Latest Oregon Headlines
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Oregon Supreme Court: Negligence Claim OK, Despite Contract
Apr 4 2011 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a claim for property damage arising from construction defects may lie in tort, in addition to contract. According to court documents in Abraham v. T. Henry Construction Inc., Richard...
Oregon Proposes Relaxing Motorcycle Helmet Law
Apr 1 2011 // Oregon legislators are considering a proposal that would relax the state’s motorcycle helmet law, requiring only persons under 21 years of age to wear motorcycle helmet while riding on or operating motorcycle....
Oregon Proposes Medical Malpractice Cap
Mar 25 2011 // Oregon legislators have proposed capping non-economic damages in medical malpractice claims against health care providers at $500,000. House Bill 3228, introduced by Rep. Jim Thompson, R-Dallas, stipulates that the cap...
Oregon AIG Settlement
Mar 21 2011 // Oregon will receive about $3.6 million as part of a multi-state settlement with the American International Group over misreporting of workers’ compensation insurance premiums. A two-year examination of AIG and its...
Oregon Supreme Court: Negligence Claim OK, Despite Contract
Mar 16 2011 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that a claim for property damage arising from construction defects may lie in tort, in addition to contract, even when the homeowner and builder are in a contractual...
Oregon Considers New Requirements for Outdoor Guides
Mar 15 2011 // Oregon officials are considering ways to better police outdoor guides to make sure they’re licensed and professional. The Mail Tribune of Medford reports that the state Marine Board has been touring the state in...
Oregon to Net $3.6 Million From AIG Settlement
Mar 10 2011 // Oregon will receive about $3.6 million as part of a multi-state settlement with the American International Group (AIG) over misreporting of workers’ compensation insurance premiums. A two-year examination of AIG and...
Oregon Workplace Injuries Decline More Than 50%
Mar 9 2011 // Seventeen people covered by Oregon’s workers’ compensation system died on the job during 2010, the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced. The total represents an all-time low in Oregon...
Some Oregon Legislators Want to Relax Helmet Law
Feb 15 2011 // Twenty Oregon legislators want to relax the state’s motorcycle helmet law, so only drivers younger than 21 would be required to wear a helmet. House Bill 3141 sponsor Rep. Andy Olson, R, believes relaxing the helmet...
Oregon Motor Vehicle Fatalities Down 13%
Feb 11 2011 // Oregonians are responding to transportation safety messages, with the state’s motor vehicle fatality toll for 2010 preliminarily at 325. The number is 13 percent lower than 2009, in which 377 fatalities occurred, and...
Oregon Work-Related Injury Rate at Record-Low
Feb 9 2011 // Oregon’s private sector workers suffered work-related injuries and illnesses at a rate of 4.4 for every 100 full-time employees in the 2009 calendar year, the lowest ever recorded, according to a new report. Of the...
Oregon Credit Score Law Cuts Insurance Rates
Feb 7 2011 // Thousands of Oregonians are enjoying lower insurance premiums as a result of a year-old credit scoring law, according to a recent survey by the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) Insurance Division. The...
TWFG Opens Locations in Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon
Jan 24 2011 // Texas-based retail and managing general agency, The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), has opened three new branch locations — one each in Texas, Oklahoma and Oregon. Berry Olinghouse has opened a new branch location...
Durham and Bates Agencies Names Hurst President, CEO
Jan 24 2011 // Portland, Ore.-based Durham and Bates Agencies Inc. has selected William D. Hurst as CEO and president. Hurst, an internationally known marine insurance broker, and leader of Durham and Bates’ Marine Practice for 25...
Oregon Credit Score Law Cuts Insurance Rates
Jan 24 2011 // Thousands of Oregonians are enjoying lower insurance premiums as a result of a year-old credit scoring law, according to a recent survey by the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) Insurance Division. The...
Irwin Siegel Agency Opens Office in Oregon
Jan 10 2011 // Rock Hill, N.Y.-based Irwin Siegel Agency Inc. (ISA) has opened a new office facility located in Oregon. For ISA, a national insurance and risk management provider, the new office space serves to reinforce broker...
Economist: Oregonian Insurance Agents Can Expect Unsettling Year
Jan 7 2011 // Oregonians should expect a long slow recovery from the recession, and it will be years before the economy returns to pre-recession levels, John Mitchel, an economist and former Western Regional Economist for U.S. Bank,...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Claim Incidence Rate at Record Low
Dec 28 2010 // Oregon workers’ compensation insurance claims rates in 2009 were at the lowest they’ve ever been, at less than 42 percent of the 1989 rate, according to a recently released report by the state’s...
Fireman’s Fund Expands Green Credit For Oregon Homeowners
Dec 7 2010 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., the nation’s first provider of green insurance, has expanded the credit for green homeowners in Oregon to include certification by Earth Advantage. Fireman’s Fund is offering...
Oregon Proposes Changing Insurance Licensing Requirements
Nov 19 2010 // The Oregon Insurance Division recently has proposed changing rules to restructure the order in which a person applies for an insurance license to eliminate the pre-approval process. Restructuring the process would...
