Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Tightens Regulation on Financial Advisors’ Sales Tactics
Sep 17 2009 // Oregon officials have filed proposed rules to better protect Oregon seniors and other investors from misleading sales tactics. The rules prohibit those who sell financial and insurance products from marketing themselves by...
Oregon Restaurants Get Rating Return from Workers’ Compensation Group
Sep 11 2009 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced strong return results for its Liberty Northwest/Oregon Restaurant Association (LNW/ORA) workers’ compensation insurance program. The...
Oregon Says Workers’ Comp Must Pay for Weight Loss Surgery
Sep 7 2009 // Weight-loss surgery can be covered in Oregon by workers’ compensation provided it is needed to treat a job-related injury. The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that SAIF Corp., the state chartered agency, must pay for...
Oregon Says Workers’ Comp Must Pay for Weight Loss
Aug 28 2009 // Weight-loss surgery can be covered by state workers’ compensation insurance, provided it is needed to treat a job-related injury, according to an Oregon court. The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that SAIF Corp.,...
Oregon Trucking Company Accused of Negligence
Aug 24 2009 // The trial began this week in Oregon in a civil complaint that accuses trucking giant C.R. England Inc. of gross negligence. The suit, which will be heard in Portland’s federal courthouse, is being brought by Andrea...
Insurers Pressing Oregon Landowners to Take Wildfire Prevention Measures
Aug 17 2009 // Insurance companies have begun telling some policyholders in Eastern Oregon to protect their buildings against wildfires, say industry and government officials. One Oregon Department of Forestry official said he’s...
Oregon Bill Gives Consumers Leverage to Negotiate Vehicle Value During Loss
Aug 10 2009 // Oregon consumers who total their vehicle will have more information and more leverage as they negotiate their vehicle’s value with insurers, beginning Jan. 1, 2010, according to the state Department of Consumer and...
Environmental Groups Sue FEMA Over Oregon Flood Maps
Aug 6 2009 // The Audubon Society of Portland has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to ensure that its remapping of flood zones for the National Flood Insurance Program does not jeopardize...
Oregon Counties Plan for Aftermath of Disasters
Aug 4 2009 // The Department of Homeland Security has provided money to help south coast Oregon counties develop a plan for putting their communities back together following an earthquake or tsunami. Josh Bruce, projects coordinator...
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Aug 3 2009 // Teresa Miller was appointed administrator of Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services Insurance Division. Miller joined the Insurance Division in July 2008 and has been serving as acting administrator...
Houston Joins Griffin Underwriting Services in Oregon
Jul 27 2009 // Griffin Underwriting Services of Bellevue, Wash., has added John Houston as a property/causalty underwriter in the company’s Portland, Ore., office. In this position, Houston will be responsible for underwriting and...
Foremost Insurance Expands Oregon Dwelling Fire Program
Jul 13 2009 // Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Foremost Insurance Group has expanded its dwelling fire program in Oregon, introducing new policies and endorsements for the needs of landlord, owner-occupied or vacant properties. Typically known...
Miller named Oregon Insurance Division Administrator
Jul 10 2009 // Teresa Miller has been appointed administrator of Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services Insurance Division. Miller joined the Insurance Division in July 2008 and has been serving as acting...
Oregon Weighs In On Insurance Legislation
Jul 6 2009 // The Oregon Legislature adjourned the 2009 legislative session ended with a mixed bag of results on insurance issues, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “A number of costly and unnecessary bills...
Oregon Requires Life Jackets While River Rafting
Jul 6 2009 // Going river rafting in Oregon? Bring a life jacket. It’s now the law. To reduce drowning risks, Oregon authorities are reminding people that life jackets are required aboard river rafts, just as the safety device is...
Liberty Northwest Distributes Dividend for Oregon Restaurant Program
Jun 30 2009 // The Liberty Northwest Board of Directors recently declared the ninth consecutive dividend earned for restaurants participating in the Oregon Restaurant Association (ORA) Safety Group Dividend Property & Liability...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Payments Up 3.4%
Jun 15 2009 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has published a report examining trends in medical costs during 2000-2007. According to the report, for the period studied, total workers’ compensation...
Liberty Northwest Drops Workers’ Comp Direct Sales for Independent Agents
Jun 10 2009 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Agency Markets business unit announced that one of its member companies, Liberty Northwest, has sold the renewal rights for most of its direct-sold workers’ compensation policies written...
Oregon Tracks Workers’ Comp Payment Trends
Jun 5 2009 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services has published a report examining trends in medical costs during 2000-2007. According to the report, for the period studied, total workers’ compensation...
Oregon Warns Insurance Industry About Arbitration Clauses
Jun 1 2009 // The Oregon Insurance Division is warning the insurance industry to be careful about arbitration clauses. According to a recently posted bulletin, “It has recently come to [OID’s] attention that policy forms,...
