Title 56, Insurance

(1) No mortgage insurer shall provide insurance with respect to an obligation which exceeds, solely or in combination with liens existing at the time the insured loan is made: (a) Ninety-five percent of the fair market value of the securing property at the time the loan is made, …

(1) Obligations insured by mortgage insurance policies issued in conformity with the Insurance Code shall be legal investments for all trust funds held by any executor, administrator, conservator, trustee or other person or corporation holding trust funds, and also for the funds …

All policies and contracts of insurance covering liens or security interests in real property shall be written by authorized mortgage insurers. No other class of insurer may write any form of mortgage insurance. [Formerly 743.711]

(1) Whenever any bond, undertaking, recognizance, or other obligation is by law or the charter, ordinance, rules or regulations of any municipality, board, body, organization, court, judge or public officer required or permitted to be made, given, tendered or filed with surety or…

Any receiver, assignee, guardian, conservator, trustee, executor, administrator or other fiduciary, required by law or the order of any court or judge to give a bond, letter of credit or other obligation as such, may include as a part of the lawful expense of executing the trust,…

Any state, county or municipal officer or officer of any school district, public board or public commission within this state, or any deputy employed in the office of any such official, who is required by law, ordinance, regulation or public policy to give a bond or letter of cre…

(1) Any surety insurer may contract for and receive and hold on deposit and in trust property of any kind as collateral security on any policy of guaranty or suretyship executed by it. The insurer may manage, realize on and dispose of the property so received and held on deposit …

(1) Any official whose duty it is to approve any bond or undertaking given in favor of the state or any county, city, school district, drainage or irrigation district, board or commission within the state may cancel the bond or undertaking by serving written notice of its electio…

(1) The surety or sureties on the bond of any public official in this state shall be released from any future liability thereon upon giving notice of election to be released as provided in this section. (2) A surety desiring to be released from liability on the bond of any state …

(1) A surety wishing to terminate the liability undertaken upon any bank depository bond or undertaking given to guarantee the safekeeping and return of any public moneys deposited in the bank may do so by giving notice of election so to do to the principal and to the official wh…

Whenever a notice is filed, or filed and served, as provided in ORS 742.358, 742.360 and 742.362, or received after mailed as provided in ORS 742.366, the proper authority shall prescribe the penalty or amount in which a new or additional bond or undertaking shall be filed. If no…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Bond” means any undertaking, recognizance or other obligation required by statute, ordinance or regulation to be executed by a surety and given to a public body by any person as a condition to the granting of a permit, license or franchise by a p…

A surety insurer executing any bond or undertaking under the provisions of the Insurance Code is estopped in any proceeding, to deny its corporate power to execute such bond or undertaking or to assume such liability, and all such bonds or undertakings shall in any action be cons…

Whenever any person is required by the provisions of any statute to give a bond to this state or any of its political subdivisions and the statute requires to be included therein any specific provisions, the bond shall have the same legal effect as though such provisions were inc…

As used in ORS 742.374 and 742.376, “guaranteed arrest bond certificate” means any printed certificate which: (1) Is issued by an automobile club or automobile association to any of its members; (2) Is signed by the member to whom it is issued; and (3) Contains a printed statemen…

Upon compliance with ORS 742.376, any authorized domestic or foreign surety insurer may become surety in an amount not to exceed $1,000 with respect to any unexpired guaranteed arrest bond certificate that is issued by an automobile club or association. [Formerly 747.084 and then…

To become surety under ORS 742.374 with respect to an unexpired guaranteed arrest bond certificate that is accepted during any year under ORS 810.320, the surety insurer shall file with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services on a form prescribed by the d…

(1) A reimbursement insurance policy insuring service contracts issued, sold or offered for sale in this state shall conspicuously state that, upon failure of the obligor to perform under the contract, the insurer that issued the policy shall pay on behalf of the obligor any sums…

An insurer that issues a reimbursement insurance policy shall not terminate the policy until a notice of termination has been mailed or delivered to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The notice of termination shall be mailed or delivered to the dir…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Claim” means a written demand for payment from or on behalf of a covered practitioner for an injury alleged to have been caused by professional negligence that is made in a complaint filed with a court of appropriate jurisdiction. (b) “Covered pr…

(1) No insurer may require membership in a professional association as a condition of issuance of medical malpractice insurance to a physician. However, nothing in this subsection prohibits an insurer from requiring as a condition of coverage of a nonmember that the nonmember agr…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Adverse event” means a negative consequence of patient care that is unanticipated, is usually preventable and results in or presents a significant risk of patient injury. (b) “Claim” means a written demand for restitution for an injury alleged to…

(1) Every insurer that issues motor vehicle insurance that is designed to meet either the financial or future responsibility requirements of ORS chapter 806 shall issue with the policy proof of insurance that shows the effective date and the expiration date of the insurance. (2) …

An insurer issuing motor vehicle liability insurance policies in this state may not assign an insured or applicant for insurance to a higher risk category than the person would otherwise be assigned to solely because the person has: (1) Let a prior motor vehicle liability policy …

(1) Every motor vehicle liability insurance policy issued for delivery in this state shall state the name and address of the named insured, the coverage afforded by the policy, the premium charged therefor, the policy period and the limits of liability. (2) Every motor vehicle li…

The motor vehicle liability insurance policy required by ORS 806.010, 806.060, 806.080, 806.240 or 806.270 need not insure any liability under any workers’ compensation law; nor any liability on account of bodily injury to or death of an employee of the insured while engaged in t…

The liability of an insurer with respect to the motor vehicle liability insurance policy required by ORS 806.060, 806.240 or 806.270 shall become absolute whenever injury or damage covered by the policy occurs. The policy may not be canceled or annulled as to such liability by an…

Every motor vehicle liability insurance policy shall be subject to the following provisions, which need not be contained therein: (1) The policy, the written application therefor, if any, and any rider or indorsement that does not conflict with the laws relating to motor vehicle …

Any motor vehicle liability insurance policy may provide that the insured shall reimburse the insurer for any payment the insurer would not have been obligated to make under the terms of the policy except for the provisions of ORS 742.450 to 742.464, 806.080 and 806.270 and it ma…

The insurer shall have the right to settle any claim covered by the policy, and if such settlement is made in good faith, the amount thereof shall be deductible from the limits of liability specified in respect to a motor vehicle liability insurance policy. [Formerly 486.564 and …

Any policy which grants the coverage required for a motor vehicle liability insurance policy under ORS 742.450, 806.080 and 806.270 may also grant any lawful coverage in excess of or in addition to the required coverage, and such excess or additional coverage shall not be subject…

(1) In the event of a dispute between the insurer and insured under a motor vehicle liability policy concerning coverage for physical damage, if the policy contains a provision authorizing the insured to obtain an independent appraisal by a competent and disinterested person of t…

For purposes of statutes mandating kinds or amounts of coverage that motor vehicle liability policies must contain, the following shall not be considered motor vehicle liability policies: (1) Comprehensive general liability policies. (2) Excess liability policies. (3) Umbrella li…

(1) A rate, rating plan or rating system filed with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services for a motor vehicle insurance policy offering liability, personal injury protection or collision coverage shall provide an appropriate reduction in premium charges…

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the premium reduction required under ORS 742.480 shall be effective for an insured for a three-year period after successful completion of the approved course. [2009 c.771 §3] Note: See note under 742.480.

An organization offering a motorcycle rider education course established under ORS 802.320 shall issue a certificate to each person who successfully completes the course. The person shall present the certificate to an insurer to qualify for the premium reduction required under OR…

(1) Any rate, rating plan or rating system filed with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services for a motor vehicle insurance policy offering liability, personal injury protection or collision coverage, shall provide an appropriate reduction in premium char…

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the premium reduction required by ORS 742.490 (1) shall be effective for an insured for a three-year period after successful completion of the approved course if the person is less than 70 years of age at the time of taking the course…

Any organization offering a motor vehicle accident prevention course approved by the Department of Transportation shall issue a certificate to each person who successfully completes the course. The person shall present the certificate to an insurer to qualify for the premium disc…

No person shall receive a discount under ORS 742.490 to 742.494 if the person takes the approved course as a punishment, specified by a court or other government entity, for a moving traffic violation. [1989 c.379 §6] (Uninsured Motorist Coverage)

As used in ORS 742.500 to 742.506: (1) “Bodily injury” has the meaning given that term in ORS 742.504. (2) “Insured” has the meaning given that term in ORS 742.504. (3)(a) “Motor vehicle” means every self-propelled device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be t…

(1) Every motor vehicle liability policy that insures against a loss that a natural person suffers and that results from liability imposed by law for bodily injury or death that arises out of owning, maintaining or using a motor vehicle shall provide in the policy or by indorseme…

Every policy required to provide the coverage specified in ORS 742.502 shall provide uninsured motorist coverage that in each instance is no less favorable in any respect to the insured or the beneficiary than if the following provisions were set forth in the policy. However, not…

Unless the parties agree otherwise, arbitration proceedings under ORS 742.504 shall be conducted as follows: (1) Parties to an arbitration proceeding shall submit the dispute to arbitration by a panel of three arbitrators. The panel shall consist of one arbitrator chosen by each …

Notwithstanding the contrary provisions of any policy, the provisions of ORS 742.504 (9) shall control allocation of responsibility between insurers, except that if all policies potentially involved expressly allocate responsibility between insurers, or self-insurers, without rep…

As used in this section and ORS 742.510: (1) “Covered motor vehicle” means a private passenger motor vehicle or a self-propelled mobile home that is owned by the named insured for which a premium has been paid for coverage under this section and ORS 742.510. (2) “Insured vehicle”…

(1) Every insurer issuing motor vehicle liability insurance policies on private passenger motor vehicles or on self-propelled mobile homes for delivery in this state shall have for sale coverage for property damage to a vehicle of the insured caused by an uninsured vehicle. Cover…

As used in ORS 742.518 to 742.542: (1) “Evaluation services” means physical examinations or reviews of medical records of beneficiaries conducted at the request of an insurer by either an employee of the insurer or a third-party medical record or bill review service to determine …

(1)(a) Every motor vehicle liability policy issued for delivery in this state that covers any private passenger motor vehicle shall provide personal injury protection benefits to the person insured thereunder, members of that person’s family residing in the same household, childr…

(1) Arbitration proceedings under ORS 742.520 shall be conducted under local court rules in the county where the arbitration is held. (2) Findings and awards made in an arbitration proceeding under this section: (a) Are binding on the parties to the arbitration proceeding; (b) Ar…