656.752 State
Accident Insurance Fund Corporation; purpose and functions. (1) The State Accident Insurance
Fund Corporation is created for the purpose of transacting workers’
compensation insurance and reinsurance business. The State Accident Insurance
Fund Corporation also may insure an Oregon employer against any liability such
employer may have on account of bodily injury to a worker of the employer
arising out of and in the course of employment as fully as any private
insurance carrier.
(2) The functions
of the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation shall be:
(a) To confer
with and solicit employers and to determine, handle, audit and enforce
collection of premiums, assessments and fees of insured employers insured with
the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation;
(b) To make
insurance available to as many Oregon employers as inexpensively as may be
consistent with the overall integrity of the Industrial Accident Fund, in
accordance with ORS 656.634 and sound principles of insurance;
(c) To receive
and handle and process the claims of workers and beneficiaries of workers
injured in the employ of insured employers insured with the State Accident
Insurance Fund Corporation; and
(d) To perform
all other functions which the laws of this state specifically authorize or
which are necessary or appropriate to carry out the functions expressly
authorized.
(3) The State
Accident Insurance Fund Corporation in its name may sue and be sued.
(4) The State
Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may authorize self-insured employers or
other insurers to use any physical rehabilitation center operated by the State
Accident Insurance Fund Corporation on such terms as the State Accident
Insurance Fund Corporation deems reasonable.
(5) The State
Accident Insurance Fund Corporation in its own name, may acquire, lease, rent,
own and manage real property. It may construct, equip and furnish buildings or
other structures as are necessary to accommodate its needs. It may purchase,
rent, lease or otherwise acquire for its use all supplies, materials, equipment
and services necessary to carry out its functions. It may sell or otherwise
dispose of any property acquired under this subsection.
(6) Any real
property acquired and owned by the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation
under this section shall be subject to ad valorem taxation.
(7) The State
Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may furnish advice, services and excess
workers’ compensation and employer liability insurance to any employer
qualified as a self-insured employer under the provisions of ORS 656.407, on
such terms and conditions as the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation
deems reasonable.
(8) With the
approval of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services,
the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may provide reinsurance coverage
to Oregon employers on such terms and conditions as the State Accident
Insurance Fund Corporation deems reasonable.
(9) The State
Accident Insurance Fund Corporation may contract with the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services to provide claim management services for claims filed
under ORS 655.505 to 655.555 by adults in custody of institutions of the
Department of Corrections. [1965 c.285 §55; 1965 c.564 §7; 1967 c.253 §1; 1969
c.247 §2; 1971 c.262 §1; 1977 c.659 §3; 1979 c.815 §10; 1979 c.829 §5a; 1981
c.854 §52; 1981 c.876 §7; 1990 c.1 §3; 2007 c.326 §1; 2019 c.213 §150]
Notes of Decisions
Eckles v. State of Oregon, 760 P.2d 846 (Or. 1988).
· cites it 6× “751); from its purpose SAIF "is created for the purpose of transacting workers' compensation insurance and reinsurance business" (ORS 656.752); and from its ORS 656.752 "functions" those of any workers' compensation insurer: to "solicit employers," to collect the premiums of…”
Johnson v. SAIF Corp., 164 P.3d 278 (Or. 2007).
· cites it 3× “7 ORS 656.752 authorizes SAIF to engage in activities necessary to participate in the insurance business, including collecting premiums and fees and processing claims.”
Crosby v. SAIF Corp., 699 P.2d 198 (Or. Ct. App. 1985).
· cites it 2× “ORS 656.752(1). One of SAIF’s functions is to ‘receive and handle and process the claims of workers.”
Johnson v. SAIF Corp., 122 P.3d 66 (Or. Ct. App. 2005).
· cites it 2× “” 11 The provisions of SB 255 describing the purpose and functions of the new independent corporation were codified at ORS 656.752, which provides, in part: “(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation is created for the purpose of transacting workers’ compensation…”
Stamp v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 859 P.2d 597 (Wash. 1993).
“The determination of the status of the Oregon state fund in Villalobos was based upon clear evidence that the fund's enabling statute, ORS § 656.752(1) (1991), defined it as an insurer.”
Cuddigan-Placito v. SAIF, 335 Or. App. 663 (Or. Ct. App. 2024).
“The primary responsibility of the inves- tigator is to investigate the facts, including by conducting interviews, and provide that information to the adjuster.”
Glubka v. Long, 837 P.2d 553 (Or. Ct. App. 1992).
“751(1); ORS 656.752. Long is the former Executive Director of SAIF Corporation.”
Cuddigan-Placito v. SAIF, 335 Or. App. 663 (Or. Ct. App. 2024).
“The primary responsibility of the inves- tigator is to investigate the facts, including by conducting interviews, and provide that information to the adjuster.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.752(1) — 6 cases
Stamp v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 859 P.2d 597 (Wash. 1993).
“The determination of the status of the Oregon state fund in Villalobos was based upon clear evidence that the fund's enabling statute, ORS § 656.752(1) (1991), defined it as an insurer.”
Crosby v. SAIF Corp., 699 P.2d 198 (Or. Ct. App. 1985).
“ORS 656.752(1). One of SAIF’s functions is to ‘receive and handle and process the claims of workers.”
Johnson v. SAIF Corp., 164 P.3d 278 (Or. 2007).
“7 ORS 656.752 authorizes SAIF to engage in activities necessary to participate in the insurance business, including collecting premiums and fees and processing claims.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.752(2)(b) — 1 case
Crosby v. SAIF Corp., 699 P.2d 198 (Or. Ct. App. 1985).
“ORS 656.752(1). One of SAIF’s functions is to ‘receive and handle and process the claims of workers.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.752(3) — 3 cases
Johnson v. SAIF Corp., 164 P.3d 278 (Or. 2007).
“7 ORS 656.752 authorizes SAIF to engage in activities necessary to participate in the insurance business, including collecting premiums and fees and processing claims.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.752(5) — 1 case
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.752(6) — 1 case
Johnson v. SAIF Corp., 122 P.3d 66 (Or. Ct. App. 2005).
“” 11 The provisions of SB 255 describing the purpose and functions of the new independent corporation were codified at ORS 656.752, which provides, in part: “(1) The State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation is created for the purpose of transacting workers’ compensation…”
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