Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Court Decision Forces Insurers to Change Auto Policy Language
May 7 2001 // The Oregon Supreme Court is at it again, although on a much smaller scale. Less than two years after the Oregon high court called into question the validity of every ex-clusion in an insurance policy with its decision in...
Busy Times for Oregon’s DCBS
Apr 23 2001 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services revoked the licenses of five agents across the state for unrelated violations. In one case, a Cave Junction agent, Cecile G. Zimmerman, had her license revoked after...
Oregon Hopes ‘Fleming Fix’ Will Clear the Clutter
Apr 9 2001 // To the nearly endless list of issues over which trial lawyers and insurance companies have waged legal battles, we can now add… Point sizes and capitalization? Fortunately for the insurance industry, Oregon’s...
S&P Affirms Oregon Mutual
Mar 26 2001 // The “BBBpi” FSRs on Oregon Mutual Insurance Co. was affirmed by S&P. The rating action was based on the consolidated results of the company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Western Protectors Insurance...
Oregon Revokes Four Agents’ Licenses, Suspends One
Mar 21 2001 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has revoked the licenses of five agents across the state for unrelated violations. In one case, a Cave Junction agent, Cecile G. Zimmerman, had her license revoked...
“Fleming Fix” Bill Headed to Oregon Senate
Mar 2 2001 // The Oregon Senate Business, Labor and Economic Development Committee has moved a bill designed to correct a controversial state Supreme Court ruling on pollution exclusions to the Senate floor with a “do pass”...
Conant Named to IIA Oregon Board of Directors
Dec 20 2000 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Oregon named Chris Conant of Lumbermens Insurance to the State Board of Directors. As a member of the 12-person board, Conant will assist in setting policy for the organization and...
Safeco Launches Initiatives, Reports Improved 3Q
Nov 13 2000 // After taking a small step backward last quarter with disappointing results, Seattle-based Safeco reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of 2000. According to Boh Dickey, president and chief operating...
Oregon Revokes Gresham Agent’s License
Oct 16 2000 // Oct. 16, 2000 9:30 a.m. CDT
FRANKEL’S FRIENDS OR FOES’
Oct 16 2000 // Robert Guyer and Robert Todd Bennett, associates of former Greenwich financier Martin Frankel, pleaded guilty on Sept. 18 and Sept. 20, respectively, to federal securities fraud and other charges. Guyer pleaded guilty to...
Oregon Revokes Portland Agent’s License; Takes Action Against Company
Jul 31 2000 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has revoked the insurance agent license of a Portland man, J. Henry Edgmond, for misappropriating funds belonging to an insurance agency. An investigation by the...
No License, No Joke
May 15 2000 // The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) revoked Brian K. Dusenberry’s insurance agent license for violations of the Oregon Insurance Code. DCBS also revoked the firm license of Fairway Insurance...
Insurers Voice Concern For Oregon W/C
May 15 2000 // An Oregon House Interim Committee heard testimony on April 27 with respect to what is perceived by a number of insurance industry analysts and major trade organizations as a state of deterioration in the workers’...
Lawsuit Against Farmers Given Class Action Status in Oregon
May 12 2000 // Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Harl H. Haas granted class-action certification on May 10 to a $5-million lawsuit against Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon. The suit, which was filed by attorney Richard Yugler, a...
Oregon Appoints New Administrator of State Insurance Division
May 11 2000 // Joel S. Ario was named administrator of Oregon’s Insurance Division and Deputy Insurance Commissioner, effective May 1. Ario takes over the position from Nancy M. Ellison, who resigned in December. Ario will be under...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Market On the Downslide, NAII Says
May 1 2000 // Potential problems within Oregon’s state insurance fund could further jeopardize a struggling workers’ comp market, according to testimony by a representative for the National Association of Independent...
WORKERS’ COMP MARKET OVERVIEW
Apr 3 2000 // CALIFORNIA STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS By Sky Barnhart “After five years of product being given away, it’s a crazy, crazy market, and it’s put a lot of people on the producers’ side out of...
Oregon Ruling Expands Homeowners Coverage
Mar 7 2000 // A recent decision from the Oregon Supreme Court expands coverage for most Oregon homeowners policies to include pollution liability exposure. The original decision in November 1999, in the case of Fleming v. USAA, ruled...
