 6 2004 // The battle over a ballot measure to abolish SAIF Corp. has moved into the final month with big spending by supporters and tough talk by Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who has emerged as the top defender of the state-owned...
No 2005 Work Comp Increase for Oregon
Sep 30 2004 // Oregon workers’ compensation insurance rates will not increase in 2005, Gov. Ted Kulongoski said September 28. The announcement marks the third straight year without an increase following 12 consecutive years of rate...
Oregon Archdiocese Files Complaint Against Insurers
Sep 17 2004 // The Archdiocese of Portland is petitioning for a jury trial to force its insurance companies to reimburse part of the $53 million it has paid out in clergy sex-abuse settlements. The complaint was filed this week in U.S....
Federal Prosecutor Joins SAIF Investigation, Goldschmidt a Target
Sep 13 2004 // Former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt is the target of an expanded investigation into SAIF Corp. that has been joined by a federal prosecutor, according to The Oregonian. The Portland newspaper said in its Sept. 10 editions that...
Koken Named NAIC President; Ario Elected VP
Sep 13 2004 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected a slate of three new officers in interim elections held during the 2004 NAIC Fall National Meeting. Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner...
Oregon Malpractice Damage Cap Heads to Ballot
Aug 3 2004 // Victims of medical malpractice would be denied their rights by a limit on damage awards, foes of the idea say, while advocates say the rising cost of malpractice insurance is keeping doctors out of Oregon. For the second...
Oregon Newspaper: Documents Detail Goldschmidt Work for SAIF
Aug 2 2004 // New documents reviewed by a Salem newspaper map out how former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt’s deal-brokering helped shape a plan on medical malpractice insurance for obstetricians in rural Oregon. The former governor was...
Oregon and Idaho Seminars Focus on CLUE Reports
Jul 22 2004 // The use of loss history reports in underwriting homeowners insurance policies was the subject of seminars held recently in Oregon and Idaho. Sam Sorich, Western Region vice president for the Property Casualty Insurers...
One of Oregon’s Largest Employers Selects SAIF as Work Comp Carrier
Jul 1 2004 // SAIF Corporation, Oregon’s non-profit workers’ compensation insurance company, announced its newest policyholder, Bear Creek Corporation, Southern Oregon’s largest employer. SAIF will provide...
Kingsley Elected President of the Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho
Jun 17 2004 // Richard Kingsley, owner of Stayton-based Cammack-Kingsley Insurance Inc., has been elected president-elect of the Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho, a trade association that represents more than 2,300...
Oregon Attorney Could Win Millions from SAIF Measure
Jun 15 2004 // A proposed ballot measure for the November elections that would dismantle the public company that provides worker compensation insurance could make millions for a Portland attorney and his law firm. Call it the DiLorenzo...
PCI Suggests Changes to Proposed Credit Report Rules in Oregon
Jun 10 2004 // On June 3, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) raised concerns about proposed regulations designed to implement a 2003 law that restricts insurers’ use of credit information for reviewing...
Construction Liability Costs Hurt Oregon Contractors
May 18 2004 // Soaring construction liability insurance premiums are causing contractors to raise house prices and even leave the business, builders say. Insurance rates for contractors doing commercial construction also have surged, but...
Oregon’s SAIF Releases Evaluation in Response to Concerns
May 17 2004 // Oregon’s State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) recently released a 10-point self-evaluation in response to Governor Ted Kulongoski’s concerns about the publicly-owned workers’ compensation insurance...
The Beaver State – No Self-Serve Gas, One-Way Streets, and Ghost Towns
Mar 22 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Oregon at 3,421,399. Approximately 85 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 25 percent had...
