Oregon Statutes 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.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 735.485
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
(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]