September 9, 2020
Oregon employers on average will pay less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced today. The decline in costs marks eight years of average decreases in the pure premium rate – the …
July 23, 2020
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’ Division of Financial Regulation extended its emergency orders for property/casualty, long-term care and life and disability insurance. The department made a similar extension announcement in June. The orders mean that the most …
June 23, 2020
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’ Division of Financial Regulation extended its emergency orders for property/casualty, long-term care, and life and disability insurance. The orders mean that the most common insurance policies, such as auto, home, term and …
May 26, 2020
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has issued emergency orders related to COVID-19 for insurance companies providing property/casualty, long-term care, and life and disability insurance. The orders require insurance companies providing these policies to do the following: Provide …
April 24, 2020
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has extended its emergency order on insurance deadlines. The order requires all insurance companies to extend grace periods for premium payments, postpone policy cancellations and nonrenewals, and extend deadlines for reporting claims …
October 11, 2019
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced an 8.4% average reduction in pure premium rates for employers in 2020. The department each year adopts by rule the workers’ comp premium assessment rate that is paid by all employers …
October 16, 2018
Workers’ compensation premium rates fell considerably nationwide, while California continued to see among the worst rates in the nation, according to a new study out from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. The department puts out its Oregon …
September 11, 2018
Oregon employers next year will pay an average of $1.12 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation insurance, down from $1.23 in 2018, under a proposal by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. This will mark the sixth …
December 18, 2017
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has named Andrew Stolfi administrator of the division of Financial Regulation. Stolfi’s first day at DCBS will be Feb. 1. He replaces Laura Cali, who is now the chief financial officer at …
September 12, 2017
Oregon employers will see a key portion of their workers’ compensation costs drop by an average of 14 percent in 2018, according to the Department of Consumer and Business Services. This marks the fifth year in a row that businesses …