The Legislative Assembly declares that the Insurance Code is for the protection of the insurance-buying public.
ORS 731.008
Known as the Insurance Code
The act spans §§ 731–731 (240 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 270 Or. App. 77 - De Zafra v. Farmers Insurance (2015)
Most recently applied in Bellshaw v. Farmers Ins. Co. (April 2025)
Formerly 736.003
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.