Oregon Insurance Companies Ordered to Provide Flexibility

On Wednesday, March 25, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business issued a temporary executive order mandating all insurance companies to extend grace periods for premium payments, postpone policy cancellations and nonrenewals, and extend deadlines for reporting claims.

Insurance companies operating in Oregon are ordered to immediately take the following steps and keep such practices in place until the order is no longer in effect:

• Institute a grace period for premium payments on all insurance policies issued in the state
• Suspend all cancellations and nonrenewals for active insurance policies
• Extend all deadlines for consumers to report claims and communicate about claims
• Provide consumers the ability to make premium payments and report claims while maintaining safe social distancing standards.

You can view the official press release here for more information.

Others are rolling out their own executive orders, unique to each state. Read more about a few of those orders below:

• Alaska
• California
• Oregon
• Washington

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