ORS Chapter 731

TITLE 56

 

INSURANCE

 

 

Chapter     731.     Administrationand General Provisions

                  732.     Organizationand Corporate Procedures of Domestic Insurers; Regulation of    InsurersGenerally

                  733.     Accountingand Investments

                  734.     Rehabilitation,Liquidation and Conservation of Insurers

                  735.     AlternativeInsurance

                  737.     Ratesand Rating Organizations

                  742.     InsurancePolicies Generally; Property and Casualty Policies

                  743.     Healthand Life Insurance

                  743A.  HealthInsurance: Required Reimbursements

                  744.     InsuranceProducers; Life Settlement Providers, Brokers and Contracts; Adjusters;Consultants; Third Party Administrators; Reinsurance Intermediaries; RentalCompany Limited Licenses

                  746.     TradePractices

                  748.     FraternalBenefit Societies

                  750.     HealthCare Service Contractors; Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements; Legal ExpenseOrganizations

                  752.     ProfessionalLiability Funds

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Chapter 731 — Administrationand General Provisions

 

2009 EDITION

 

 

ADMINISTRATIONAND GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

INSURANCE

 

SHORTTITLE; PURPOSE AND CONSTRUCTION

 

731.004     Shorttitle

 

731.008     Purposeof Insurance Code

 

731.012     Effectof federal law

 

731.016     Constructionof Insurance Code

 

APPLICATIONOF INSURANCE CODE

 

731.022     Compliancewith Insurance Code required

 

731.026     Applicationof Insurance Code to particular insurers

 

731.028     Applicabilityof certain Insurance Code provisions to State Accident Insurance FundCorporation

 

731.036     Personscompletely exempt from application of Insurance Code

 

731.038     Applicationof Insurance Code to charitable organizations that issue charitable giftannuities

 

731.039     Requirementsfor certain educational institutions or nonprofit corporations issuingcharitable gift annuities

 

731.042     Certificateof exemption; application of certain Insurance Code provisions to exemptinsurers

 

731.046     Exemptionof policies from Securities Law

 

DEFINITIONSGENERALLY

 

731.052     InsuranceCode definitions

 

731.056     “Action”

 

731.066     “Authorized,”“unauthorized” insurer

 

731.069     “Certificate,”“certificate holder”

 

731.072     “Certificateof authority,” “license”

 

731.074     “Commercialliability insurance”

 

731.075     “Coveredlife”

 

731.076     “Department,”“director”

 

731.082     “Domestic,”“foreign,” “alien” insurer

 

731.086     “Domesticrisk”

 

731.092     “Domicile”

 

731.096     “Domicileof alien insurer”

 

731.102     “Insurance”

 

731.104     “Insuranceproducer”

 

731.106     “Insurer”

 

731.112     “Judgment”

 

731.116     “Person”

 

731.122     “Policy”

 

731.126     “Reinsurance”

 

731.132     “Requiredcapitalization”

 

731.136     “State”

 

731.142     “Stock,”“mutual” and “reciprocal” insurer

 

731.144     “Surpluslines insurance”

 

731.146     “Transactinsurance”

 

CLASSESOF INSURANCE DEFINED

 

731.150     Definitionsof classes of insurance not mutually exclusive

 

731.154     “Annuity”

 

731.156     “Variablelife insurance”; “variable annuity”

 

731.158     “Casualtyinsurance”

 

731.162     “Healthinsurance”

 

731.164     “Homeprotection insurance,” “home protection insurer”

 

731.166     “Industriallife insurance”

 

731.170     “Lifeinsurance”; includes annuities

 

731.174     “Marineand transportation insurance”

 

731.178     “Mortgageinsurance”

 

731.182     “Propertyinsurance”

 

731.186     “Suretyinsurance”

 

731.190     “Titleinsurance”

 

731.194     “Wetmarine and transportation insurance”

 

INSURANCEADMINISTRATION

 

731.216     Administrativepower of director

 

731.228     Prohibitedinterests and rewards

 

731.232     Subpoenapower

 

731.236     Generalpowers and duties

 

731.240     Hearingsin general

 

731.244     Rules

 

731.248     Orders

 

731.252     Ceaseand desist orders

 

731.256     Enforcementgenerally

 

731.258     Enforcementof orders and decisions by Attorney General; filing, enforcement and effect offoreign decrees

 

731.260     Falseor misleading filings

 

731.264     Complaintsand investigations confidential; permitted disclosures; rules

 

731.268     Useof reproductions and certified copies as evidence; fee

 

731.272     Director’sannual reports; notice of publication of report

 

731.276     Recommendationsfor changes in Insurance Code

 

731.280     Publicationsauthorized

 

731.282     Authorityto sell publications

 

731.284     Distributionof insurance laws

 

731.288     Recordingcomplaints; director to consider complaints before issuing licenses

 

731.292     Dispositionof fees, charges, taxes, penalties and other moneys

 

731.296     Director’sinquiries

 

731.300     Examinationof insurers; when required

 

731.302     Appointmentof examiners; retaining of appraisers, actuaries and others; evidentiary statusof facts and conclusions

 

731.304     Investigationof persons transacting insurance

 

731.308     Procedureat examination or investigation; production of books and other records

 

731.312     Reportof examination; review by person examined; hearing; confidentiality of certaininformation and documents; permitted disclosures

 

731.314     Immunityfor director, examiner and others

 

731.316     Expensesof examination of insurer

 

731.324     Serviceof process on Secretary of State; notice to unauthorized insurer

 

731.328     Depositsby unauthorized insurers in actions or proceedings

 

AUTHORIZATIONOF INSURERS AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

 

731.354     Certificateof authority required

 

731.356     Unauthorizedinsurance transaction enforcement