Latest Oregon Headlines
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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...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Ore. Governor’s Plan Cuts Rural Doctors’ Professional Liability Insurance Costs
Mar 4 2004 // More than a thousand doctors in rural communities throughout Oregon are going to see reductions of up to eighty percent in their medical professional liability insurance costs this quarter as a result of a state...
Oregon Insurance Division Recognized for Financial Regulation Program
Dec 23 2003 // The Oregon Insurance Division has been recognized for its financial regulation program by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Oregon was one of 10 states to recently receive an accreditation award from the...
Csiszar Named NAIC President for 2004
Dec 8 2003 // During the Winter National Meeting in Anaheim, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected regulators from South Carolina, North Dakota and Oregon to serve as the association’s 2004...
Several Oregon P/C Insurance Measures Signed Into Law
Oct 20 2003 // Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski recently signed several pieces of significant property/casualty insurance legislation, including measures dealing with credit reports, taxes, auto insurance coverage and environmental...
Several Oregon P/C Insurance Measures Signed Into Law
Oct 14 2003 // Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski recently signed several pieces of significant property/casualty insurance legislation, including measures dealing with credit reports, taxes, auto insurance coverage and environmental...
Ore. WC Rates Flat for 2nd Straight Year
Sep 26 2003 // Oregon Governor Theodore Kulongoski announced this week that two state business fees used to pay for workers’ compensation and workplace safety programs will be reduced next year, in part to reflect administrative...
Oregon Drivers Spend Less than Average for Insurance
Aug 22 2003 // Oregonians spend less than the national average for personal automobile insurance, according to a recent report comparing premiums nationwide. The estimated average expenditure for personal auto insurance in Oregon was...
Oregon Credit Bill Passes Legislature, En Route to Gov.
Aug 21 2003 // A bill restricting insurers’ use of credit information for personal lines underwriting and rating passed the Senate Aug. 20 and heads to the Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski’s desk for his...
Credit, Environmental Liability Tops Ore. Issues in 2003 Session
Aug 1 2003 // As the legislative session continues to roll forward in Oregon, Senate bills that would unfairly expand environmental insurance coverage and restrict insurers’ use of credit information are stirring controversy,...
