Oregon Code § 731.158·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Casualty
insurance.
Casualty
insurance means:
(1) Insurance
against legal, contractual or assumed liability for death, injury or disability
of any human, or for damage to property; and provision for medical, hospital,
surgical and disability benefits to injured persons including insurance against
the risk of economic loss assumed under a less than fully insured employee
health benefit plan and funeral and death benefits to dependents, beneficiaries
or personal representatives of persons killed, irrespective of legal liability
of the insured, when issued as coverage for personal injury protection benefits
under a motor vehicle liability policy or as an incidental coverage with or
supplemental to liability insurance;
(2) Motor vehicle
physical damage, burglary and theft, glass, boiler and machinery, credit and
livestock insurance;
(3) Insurance of
the obligations accepted by, imposed upon or assumed by employers under law for
death, disablement or occupational diseases of employees;
(4) Insurance
which undertakes to perform or provide repair or replacement service or
indemnification therefor for the operational or structural failure of specified
real or personal property or property components; and
(5) Insurance
against any other kind of loss, damage or liability properly a subject of
insurance and not within any other class of insurance otherwise defined, if
such insurance is not disapproved by the Director of the Department of Consumer
and Business Services as being contrary to law or public policy. [1967 c.359 §34;
1981 c.247 §2; 1993 c.649 §5; 2007 c.241 §22]
Plain English Explanation
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 731.158
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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