Latest Oregon Headlines
All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oregon Regulators Implement Workers’ Comp Changes
Feb 27 2008 // March 24, 2008, is the last day that the Oregon Insurance Division is accepting public comment on its proposed rulemaking to implement 2007 legislation related to workers’ compensation insurance. The proposed...
Oregon High Court Reaffirms $79.5 Million Award in Philip Morris Case
Feb 24 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court for a third time has allowed a $79.5 million punitive-damages judgment against Philip Morris, an award twice struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which suggested it was excessive. The award was...
Lawsuit Presses Mich. Lawmakers to Allow Licenses for Legal Immigrants
Feb 15 2008 // When Michigan officials recently reinterpreted state law to stop nonresidents from getting driver’s licenses, critics said it had an unintended consequence. The crackdown, intended to target illegal immigrants, also...
Ore. Lawmakers Back Disaster Aid Bills
Feb 13 2008 // Spurred by December storms that caused millions of dollars in flood and wind damage, Oregon lawmakers are expediting a package of disaster aid bills in this special session, including one to get jobless benefits more...
Ore. High Court Reaffirms $79.5M Award in Philip Morris Case
Feb 4 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court for a third time has allowed a $79.5 million punitive-damages judgment against Philip Morris, an award twice struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, which suggested it was excessive. The award was...
Oregon Requires CGL to Include Completed Operations Coverage
Jan 27 2008 // The Oregon Department of Insurance is reminding producers who write coverage for the more than 45,000 Oregon contractors licensed through the Construction Contractors Board of a new law that requires general liability...
Ore. Law Prevents Parents from Getting Fired for Taking Sick Leave
Jan 23 2008 // Though Oregon has one of the nation’s most generous sick child leave laws, many working parents don’t use it. Under the Oregon Family Leave Act, parents may stay home with a sick child — unpaid —...
Couple Says Oregon City Should Pay For Sewer Mess
Jan 22 2008 // An Oregon City couple wants the city to pay them more than $400,000 because a sewer line backed up and flooded their basement with sewage, destroying everything from clothes to the family Bible. The disaster occurred while...
Retired Oregon Mutual President Osborne Dies
Jan 18 2008 // Oregon Mutual Insurance noted the death Wed. Jan. 16 of its retired President/CEO and Chairman of the Board James (Jim) Osborne. Osborne, 79, joined OMI in 1952 as an underwriting trainee. In 1957 he opened the Fresno...
Oregon Towers Must Provide Proof of Insurance
Jan 13 2008 // Oregon’s Department of Transportation Services (DMV) is alerting insurance producers that write towing companies of a new requirement for towers to maintain proof of insurance. In 2007, the state Legislature passed...
Oregon Liability Cap for Public Employees Ruled Unconstitutional
Jan 13 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that parts of the Oregon Torts Claims Act that limits liability claims against governments violates the Remedy Clause of the Oregon Constitution, creating the potential for liability...
Oregon Requires CGL to Include Completed Operations Coverage
Jan 9 2008 // The Oregon Department of Insurance is reminding producers who write coverage for the more than 45,000 Oregon contractors licensed through the Construction Contractors Board of a new law that requires general liability...
Oregon Liability Cap for Public Employees Ruled Unconstitutional
Jan 9 2008 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that parts of the Oregon Torts Claims Act that limits liability claims against governments violates the Remedy Clause of the Oregon Constitution, creating the potential for liability...
Oregon Man Alleges Omaha Diocese Ignored Abuse Reports
Jan 8 2008 // A second man from Springfield, Ore., has filed a lawsuit in Nebraska alleging that the Omaha Archdiocese ignored reports that one of its priests was having improper contact with children. The lawsuit was filed this week in...
Oregon Towers Must Provide Proof of Insurance
Jan 4 2008 // Oregon’s Department of Transportation Services (DMV) is alerting insurance producers that write towing companies of a new requirement for towers to maintain proof of insurance with the DMV. In 2007, the state...
Oregon Detectives Seek Victims of Insurance Fraud
Dec 28 2007 // Portland Police Bureau Fraud Detectives and investigators from the State of Oregon Insurance Division of the Department of Consumer & Business Services have executed a search warrant at Trautman Perrin & Hale...
Storm May Only Dent Oregon Economy, Damage Still Serious
Dec 18 2007 // The Pacific storm that toppled trees and cut off power for days along the northern Oregon coast earlier this month left serious damage in the three counties that bore its brunt but may only dent the statewide...
Oregon Moves to Stop Insurance Policies from Being Cancelled
Dec 13 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has issued an emergency order to protect Oregonians from losing insurance coverage because of recent winter storms. “I want to make sure in this time of...
Federal Assistance Approved for Oregon, Washington Counties
Dec 12 2007 // In storm-ravaged parts of the Northwest, home and business owners are beginning to file insurance claims — a process that could be complicated by whether severe winds or floods did the damage. Insurers say...
Kipper to Lead Oregon Insurance Division
Dec 2 2007 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has named Scott Kipper administrator of its Insurance Division, DCBS Director Cory Streisinger announced. Kipper replaces Joel Ario, who left in July to become...
