Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Archdiocese Reorganization Plan Calls for $75 Million Settlement
Dec 20 2006 // Settling nearly 170 claims of priest sex abuse would cost the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland about $75 million under a reorganization plan proposed to end the first bankruptcy in the nation filed by a...
Portland Archdiocese, Sex Abuse Claimants Agree to Settle
Dec 15 2006 // Nearly all the some 170 people claiming they were sexually abused by priests who once worked in Western Oregon have agreed to settle their lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, a federal judge who...
Oregon Insurance Division Files Action Against American Standard
Dec 14 2006 // The Director of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Insurance Division, Cory Steisinger, reported that American Standard Insurance Company of Wisconsin has entered into a stipulation agreement, based on...
Study ranks states on workers’ comp premiums; Alaska highest
Dec 11 2006 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has issued its biennial study on national workers’ compensation premiums, and noted that Alaska has the highest rates of all 50 states and the District...
Study ranks states on workers’ comp premiums; Alaska highest
Dec 10 2006 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has issued its biennial study on national workers’ compensation premiums, and noted that Alaska has the highest rates of all 50 states and the District...
Calif. Association to Oppose Proposed Tax Increase on Oregon Drivers
Dec 6 2006 // Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski is renewing a once-defeated legislative proposal to impose a new sales tax on Oregon drivers that will raise auto insurance premiums by millions of dollars, according to Kenton Brine, Northwest...
Oregon insurance division to sponsor five bills
Nov 20 2006 // Oregon’s Insurance Division said it will introduce five bills in the state Legislature’s upcoming session, which convenes in January 2007. Following is a summary of legislation the Insurance Division plans to...
Oregon defeats Measure 42; insurers can continue to use credit scores
Nov 20 2006 // Oregon voters rejected Measure 42 — which would have banned the use of credit-based insurance scoring — by nearly a two-to-one margin of 65.58 percent to 34.42 percent in November’s election. The...
Oregon insurance division to sponsor five bills
Nov 19 2006 // Oregon’s Insurance Division said it will introduce five bills in the state Legislature’s upcoming session, which convenes in January 2007. Following is a summary of legislation the Insurance Division plans to...
News Currents
Nov 19 2006 // Oregon defeats Measure 42; insurers can continue to use credit scores Oregon voters rejected Measure 42 — which would have banned the use of credit-based insurance scoring — by nearly a two-to-one margin of...
Crescent City Harbor Suffers Up To $700K in Tsunami Damages
Nov 17 2006 // The National Weather Service lifted a tsunami advisory hours before powerful waves damaged docks and tore boats from their moorings in Northern California. Forecasters said they were wary of causing chaos along the...
Third Death Confirmed After Record Rain in Pacific Northwest
Nov 10 2006 // The body of a 78-year-old woman who disappeared on a storm-battered beach was found, the third confirmed death from storms in the Pacific Northwest that smashed rainfall records and damaged hundreds of homes, authorities...
Oregon Voters Defeat Credit Scoring Ballot Measure
Nov 8 2006 // Oregon voters rejected Measure 42 — which would have banned the use of credit-based insurance scoring — by nearly a two-to-one margin of 65.58 percent to 34.42 percent — in yesterday’s election. The...
Oregon Insurance Division To Sponsor Five Bills in 2007 Session
Nov 8 2006 // Oregon’s Insurance Division announced plans to introduce five bills in the state Legislature’s upcoming session, which convenes in January 2007. Following is a summary of legislation the Insurance Division...
Oregon Election: Blocking Credit Scoring Initiative a Top Priority
Nov 7 2006 // Defeating an Oregon ballot measure that would ban using credit scoring to set insurance rates has become a top priority for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) and other insurance industry...
Supreme Court to Revisit: How Much Punitive Damages is Enough?
Nov 2 2006 // Jesse Williams, according to his widow, never gave any credence to the surgeon general’s health warnings about smoking cigarettes. When Williams contracted inoperable lung cancer after smoking two packs a day for 45...
Sharing Power Seen as Option for Evenly Split Oklahoma Senate
Oct 30 2006 // Democratic and Republican state Senate leaders in Oklahoma may follow the lead of their counterparts in other states and share power if the chamber has a tie in membership after the Nov. 7 general election, officials...
Esurance Seeks to Grow in Oregon
Oct 26 2006 // Esurance, a direct-to-consumer personal auto insurance company, announced the launch of its auto insurance program in Oregon. Gary Tolman, Esurance President & CEO, stated, “We think Oregon drivers will...
Oregon Hosts Wildfire Summit Workshops in November
Oct 20 2006 // The Oregon Department of Forestry and Office of the STate Fire Marshall, in partnership with Allstate Insurance Co., is offering workshops for insurance producers on wildfires. Sessions will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15...
People and Places
Oct 9 2006 // Ernie Csiszar resigned from the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. PCI has launched a national search for a new CEO. June Holmes, PCI’s current chief operating officer, will serve as the interim...
