Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Csiszar Named NAIC President for 2004
Dec 8 2003 // During the Winter National Meeting in Anaheim, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected regulators from South Carolina, North Dakota and Oregon to serve as the association’s 2004...
Several Oregon P/C Insurance Measures Signed Into Law
Oct 20 2003 // Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski recently signed several pieces of significant property/casualty insurance legislation, including measures dealing with credit reports, taxes, auto insurance coverage and environmental...
Several Oregon P/C Insurance Measures Signed Into Law
Oct 14 2003 // Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski recently signed several pieces of significant property/casualty insurance legislation, including measures dealing with credit reports, taxes, auto insurance coverage and environmental...
Ore. WC Rates Flat for 2nd Straight Year
Sep 26 2003 // Oregon Governor Theodore Kulongoski announced this week that two state business fees used to pay for workers’ compensation and workplace safety programs will be reduced next year, in part to reflect administrative...
Oregon Drivers Spend Less than Average for Insurance
Aug 22 2003 // Oregonians spend less than the national average for personal automobile insurance, according to a recent report comparing premiums nationwide. The estimated average expenditure for personal auto insurance in Oregon was...
Oregon Credit Bill Passes Legislature, En Route to Gov.
Aug 21 2003 // A bill restricting insurers’ use of credit information for personal lines underwriting and rating passed the Senate Aug. 20 and heads to the Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski’s desk for his...
Credit, Environmental Liability Tops Ore. Issues in 2003 Session
Aug 1 2003 // As the legislative session continues to roll forward in Oregon, Senate bills that would unfairly expand environmental insurance coverage and restrict insurers’ use of credit information are stirring controversy,...
No ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ for Oregon Co.
May 1 2003 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell ordered an unlicensed Oregon company marketing medical malpractice insurance to physicians and hospitals in his state to terminate all activities there. The formal cease and...
Over-utilization of Chiro. Care Hurting Calif. WC, AIA Says
Apr 3 2003 // Legislation to curb over-utilization of chiropractic care without physician oversight will help control the skyrocketing medical costs that are jeopardizing California’s workers’ compensation system, said the...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Community Mourns Loss of Alan Tebb
Apr 2 2003 // Alan Tebb, former general manager of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, the research and education arm of the California workers’ compensation industry, passed away March 31 following a brief...
Over-utilization of Chiro. Care Hurting Calif. WC, AIA Says
Apr 2 2003 // Legislation to curb over-utilization of chiropractic care without physician oversight will help control the skyrocketing medical costs that are jeopardizing California’s workers’ compensation system, said the...
Ore. Orders Company to Halt Selling Insurance
Mar 31 2003 // The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has ordered a Canby company to stop selling medical malpractice insurance in Oregon without a license. DCBS issued a cease and desist order March 18 against First...
Trio of Assurex Global Agencies Choose XDimensional Technologies’ Agency Mgt. System
Mar 17 2003 // Nexsure, the industry’s first 100 percent web-architected agency management system based on the Microsoft .NET platform, has been selected as the office automation system by three members of the Assurex partnership...
NAII Opposes Superfluous Credit Bills at Ore. Hearing
Feb 14 2003 // An Oregon regulation addressing credit-based insurance scores should receive a chance to take effect and work before lawmakers consider adopting unnecessary legislation that could prevent consumers from getting the...
Oregon Cracks Down on Credit Scoring Abuses by Insurers
Jan 31 2003 // Insurance companies will be prohibited from using credit records to cancel or not renew current policyholders under rules adopted by the Oregon Insurance Division. The division developed the rules in response to consumer...
S&P’s Assigns Grange Mutual Insurance Co. ‘R’ FSR
Jan 10 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that it assigned its ‘R’ financial strength rating to Ore.-based Grange Mutual Insurance Co. upon learning that the company has filed for bankruptcy protection...
Oregon Considers First Universal Health Plan
Oct 9 2002 // Oregon may become the first state to provide a universal medical insurance plan to its citizens under a Nov. 5 ballot measure, according to the Associated Press. If passed, Oregonians would receive full health insurance...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Remain Stable in 2003
Oct 8 2002 // Most Oregon employers can expect to pay about the same amount of money for workers’ compensation insurance in 2003 as they paid this year. State officials announced that the workers’ comp “pure”...
Friends Caught in Auto Fraud Scheme
Aug 19 2002 // A Sacramento man was arrested by the CDI’s Organized Auto Fraud Interdiction Task Force on charges of auto insurance fraud. An Oregon man who allegedly acted as an accomplice is expected to surrender to authorities...
Safeguarding Customer Privacy Creates New Issue for States
Aug 5 2002 // Insurance associations have been abuzz the past couple of weeks with regard to impending changes and new proposals to privacy regulations under Congress’ Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act (GLB). Each...
