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Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 731
Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 731
430 sections · Oregon
- § 731.008 — Purpose of Insurance
- § 731.012 — Effect of federal law
- § 731.016 — Construction of
- § 731.022 — Compliance with
- § 731.026 — Application of
- § 731.028 — Applicability of
- § 731.036 — Persons completely
- § 731.038 — Application of
- § 731.039 — Requirements for
- § 731.042 — Certificate of
- § 731.046 — Exemption of policies
- § 731.052 — Insurance Code
- § 731.066 — Authorized, unauthorized
- § 731.069 — Certificate, certificate
- § 731.072 — Certificate of
- § 731.074 — Commercial liability
- § 731.076 — Department, director
- § 731.082 — Domestic, foreign, alien
- § 731.096 — Domicile of alien
- § 731.097 — Essential health
- § 731.098 — Group health insurance
- § 731.099 — Independently procured
- § 731.114 — Limited benefit
- § 731.132 — Required capitalization
- § 731.142 — Stock, mutual and reciprocal
- § 731.144 — Surplus lines
- § 731.146 — Transact insurance
- § 731.150 — Definitions of classes
- § 731.156 — Variable life
- § 731.164 — Home protection
- § 731.166 — Industrial life
- § 731.170 — Life insurance;
- § 731.174 — Marine and
- § 731.194 — Wet marine and
- § 731.216 — Administrative power of
- § 731.228 — Prohibited interests
- § 731.236 — General powers and
- § 731.252 — Cease and desist orders
- § 731.256 — Enforcement generally;
- § 731.258 — Enforcement of orders
- § 731.259 — Requirement for written
- § 731.260 — False or misleading
- § 731.264 — Complaints and
- § 731.268 — Use of reproductions
- § 731.272 — Directors annual
- § 731.276 — Recommendations for changes
- § 731.280 — Publications authorized
- § 731.282 — Authority to sell
- § 731.284 — Distribution of
- § 731.288 — Recording complaints;
- § 731.292 — Disposition of fees,
- § 731.300 — Examination of
- § 731.302 — Appointment of
- § 731.304 — Investigation of
- § 731.308 — Procedure at
- § 731.312 — Report of examination;
- § 731.314 — Immunity for director,
- § 731.316 — Expenses of examination
- § 731.324 — Service of process on
- § 731.328 — Deposits by
- § 731.354 — Certificate of
- § 731.356 — Unauthorized insurance
- § 731.358 — Requirements of
- § 731.362 — Requirements of foreign
- § 731.363 — Authorized foreign
- § 731.364 — Domestic insurer
- § 731.365 — Effect of transfer of
- § 731.367 — Transfer of domicile by
- § 731.369 — Requirements of
- § 731.370 — Reciprocal insurers
- § 731.371 — Powers of reciprocal
- § 731.374 — Exemptions to
- § 731.378 — Foreign and alien
- § 731.380 — Authority of foreign
- § 731.381 — Exemption from taxes
- § 731.382 — General eligibility for
- § 731.385 — Standards for
- § 731.386 — Management of insurers
- § 731.390 — Government insurers not
- § 731.394 — Combinations of
- § 731.396 — Certificate of
- § 731.398 — Amendment of
- § 731.402 — Issuance or refusal of
- § 731.406 — What certificate
- § 731.410 — Continuance, expiration
- § 731.414 — Suspension or
- § 731.418 — Grounds for suspension
- § 731.422 — Order of suspension,
- § 731.426 — Duration of suspension;
- § 731.428 — Written consent to
- § 731.434 — Registered office and
- § 731.438 — Title plant requirement
- § 731.439 — Satisfaction of
- § 731.442 — Prohibition on
- § 731.446 — Policyholder deposits
- § 731.450 — Unrelated business
- § 731.454 — Domestic insurers not
- § 731.458 — Exchange of reciprocal
- § 731.462 — Nonassessable policies
- § 731.466 — Power of attorney for
- § 731.470 — Attorney for reciprocal
- § 731.475 — Claims processing by
- § 731.480 — Workers compensation
- § 731.482 — Withdrawal from,
- § 731.484 — Prohibition on certain
- § 731.485 — Conditions under which
- § 731.486 — Exemption from
- § 731.488 — Annual audit of
- § 731.492 — Required notification
- § 731.509 — Legislative intent;
- § 731.510 — Criteria for allowing
- § 731.511 — Criteria to be met by
- § 731.512 — Withdrawal of insurer;
- § 731.514 — Ceding insurers
- § 731.516 — Mortgage insurance
- § 731.520 — Conditions that
- § 731.554 — Capital and surplus
- § 731.562 — Title insurer capital
- § 731.566 — Reciprocal insurer
- § 731.570 — Withdrawing
- § 731.574 — Annual financial
- § 731.590 — Insurer defined for
- § 731.592 — Reporting criminal
- § 731.594 — Immunity from civil
- § 731.604 — Acceptance of deposits
- § 731.612 — Rights of insurer
- § 731.616 — Valuation of deposits;
- § 731.620 — Assignment of deposited
- § 731.624 — Special deposits;
- § 731.628 — Deposit required of
- § 731.632 — Deposit required of
- § 731.636 — Deposit or trusteed
- § 731.640 — Eligible deposits;
- § 731.642 — Contracts for security
- § 731.644 — Payment of losses out
- § 731.648 — Duration and release of
- § 731.652 — Proofs for release of
- § 731.730 — Insurer filings with
- § 731.731 — Immunity for certain
- § 731.735 — Certain information
- § 731.737 — Immunity from liability
- § 731.750 — Confidentiality of
- § 731.752 — Confidentiality of
- § 731.754 — Permissible uses of
- § 731.761 — Privileged information
- § 731.762 — Authority of director
- § 731.764 — Waiver of privilege;
- § 731.766 — Petition for in camera
- § 731.768 — Privilege; exceptions
- § 731.770 — Other privileges or
- § 731.804 — Assessments; rules;
- § 731.808 — Gross amount of
- § 731.812 — Foreign and alien
- § 731.820 — Gross premium tax on
- § 731.822 — Prepayment of tax due
- § 731.824 — Tax on underwriting
- § 731.828 — Computation of wet
- § 731.830 — Premium tax on gross
- § 731.833 — Record keeping
- § 731.834 — Insurance producers
- § 731.836 — Limitation on
- § 731.840 — Retaliatory or
- § 731.841 — Conditions under which
- § 731.842 — Adjustment of amount to
- § 731.844 — No personal liability
- § 731.859 — Applicability of
- § 731.870 — State of emergency;
- § 731.992 — Criminal penalty
- § 731.004 — Short title
- § 731.008 — Purpose of Insurance Code
- § 731.010 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.012 — Effect
- § 731.016 — Construction of Insurance Code
- § 731.020 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.022 — Compliance with Insurance Code required
- § 731.026 — Application of Insurance Code to particular insurers
- § 731.028 — Applicability of certain Insurance Code provisions to State Accident Insurance
- § 731.030 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.032 — [1967 c.359 §7; 1971 c.69 §1; 1971
- § 731.036 — Persons completely exempt from application of Insurance Code
- § 731.038 — Application of Insurance Code to charitable organizations that issue charitable
- § 731.038 — was added to and made a
- § 731.039 — Requirements for certain educational institutions or nonprofit corporations
- § 731.704 — (repealed in 2005) on the day before January 1, 2006. An educational
- § 731.039 — was enacted into law by
- § 731.040 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.042 — Certificate of exemption; application of certain Insurance Code provisions to
- § 731.046 — Exemption of policies from Securities Law
- § 731.050 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.052 — Insurance Code definitions
- § 731.056 — Action.
- § 731.060 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.062 — [1967 c.359 §13; 1991 c.810 §1;
- § 731.066 — Authorized,
- § 731.069 — Certificate,
- § 731.070 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.072 — Certificate
- § 731.074 — Commercial
- § 731.074 — was added to and made a
- § 731.075 — Covered
- § 731.075 — was added to and made a
- § 731.076 — Department,
- § 731.080 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.082 — Domestic,
- § 731.086 — Domestic
- § 731.090 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.092 — Domicile.
- § 731.096 — Domicile
- § 731.097 — Essential
- § 731.097 — and 731.098 were added to
- § 731.098 — Group
- § 731.099 — Independently
- § 731.099 — was added to and made a
- § 731.100 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.102 — Insurance.
- § 731.104 — Insurance
- § 731.106 — Insurer.
- § 731.110 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.112 — Judgment.
- § 731.114 — Limited
- § 731.114 — was added to and made a
- § 731.116 — Person.
- § 731.120 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.122 — Policy.
- § 731.126 — Reinsurance.
- § 731.130 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.132 — Required
- § 731.136 — State.
- § 731.140 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.142 — Stock,
- § 731.144 — Surplus
- § 731.144 — was added to and made a
- § 731.146 — Transact
- § 731.150 — Definitions
- § 731.154 — Annuity.
- § 731.156 — Variable
- § 731.158 — Casualty
- § 731.162 — Health
- § 731.164 — Home
- § 731.166 — Industrial
- § 731.170 — Life
- § 731.174 — Marine
- § 731.178 — Mortgage
- § 731.182 — Property
- § 731.186 — Surety
- § 731.190 — Title
- § 731.194 — Wet
- § 731.174 — (2) or any replacement thereof;
- § 731.204 — [Formerly 736.495; repealed by
- § 731.208 — [Formerly 736.500; repealed by
- § 731.212 — [1967 c.359 §46; repealed by 1987
- § 731.216 — Administrative power of director
- § 731.220 — [Formerly 736.507; repealed by
- § 731.224 — [1967 c.359 §49; repealed by 1987
- § 731.228 — Prohibited interests and rewards
- § 731.232 — Subpoena power
- § 731.236 — General powers and duties
- § 731.240 — Hearings in general
- § 731.244 — Rules
- § 731.248 — Orders
- § 731.252 — Cease
- § 731.256 — Enforcement generally; restitution
- § 731.258 — Enforcement of orders and decisions by Attorney General; filing, enforcement
- § 731.259 — Requirement for written notice to insured; rules
- § 731.259 — was added to and made a
- § 731.260 — False
- § 731.264 — Complaints and investigations confidential; permitted disclosures; rules
- § 731.268 — Use of
- § 731.272 — Directors annual reports; notice of publication of report
- § 731.276 — Recommendations for changes in Insurance Code
- § 731.280 — Publications authorized
- § 731.282 — Authority to sell publications
- § 731.284 — Distribution of insurance laws
- § 731.288 — Recording complaints; director to consider complaints before issuing licenses
- § 731.292 — Disposition of fees, charges, taxes, penalties and other moneys
- § 731.296 — Directors inquiries
- § 731.300 — Examination of insurers; when required
- § 731.302 — Appointment of examiners; retaining of appraisers, actuaries and others;
- § 731.304 — Investigation of persons transacting insurance
- § 731.308 — Procedure at examination or investigation; production of books and other
- § 731.312 — Report
- § 731.314 — Immunity for director, examiner and others
- § 731.316 — Expenses of examination of insurer
- § 731.324 — Service of process on Secretary of State; notice to unauthorized insurer
- § 731.146 — by an unauthorized insurer is equivalent to and shall constitute an
- § 731.328 — Deposits by unauthorized insurers in actions or proceedings
- § 731.354 — Certificate of authority required
- § 731.356 — Unauthorized insurance transaction enforcement
- § 731.358 — Requirements of domestic insurers generally
- § 731.362 — Requirements of foreign or alien insurers generally
- § 731.363 — Authorized foreign insurer becoming domestic insurer
- § 731.364 — Domestic insurer transferring domicile to another state
- § 731.365 — Effect
- § 731.366 — [Formerly 749.040; 1971 c.231 §42;
- § 731.367 — Transfer of domicile by unincorporated authorized foreign insurer
- § 731.369 — Requirements of reciprocal insurers generally
- § 731.370 — Reciprocal insurers financial statement; service of process
- § 731.371 — Powers
- § 731.371 — was added to and made a
- § 731.374 — Exemptions to certificate of authority requirement
- § 731.378 — Foreign and alien insurers exempt from laws governing admission of foreign and
- § 731.380 — Authority of foreign and alien insurers to take, acquire, hold and enforce
- § 731.381 — Exemption from taxes for foreign and alien insurers engaging in activities
- § 731.382 — General eligibility for certificate of authority
- § 731.385 — Standards for determining whether continued operation of insurer is hazardous;
- § 731.386 — Management of insurers
- § 731.390 — Government insurers not to be authorized
- § 731.394 — Combinations of insuring powers in one insurer
- § 731.396 — Certificate of authority and good financial condition required to issue
- § 731.398 — Amendment of certificate of authority
- § 731.402 — Issuance or refusal of certificate of authority
- § 731.406 — What
- § 731.410 — Continuance, expiration or reinstatement of certificate of authority
- § 731.414 — Suspension or revocation of certificate of authority; mandatory grounds
- § 731.418 — Grounds for suspension or revocation of certificate of authority
- § 731.422 — Order
- § 731.426 — Duration of suspension; insurers obligations during suspension period;
- § 731.428 — Written consent to engage or participate in business of insurance; rules
- § 731.428 — was added to and made a
- § 731.430 — Name
- § 731.434 — Registered office and agent
- § 731.438 — Title
- § 731.439 — Satisfaction of requirements of ORS 731.438 (1) by certain title plants
- § 731.442 — Prohibition on transacting life insurance business on mutual assessment plan
- § 731.446 — Policyholder
- § 731.450 — Unrelated business prohibited; exceptions; title insurer as escrow agent
- § 731.454 — Domestic insurers not to transact business in jurisdiction where not
- § 731.458 — Exchange of reciprocal or interinsurance contracts
- § 731.462 — Nonassessable policies of reciprocal insurer
- § 731.466 — Power
- § 731.470 — Attorney for reciprocal insurer
- § 731.475 — Claims
- § 731.480 — Workers compensation policies; conditions for issuing
- § 731.482 — Withdrawal from, failure to renew or cancellation of line by commercial
- § 731.484 — Prohibition on certain sales related to group health and group life insurance
- § 731.485 — Conditions under which insurer may limit insureds choice of drug outlets and
- § 731.486 — Exemption from definition of transact insurance for group health and life
- § 731.146 — (2)(b) may be offered in this state if the director determines that the
- § 731.488 — Annual
- § 731.490 — [1987 c.774 §52; repealed by 1997
- § 731.492 — Required notification to claimant upon insurers payment to settle third-party
- § 731.492 — was added to and made a
- § 731.493 — [1987 c.774 §53; repealed by 1997
- § 731.496 — [1987 c.774 §54; repealed by 1997
- § 731.498 — [1987 c.774 §58; repealed by 1997
- § 731.500 — [1987 c.774 §59; repealed by 1997
- § 731.504 — Limit
- § 731.508 — Approved reinsurance
- § 731.509 — Legislative intent; criteria for allowing credit for reinsurance; rules
- § 731.510 — Criteria for allowing reduction from liability for reinsurance; rules
- § 731.511 — Criteria to be met by assuming insurer in order to be accredited as reinsurer;
- § 731.510 — or maintain security in a trust fund in accordance with ORS 731.509
- § 731.512 — Withdrawal of insurer; reinsurance
- § 731.514 — Ceding
- § 731.516 — Mortgage insurance limitation; waiver of limitation; rules; fees
- § 731.520 — Conditions that insurers assuming ceded reinsurance must meet for allowance of
- § 731.554 — Capital and surplus requirements
- § 731.562 — and 731.566, to qualify for authority to transact insurance in this
- § 731.558 — [1967 c.359 §107; repealed by 1993
- § 731.562 — Title
- § 731.566 — Reciprocal insurer surplus requirements
- § 731.568 — [1993 c.709 §2; repealed by 2001
- § 731.570 — Withdrawing advancements made to reciprocal insurer
- § 731.574 — Annual
- § 731.590 — Insurer
- § 731.592 — Reporting criminal conduct involving insurance
- § 731.594 — Immunity from civil liability
- § 731.604 — Acceptance of deposits of insurers
- § 731.608 — Purpose of deposit
- § 731.612 — Rights
- § 731.616 — Valuation of deposits; deficiencies
- § 731.620 — Assignment of deposited securities
- § 731.624 — Special deposits; foreign and alien insurers
- § 731.628 — Deposit required of workers compensation insurers
- § 731.632 — Deposit required of domestic reciprocal insurers; exception
- § 731.636 — Deposit or trusteed assets of alien insurer required
- § 731.640 — Eligible deposits; rules
- § 731.642 — Contracts for security deposits
- § 731.644 — Payment of losses out of deposits, generally
- § 731.648 — Duration and release of deposit
- § 731.652 — Proofs
- § 731.704 — [Formerly 128.820; 1971 c.425 §2;
- § 731.708 — [Formerly 128.830; 1995 c.639 §2a;
- § 731.712 — [1967 c.359 §127; 1971 c.425 §3;
- § 731.716 — [Formerly 128.850; 1971 c.425 §4;
- § 731.720 — [Formerly 128.860; 1971 c.425 §5;
- § 731.724 — [Formerly 128.880; 1971 c.425 §6;
- § 731.730 — Insurer filings with National Association of Insurance Commissioners
- § 731.731 — Immunity for certain persons dealing with information collected from filings
- § 731.735 — Certain information confidential
- § 731.737 — Immunity from liability for certain persons filing reports or furnishing
- § 731.740 — [1995 c.638 §5a; repealed by 2001
- § 731.750 — Confidentiality of report of material acquisitions or dispositions of assets,
- § 731.752 — Confidentiality of report used for determination of required amount of capital
- § 731.754 — Permissible uses of reports and plans described in ORS 731.752
- § 731.760 — Definitions for ORS 731.760 to 731.770
- § 731.761 — Privileged information
- § 731.762 — Authority of director
- § 731.764 — Waiver
- § 731.766 — Petition for in camera hearing; hearing; compelled disclosure
- § 731.768 — Privilege; exceptions
- § 731.770 — Other
- § 731.804 — Assessments; rules; fees; how determined
- § 731.808 — Gross
- § 731.812 — Foreign and alien insurers report of Oregon business
- § 731.816 — [1967 c.359 §134; 1971 c.560 §1;
- § 731.820 — Gross
- § 731.822 — Prepayment of tax due
- § 731.854 — and 731.859 for the current calendar years business, if the sum of the
- § 731.854 — and 731.859 for the preceding calendar years business is $400 or more
- § 731.824 — Tax on
- § 731.828 — Computation of wet marine and transportation insurance tax
- § 731.830 — Premium tax on gross amount of premiums insurer receives for wet marine and
- § 731.832 — [Formerly 736.175; 1987 c.373 §82;
- § 731.833 — Record
- § 731.834 — Insurance producers collection of taxes on wet marine and transportation
- § 731.836 — Limitation on enforcement of insurers tax obligations
- § 731.840 — Retaliatory or corporate excise tax in lieu of certain taxes and assessments;
- § 731.854 — and 731.859, or the corporate excise tax imposed upon a foreign or
- § 731.820 — and the tax imposed upon wet marine and transportation insurers under
- § 731.841 — Conditions under which local authority to tax insurer is preempted
- § 731.842 — Adjustment of amount to be prepaid for taxes; extension of time for payment;
- § 731.844 — No
- § 731.854 — Retaliatory tax
- § 731.858 — [Formerly 736.245; repealed by
- § 731.859 — Applicability of retaliatory provisions; disclosure of tax returns
- § 731.870 — State
- § 731.988 — Civil
- § 731.990 — [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]
- § 731.992 — Criminal penalty