Latest Oregon Headlines
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US Government Accuses Oregon Aircraft Contractor Of Fraud
Dec 19 2011 // A Coos Bay, Ore. company and its owner accused of defrauding the U.S. government by supplying defective and counterfeit aircraft parts have been indicted on fraud and money laundering charges. A grand jury named Kustom...
Federal Judge Rules Blogger Not Journalist in Defamation Case
Dec 9 2011 // A federal judge has ruled that a Montana blogger was not acting as a journalist when she lambasted an Oregon attorney in online statements that led to a $2.5 million defamation judgment against her. The ruling last week by...
RiskPoint Insurance Advisors Launches in Oregon
Dec 6 2011 // RiskPoint Insurance Advisors LLC on Tuesday launched as a full service commercial insurance agency serving clients nationwide. “RiskPoint’s primary focus is extraordinary client care delivered by a team of...
Business Moves
Dec 5 2011 // Everest Everest Re Group Ltd. is expanding its professional liability insurance operation, Everest Specialty Unit (ESU), with the opening of a west coast regional office. Currently based in New York, ESU will be...
Insurance Company Poll: Oregon Drivers Want Harsher Cell Phone Penalties
Dec 5 2011 // According to a poll from PEMCO Insurance, nearly half of Portland-area drivers are upset enough at the prospect of sharing the road with distracted drivers that they believe lawmakers should treat those caught talking,...
Ox Bonding Enters Oregon
Nov 23 2011 // Oregon contractors will have another option for surety bonds after the state approved Ox Bonding and affiliate carrier, Upper Hudson National Insurance Co., for writing business. Ox Bonding said it saw an opportunity as a...
Insurance Company Poll: Oregon Drivers Want Harsher Penalties for Cell Phone Violators
Nov 16 2011 // According to a poll from PEMCO Insurance, nearly half of Portland-area drivers are upset enough at the prospect of sharing the road with distracted drivers that they believe lawmakers should treat those caught talking,...
Oregon Pays Big Bucks to Contractors
Nov 15 2011 // Oregon may be in the middle of a budget crisis, but that hasn’t stopped state officials from committing nearly $10 billion to outside contractors, an Oregonian investigation has found. While talking about furlough...
Oregon’s Consumer and Business Department Names Premium Assessment Rate
Nov 14 2011 // An assessment rate of direct earned premium is necessary for the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services to carry out its statutory responsibility to regulate, administer, and enforce the workers’...
Workers’ Compensation Rate Hike for Oregon
Sep 30 2011 // The Department of Consumer and Business Services announced the pure premium rate for workers’ compensation will increase 1.9 percent starting in 2012, the first rate hike in Oregon in more than 20 years. The decision...
McLarens Young Acquires Washington Oregon Claim Service
Sep 23 2011 // McLarens Young International has acquired Washington Oregon Claim Service, a middle market claims adjusting firm in the Pacific Northwest. The acquisition is Atlanta-based MYI’s first step into the U.S. middle...
Washington Couple Settles Oregon ‘Treesort’ Claim
Sep 19 2011 // A Washington state couple has settled a lawsuit against Josephine County for $1.2 million after they were injured in a fall from a suspension bridge at a bed and breakfast made up of tree houses. The federal court suit was...
Essentials: Be Careful What You Say When Issuing a Binder
Sep 5 2011 // Insurance binders are contracts of temporary insurance pending the issuance of a formal policy or proper rejection of the application by the insurer. The binder serves only as a temporary or interim policy until a formal...
Oregon Wildfires Threaten Homes
Aug 30 2011 // Weather conditions improved for firefighters trying to contain a 45,000-acre grass fire in central Oregon, after red flag warnings expired. A dispatcher at the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center in Prineville said...
Pacific Coast Towns Rethink Tsunami ‘Vertical’ Evacuation Options
Aug 29 2011 // When the next devastating earthquake strikes off the Northwest coast, it is expected to send a tsunami so fast that it could leave coastal communities with perhaps 20 minutes to escape the surge of water. For small towns...
Oregon Family Sues Cargill Over Contaminated Turkey
Aug 17 2011 // A Cargill Inc. unit is being sued by an Oregon family who said their young daughter was hospitalized after eating Salmonella-contaminated turkey, the subject of one of the largest U.S. meat recalls ever. The lawsuit is one...
Oregon Insurance Company Aids Disabled Veterans
Aug 16 2011 // A team of 12 U.S. service members who were severely injured in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan will compete in Oregon’s iconic 2011 Hood to Coast Relay race. “Team Warfighter Sports” is the only...
Oregon Medical Marijuana Costs Too High, Say Workers’ Comp Insurers
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Oregon Town Passes Bond Measure to Save on Flood Insurance
Aug 1 2011 // MILTON-FREEWATER, Ore. _ The levee system along the Walla Walla River is badly in need of repair in one Eastern Oregon town, costing homeowners a flood insurance premium until the system is fixed. The U.S. Army Corps of...
Agents Question GM Free Car Insurance Deal With MetLife Auto
Aug 1 2011 // Independent insurance agents are raising concerns over a General Motors promotion that offers car buyers in the Pacific Northwest a year of free liability and damage insurance from MetLife Auto & Home. Hoping to put...
