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OR Rev Stat § 735.355 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.355 - Court orders enforceable in Oregon.

An order issued by any district court of the United States enjoining a risk retention group from soliciting or selling insurance or operating in any state or in all states or in any territory or possession of the United States, upon a finding that such a group is in a hazardous financial condition shall be enforceable in the courts of this state. [1987 c.774 §109]
OR Rev Stat § 735.360 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.360 - Rules.

The director may adopt rules that the director determines are necessary for carrying out ORS 735.300 to 735.365. [1987 c.774 §110; 1989 c.700 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 735.365 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.365 - Short title.

ORS 735.300 to 735.365 shall be known and may be cited as the Oregon Liability Risk Retention Law. [1987 c.774 §98a]
OR Rev Stat § 735.400 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.400 - Purposes of ORS 735.400 to 735.495.

ORS 735.400 to 735.495 shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes which include: (1) Protecting persons seeking insurance in this state; (2) Permitting surplus lines insurance to be placed with reputable and financially sound nonadmitted insurers and exported from this state pursuant to ORS 735.400 to 735.495; (3) Establishing a system of regulation which will permit orderly access to surplus lines insurance in this state and encourage admitted insurers to provide new and innovative types of insurance available to consumers in this state; and (4) Protecting revenues of this state. [1987 c.774 §117]
OR Rev Stat § 735.406 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.406 - Cost of living adjustment to net worth, revenues and expenses of exempt commercial purchasers.

Beginning on January 1, 2015, and each fifth January 1 occurring thereafter, the amounts in ORS 735.405 (6)(c)(A), (B) and (D) shall be adjusted to reflect the percentage change for such five-year period in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. [2011 c.660 §7; 2019 c.57 §33]
OR Rev Stat § 735.410 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.410 - Conditions for procuring insurance through nonadmitted insurer; rules.

(1) Insurance may be procured through a surplus lines licensee from a nonadmitted insurer if: (a) The insurer is an eligible surplus lines insurer; (b) A diligent search has first been made among the insurers who are authorized to transact and are actually writing the particular kind and class of insurance in this state, and it is determined that the full amount or kind of insurance cannot be obtained from those insurers; and (c) All other requirements of ORS 735.400 to 735.495 are met. (2) Subsection (1)(b) of this section does not apply to a surplus lines licensee seeking to procure or place nonadmitted insurance in this state for an exempt commercial purchaser if: (a) The surplus lines licensee procuring or placing the surplus lines insurance has disclosed to the exempt commercial purchaser that such insurance may or may not be available from the admitted market that may provide greater protection with more regulatory oversight; and (b) The exempt commercial purchaser has subsequently requested in writing that the surplus lines licensee procure or place such insurance from a nonadmitted insurer. (3) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services by rule may establish requirements applicable to the placement of surplus lines insurance on Oregon home state risks by a nonresident surplus lines licensee. The rules may not interfere with or hinder implementation of the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (P.L. 106-102) with respect to licensing reciprocity among the states, or the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-203, Title V, Subtitle B). [1987 c.774 §119; 2001 c.191 §44b; 2011 c.660 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 735.417 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.417 - Insured required to report and pay taxes on independently procured insurance covering Oregon home state risks.

(1) Each insured in this state who obtains independently procured insurance, or continues or renews independently procured insurance on Oregon home state risks, other than insurance procured through a surplus lines licensee, shall file, within 30 days after the date the insurance was procured, continued or renewed, a written report with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services showing: (a) The name and address of the insurer; (b) The subject of the insurance; (c) The amount of premium currently charged; and (d) Additional pertinent information reasonably requested by the director. (2) The insured filing a report under subsection (1) of this section shall pay, at the time of filing the report, the director an amount equal to the taxes imposed under ORS 735.470 for the premium reported under subsection (1)(c) of this section. The filing of the report and payment of the taxes may be made by a person authorized by the insured to act on the insured’s behalf. (3)(a) The director may require that reports filed under subsection (1) of this section be filed with the Surplus Line Association of Oregon. The director may require that such filings be made electronically, but may allow an exemption to this requirement for good cause shown. (b) The director may require that amounts to be paid to the director under subsection (2) of this section be paid to the Surplus Line Association of Oregon. [2011 c.660 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 735.418 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.418 - Director authorized to enter into interstate compact for premium tax allocation.

For purposes of carrying out the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-203, Title V, Subtitle B), after receiving express legislative approval, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services is authorized to enter into a compact or to otherwise establish procedures with other states to allocate among the states the premium taxes paid to an insured’s home state. [2011 c.660 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 735.420 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.420 - Declaration of ineligibility of surplus lines insurer.

(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may declare a surplus lines insurer described in ORS 735.415 (1) ineligible if the director has reason to believe that the surplus lines insurer: (a) Is in unsound financial condition; (b) Is no longer eligible under ORS 735.415; (c) Has willfully violated the laws of this state; or (d) Does not make reasonably prompt payment of just losses and claims in this state or elsewhere. (2) The director shall promptly mail notice of all such declarations to each surplus lines licensee. [1987 c.774 §121; 2001 c.191 §44d]
OR Rev Stat § 735.425 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.425 - Filing by licensee after placement of surplus lines insurance.

(1) Within 90 days after the placing of any surplus lines insurance in this state on an Oregon home state risk, each surplus lines licensee shall file with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services: (a) A statement signed by the licensee regarding the insurance, which shall be kept confidential as provided in ORS 705.137, including the following: (A) The name and address of the insured; (B) The identity of the insurer or insurers; (C) A description of the subject and location of the risk; (D) The amount of premium charged for the insurance; and (E) Such other pertinent information as the director may reasonably require. (b) A statement on a standardized form furnished by the director, as to the diligent efforts by the producing insurance producer to place the coverage with admitted insurers and the results thereof. The statement shall be signed by the producing insurance producer and shall affirm that the insured was expressly advised prior to placement of the insurance that: (A) The surplus lines insurer with whom the insurance was to be placed is not licensed in this state and is not subject to its supervision; and (B) In the event of the insolvency of the surplus lines insurer, losses will not be paid by the state insurance guaranty fund. (2) A surplus lines licensee placing nonadmitted insurance in this state for an exempt commercial purchaser satisfies the requirements of subsection (1)(b) of this section if the surplus lines licensee provides proof of compliance with ORS 735.410 (2). (3) The director may direct that filings required under subsection (1) of this section be made to the Surplus Line Association of Oregon. The director may also require that such filings be made electronically but may exempt a licensee from the requirement for good cause shown. (4) A nonresident surplus lines licensee who places a surplus lines policy on an Oregon home state risk shall satisfy the requirements in ORS 735.410 and the filing requirements in subsections (1) and (2) of this section. (5) Facsimile signatures and electronic signatures subject to ORS 84.001 to 84.061 are acceptable and have the same force as original signatures. [1987 c.774 §122; 1993 c.182 §1; 2001 c.377 §§13,13a; 2003 c.364 §39; 2005 c.185 §12; 2011 c.660 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 735.440 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.440 - Validity of contracts.

Insurance contracts procured under ORS 735.400 to 735.495 shall be valid and enforceable as to all parties. [1987 c.774 §125]
OR Rev Stat § 735.445 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.445 - Effect of payment of premium to surplus lines licensee.

A payment of premium to a surplus lines licensee acting for a person other than the surplus lines licensee in negotiating, continuing or renewing any policy of insurance under ORS 735.400 to 735.495 shall be deemed to be payment to the insurer, whatever conditions or stipulations may be inserted in the policy or contract notwithstanding. [1987 c.774 §126]
OR Rev Stat § 735.450 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.450 - Requirements for license as surplus lines insurance licensee.

A person may not procure any contract of surplus lines insurance with any nonadmitted insurer for an Oregon home state risk unless the person is licensed under ORS chapter 744 to transact surplus lines insurance. A person may obtain a license to transact surplus lines insurance only if the person is licensed as an insurance producer under ORS chapter 744 to transact property and casualty insurance. [1987 c.774 §127; 1989 c.288 §1; 1991 c.810 §26; 1995 c.639 §14; 2001 c.191 §46; 2003 c.364 §41; 2011 c.660 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 735.455 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.455 - Authority of licensee; rules.

(1) A surplus lines licensee may originate surplus lines insurance on an Oregon home state risk or accept such insurance from any other insurance producer duly licensed as to the kinds of insurance involved on an Oregon home state risk, and the surplus lines licensee may compensate the insurance producer therefor. (2) A surplus lines licensee may charge a producing insurance producer a fee or a combination of a fee and a commission when transacting surplus lines for the producing insurance producer if the surplus lines licensee has a written agreement with the producing insurance producer prior to the binding or issuance of a surplus lines insurance policy. When a surplus lines licensee transacts surplus lines insurance directly for a prospective insured, the surplus lines licensee may charge the prospective insured a fee or a combination of a fee and a commission if the surplus lines licensee has a written agreement with the prospective insured prior to the binding or issuance of a surplus lines insurance policy. (3) A producing insurance producer may charge a fee to a prospective insured when the producing insurance producer pays a fee or a combination of a fee and a commission to a surplus lines licensee under subsection (2) of this section if the producing insurance producer has a written agreement with the prospective insured prior to the binding or issuance of the surplus lines insurance policy. The fee may not exceed the amount of compensation paid by the producing insurance producer to the surplus lines licensee. (4) For the purpose of determining the charge under subsection (2) of this section, the producing insurance producer and the surplus lines licensee may agree to any allocation of the fee that the producing insurance producer charges the prospective insured under this section. (5) The fee or the fee and commission charged by a surplus lines licensee under subsection (2) of this section must be commensurate with the services provided by the surplus lines licensee. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may establish by rule minimum conditions for written agreements entered into under this section. An insurer or insurance producer who enters into a written agreement as provided in this section is not in violation of ORS 746.035 or 746.045. [1987 c.774 §128; 2003 c.364 §42; 2011 c.660 §15]
OR Rev Stat § 735.460 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.460 - Records of licensee; examination.

(1) Each surplus lines licensee shall keep a full and true record of each surplus lines insurance contract placed on an Oregon home state risk by or through the licensee as required by ORS 744.068, including a copy of the policy, certificate, cover note or other evidence of insurance showing any of the following items that are applicable: (a) Amount of the insurance and perils insured; (b) Brief description of the property insured and its location; (c) Gross premium charged; (d) Any return premium paid; (e) Rate of premium charged upon the several items of property; (f) Effective date of the contract and the terms thereof; (g) Name and address of the insured; (h) Name and address of the insurer; (i) Amount of tax and other sums to be collected from the insured; and (j) Identity of the producing insurance producer, any confirming correspondence from the insurer or its representative and the application. (2) The record of each contract shall be kept open at all reasonable times to examination by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services without notice for a period not less than five years following termination of the contract. [1987 c.774 §129; 2001 c.191 §47; 2003 c.364 §43; 2011 c.660 §16]
OR Rev Stat § 735.465 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.465 - Monthly reports; rules.

(1) On or before the end of each month, each surplus lines licensee shall file with the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, as prescribed by the director, a verified report of all surplus lines insurance transacted on Oregon home state risks during the preceding 90 days. The report need not show transacted surplus lines insurance that was reported in an earlier report. The report shall show: (a) Aggregate gross premiums written; (b) Aggregate return premiums; and (c) Amount of aggregate tax. (2) The director may direct that reports required under subsection (1) of this section be made to the Surplus Line Association of Oregon and that the Surplus Line Association of Oregon file a combined report thereof with the director. The director may also require that reports required under subsection (1) of this section be made electronically but may exempt a licensee from the requirement for good cause shown. (3) For the purpose of collecting taxes on insurance covering Oregon home state risks when the insurance is placed outside this state, the director may establish by rule requirements for filing reports on surplus lines insurance transacted outside this state on Oregon home state risks. [1987 c.774 §130; 2001 c.191 §48; 2007 c.71 §236; 2011 c.660 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 735.475 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.475 - Suit to recover unpaid tax.

If the tax collectible by a surplus lines licensee under ORS 735.400 to 735.495 is not paid within the time prescribed, the same shall be recoverable in a suit brought by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services against the surplus lines licensee. [1987 c.774 §132; 1989 c.288 §3; 2001 c.191 §48b]
OR Rev Stat § 735.480 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.480 - Suspension or revocation of license; refusal to renew; grounds.

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license of a surplus lines licensee after notice and hearing as provided under the applicable provision of this state’s laws upon any one or more of the following grounds: (1) Removal of the surplus lines licensee’s office from this state, if the licensee is a resident insurance producer; (2) Removal of the surplus lines licensee’s office accounts and records from the principal place of business of the licensee under ORS 744.068 during the period during which such accounts and records are required to be maintained under ORS 735.460; (3) Closing of the surplus lines licensee’s office for a period of more than 30 business days, unless permission is granted by the director; (4) Failure to make and file required reports; (5) Failure to transmit required tax on surplus lines premiums; (6) Violation of any provision of ORS 735.400 to 735.495; or (7) For any cause for which an insurance license could be denied, revoked, suspended or renewal refused under ORS 744.074. [1987 c.774 §133; 1989 c.288 §4; 2001 c.191 §49; 2003 c.364 §45]
OR Rev Stat § 735.485 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.485 - Actions against surplus lines insurer.

(1) A surplus lines insurer may be sued upon any cause of action arising in this state under any surplus lines insurance contract on an Oregon home state risk made by it or evidence of insurance issued or delivered by the surplus lines licensee pursuant to the procedure provided in ORS 735.490. Any surplus lines policy issued by the surplus lines licensee shall contain a provision stating the substance of this section and designating the person to whom process shall be delivered. (2) Each surplus lines insurer assuming surplus lines insurance shall be considered thereby to have subjected itself to ORS 735.400 to 735.495. (3) The remedies provided in this section are in addition to any other methods provided by law for service of process upon insurers. (4) When a nonresident surplus lines insurance producer transacts outside this state a surplus lines insurance contract covering an Oregon home state risk, the producer and the surplus lines insurer of the contract are subject to this section and to ORS 735.490 or to rules adopted by the director in lieu thereof. [1987 c.774 §134; 1989 c.288 §5; 2001 c.191 §49a; 2011 c.660 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 735.490 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.490 - Jurisdiction in action against insurer; service of summons and complaint; response.

(1) An insurer transacting insurance on an Oregon home state risk under the provisions of ORS 735.400 to 735.495 may be sued upon any cause of action, arising under any policy of insurance so issued and delivered by it, in the courts for the county where the insurance producer who registered or delivered the policy resides or transacts business, by the service of summons and complaint made upon the insurance producer for the insurer. (2) Any insurance producer served with summons and complaint in any such cause shall forthwith mail the summons and complaint, or a true and complete copy thereof, by registered or certified mail with proper postage affixed and properly addressed, to the insurer being sued. (3) The insurer shall have 40 days from the date of the service of the summons and complaint upon the insurance producer in which to plead, answer or defend any such cause. (4) Upon service of summons and complaint upon the insurance producer for the insurer, the court in which the action is begun shall be deemed to have duly acquired personal jurisdiction of the defendant insurer so served. (5) An insurer and policyholder may agree to waive the provisions of subsections (1) to (4) of this section governing service and venue with respect to a surplus lines insurance contract for commercial property and casualty risk if the waiver is specifically referred to in the contract or in an indorsement attached to the contract. [1987 c.774 §137; 2001 c.191 §49b; 2003 c.364 §46; 2011 c.660 §19]
OR Rev Stat § 735.492 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.492 - Application of certain Insurance Code provisions to surplus lines insurers.

ORS 731.324, 731.328, 731.512 and 731.624 do not apply to surplus lines insurers. [2005 c.185 §17]
OR Rev Stat § 735.495 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.495 - Short title; severability.

(1) ORS 735.400 to 735.495 shall be known and may be cited as "The Oregon Surplus Lines Law." (2) If any provisions of ORS 735.400 to 735.495, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of ORS 735.400 to 735.495 and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected. [1987 c.774 §§116,136]
OR Rev Stat § 735.510 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance|Chapter 735 - Alternative Insurance|Section 735.510 - Notice to department of specified changes to practice.

A certified retainer medical practice shall: (1) Notify the Department of Consumer and Business Services immediately whenever: (a) The license of a provider who has provided services on behalf of the practice is denied, suspended, revoked or not renewed in this state or in any other jurisdiction; or (b) The authority of the practice to operate in another jurisdiction is denied, suspended, revoked or not renewed. (2) Notify the department no later than 30 days after any change to the name, address or contact information that is provided in the application for certification under ORS 735.500. [2011 c.499 §3] Note: See note under 735.500.