Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Washington, Oregon Rank High in Promoting Roadway Safety
Nov 18 2010 // Many states are making progress toward making roads safer, but Oregon and Washington do the best of promoting roadway safety with traffic laws, according to a new report by the Emergency Nurses Association. The report...
Cincinnati Insurance Appoints First Agency in Oregon
Nov 16 2010 // Cincinnati Financial Corp. announced that its lead property casualty insurance subsidiary, The Cincinnati Insurance Co., appointed KPD Insurance Inc. in Springfield, Ore., as the first independent agency in that state to...
Republicans Gain Control in State Houses, Governor Offices
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. The new GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression,...
Oregon State to Assist Crop Insurance Program
Nov 8 2010 // An innovative climate and weather monitoring system developed at Oregon State University in Corvallis will soon be used to help underwrite and verify claims of crop losses, both to improve services to farmers across the...
Republicans Gain Control in State Houses
Nov 4 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great...
Oregon DCBS Director Leaving in January
Nov 2 2010 // Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) Director Cory Streisinger announced she will leave her position at the end of Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s term, Jan. 10, 2011. “Heading the Department of...
Montanans Pay Highest Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Nov 1 2010 // Montana has the highest workers’ compensation premium rates in the nation, at $3.33 per $100 of payroll, followed next by Alaska, which has a rate of $3.10 per $100 of payroll, according to a new study. In the...
Montana Has Highest Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Oct 22 2010 // Montana has the highest workers’ compensation premium rates in the nation, at $3.33 per $100 of payroll, followed next by Alaska, which has a rate of $3.10 per $100 of payroll, according to a new study. In the 2010...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Rate Reform Highlighted in National Study
Oct 22 2010 // A nationally-recognized study on the cost of workers’ compensation shows Ohio rates have improved dramatically over the past three years, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation reported. The Oregon Study is...
Oregon to Streamline Insurance License Application Process
Oct 6 2010 // Oregon’s Division of Insurance announced it is changing the order of the resident license application process to streamline the process so that producer applicants take required exams before submitting an application...
Oregon Clarifies Credit Scoring Re-Rating Rules
Sep 13 2010 // The Oregon Insurance Division has issued a bulletin to clarify the use of consumer credit information for personal insurance policies. According to the Department of Consumer and Business Services, Senate Bill 377 passed...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Rates Remain Flat in 2011
Sep 9 2010 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services announced that on average, workers’ compensation rates for 2011 will remain flat. The pure premium rate will decrease 1.8 percent in 2011, but the...
Insurance Could End Oregon Civil War Re-Enactments
Sep 7 2010 // A battle over liability insurance coverage for groups using Oregon state property is brewing, and the Northwest Civil War Council is right in the middle of it. In 2009, the Oregon State Legislature passed Senate Bill 311,...
Budget Shortfall Forces Oregon Insurance Division to Close Some Days
Jun 16 2010 // The current recession has reduced Oregon revenues, and has forced the Legislature to make deep cuts. Coping with these cuts includes closing the Department of Consumer and Business Services and most other state agencies on...
Oregon Insurance Industry To Recognize Customer Service Reps
Jun 10 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Oregon (IIABO) is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Accredited Customer Service Representative of the Year award, which recognizes an employee for his or her...
Ratings Recap: Frankenmuth, Oregon Dental, Sooner, Commercial Casualty
Jun 1 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A’ (Excellent) from’ A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings to “a+” from “aa-” of Frankenmuth Insurance and...
Oregon Median Auto Insurance Rate Now $577 per Household
May 28 2010 // The median six-month auto insurance rate in Oregon has decreased approximately 4.3 percent over the past six months to reach $577 according to InsWeb, an online insurance comparison provider. InsWeb also reported Oregon...
