Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agents Program Extends to Oregon
Nov 3 2009 // The Smart Choice Agents Program, which currently serves 3,000 independent agencies in more than 30 states, announces the expansion of the program into Oregon. Kurt Van Sickle has been named the state’s...
Oregon Bans Cell Phones in the Car
Nov 2 2009 // As of Jan. 1, you can get slapped with a $90 fine if you use a hand-held cell phone while driving in Oregon. Will that be enough to encourage motorists to keep their full attention on the road? And how well can the law be...
Oregon Charges Agent Who Dumped Insurance Customer Records in Trash
Nov 1 2009 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has issued a cease-and-desist order against insurance agent Robert Warren Spruill for violating the Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act and the Oregon...
Oregon’s Gales Names New Partner
Oct 30 2009 // Gales Creek Insurance Services is pleased to announce that their Commercial Lines Manager, Kim Hutchinson, has become a partner in the agency. Kim has been with Gales Creek since 1999, handling national program business...
Scientists Find Cause of Oregon Earthquakes
Oct 28 2009 // Scientists say a group of previously unknown faults was behind an odd swarm of earthquakes last year off the Oregon Coast. But just what set them off remains unknown. Oregon State University marine geologist Robert Dziak...
Oregon Charges Agent Who Dumped Records
Oct 26 2009 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has issued a cease-and-desist order against insurance agent Robert Warren Spruill for violating the Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act and the Oregon...
Fire Season Done in Southwest Oregon
Oct 15 2009 // Rains have brought some moisture, and relief, and the fire season is over in Oregon’s Jackson and Josephine counties. Brian Ballou, spokesman for the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Southwest Oregon District,...
Oregon’s Liberty Northwest Hires Vice President
Oct 7 2009 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, today announced the appointment of Ms. Margie Cooper to vice president, Claims. She succeeds Mr. Gary Kentner, who is retiring, according to a company...
Suing Now Costs More in Oregon
Oct 5 2009 // The cost of filing a lawsuit in Oregon went up this week. The state Legislature passed the new fees last session to help avoid deeper cuts to the justice system. The increases that took effect Thursday vary. Lawsuits that...
Oregon Supreme Court to Decide If State Must Approve Punitive Damages
Oct 5 2009 // A federal appeals court has asked the Oregon Supreme Court to rule on whether the state must approve any settlement of punitive damages awarded by a jury. Under current law, Oregon gets 60 percent of those punitive damages...
Oregon Mulls Plan for Tsunami Buildings
Sep 28 2009 // Should an earthquake generate a tsunami on the Oregon coast, there might be only 20 minutes to get to high ground. But regional leaders, engineers and scientists plan to gather next week in Cannon Beach and Portland to...
Oregon Investigates Phony Agent
Sep 24 2009 // The Oregon Insurance Division is asking dentists and oral surgeons to contact the division if they purchased business owners’ insurance through Brenda L. MacLaren-Beattie, a Washington-based agent who allegedly sold...
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...
