Latest Oregon Headlines
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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...
S&P’s Lowers Northwest Physicians Mutual Ratings to ‘Bpi’
Jul 22 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Oregon-based Northwest Physicians Mutual Insurance Co. to single-‘Bpi’ from triple-‘Bpi’ because of...
Woodruff-Sawyer Opens Oregon Office
Jan 8 2002 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., a San Francisco-based insurance brokerage, announced the opening of its new venture, Woodruff-Sawyer Oregon Inc., located in downtown Portland. Woodruff-Sawyer has been serving the risk...
NAII Defends Insurers’ Use of Credit-Based Insurance Scores
Dec 6 2001 // According to National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Northwest Regional Manager Michael Harrold, insurance companies’ use of credit information clearly benefits most consumers, in terms of both price and...
State Farm Auto Rates in Oregon Driven Up
Oct 9 2001 // State Farm auto insurance policyholders in Oregon, who are accustomed to seeing annual dividend checks, instead will see an average 5.4 percent raise in rates starting Nov. 1, the company said earlier this week. According...
Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp. Seeks Purchase of Oregon Company
Sep 27 2001 // Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation has announced the intended purchase, pending regulatory approval, of Oregon Auto Insurance Company, along with its subsidiary North Pacific Insurance Company. As two of the largest...
Oregon Agent’s License Revoked
Sep 25 2001 // The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) revoked the insurance agent’s license of a Salem-area woman, Genie M. Wolfer, for violating the Oregon Insurance Code. DCBS also fined Wolfer $4,000 and revoked...
It’s Fire Season: Time to Brush Up on Coverage and Prevention
Aug 27 2001 // Take an influx of homeowners moving into what was once open land, add a rainy winter which has fueled the growth of brush and vegetation, and you have a potential recipe for disaster. As of Aug. 15, close to 300 wildfires...
Oregon Legislature Wraps Up 2001 Session
Jul 13 2001 // Oregon’s legislature adjourned last weekend having once again considered a staggering number of bills during its biennial session, including dozens of insurance-related bills. Michael Harrold, Northwest regional...
Ore. Lawmakers Weigh Workers’ Comp Issues in Waning Days of 2001 Session
Jun 25 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) noted that as the 2001 Oregon legislative session rapidly approaches its conclusion, workers’ compensation issues continue to dominate the discussions. SB 485,...
