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Or. Rev. Stat. § 731.016

Construction of Insurance Code

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      731.016 Construction of Insurance Code. The Insurance Code shall be liberally construed and shall be administered and enforced by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to give effect to the policy stated in ORS 731.008. [1967 c.359 §4]

 

      731.020 [Repealed by 1965 c.241 §3]

 

APPLICATION OF INSURANCE CODE

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases, 1982–2017 · leading case: Dowell v. Oregon Mutual Insurance Co.
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Dowell v. Oregon Mutual Insurance Co. (2017) or · cites it 26× “008 and ORS 731.016, serve as the starting point for construing the phrase “expenses of medical * * * services.”
Carrigan v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance (1997) or · cites it 2× “" ORS 731.016 provides that "[t]he Insurance Code shall be liberally construed " to further that purpose.”
Pierce v. Allstate Insurance (1993) or · cites it 2× “008 (purpose of Insurance Code is protection of insurance-buying public); ORS 731.016 (insurance code shall be liberally construed).”
Hamilton v. Paynter (2006) or “, ORS 731.016 (“The Insurance Code * * * shall be administered and enforced by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to give effect to the policy stated in ORS 731.”
De Zafra v. Farmers Insurance (2015) orctapp · cites it 2× “And, ORS 731.016 advises that “[t]he Insurance Code shall be liberally construed” to further that purpose.”
Kiem to v. State Farm Mutual Insurance (1993) orctapp “ORS 731.016; ORS 731.008; Porter v. Utah Home Fire Insurance Co.”
Hansen v. Western Home Insurance (1987) orctapp “It states that the commissioner may institute an action; it does not state that a private party may not. Moreover, the legislature enacted the code to protect the insurance buying public, ORS 731.”
Porter v. Utah Home Fire Insurance (1982) orctapp “ORS 731.016. Plaintiffs decedent is entitled to the insurance protection that he may reasonably expect for the premiums paid.”
Takata v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. (2008) orctapp “' ORS 731.016 provides that `[t]he Insurance Code shall be liberally construed' to further that purpose.”
Traders & General Insurance v. Freeman (2000) ord “008, ORS 731.016. Fire insurance policies in Oregon are governed by ORS 742.”
Dowell v. Oregon Mutual Ins. Co. (2017) or · cites it 13× “008 and ORS 731.016, serve as the starting point for construing the phrase “expenses of medical * * * services.”
Blanchard ex rel. Blanchard v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (1992) orctapp “008; ORS 731.016. The majority’s construction of ORS 743.”
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