OAR 836-071-0108: Limited Class Insurance Licenses

For the purpose of ORS 744.062, the Director establishes the following classifications for limited class insurance licenses, for use on and after July 1, 2005: (1) Under a "limited class credit insurance" license, the licensee may transact the following classes of insurance when the insurance is offered in connection with an extension of credit that is limited to partially or wholly extinguishing that credit obligation: (a) Credit life insurance. Under this class, an insurance producer may transact credit life insurance as approved under ORS 743.371(1). (b) Credit health insurance. Under this class an insurance producer may transact credit health insurance as approved under ORS 743.371(2). (c) Credit unemployment and involuntary unemployment insurance. Under this class an insurance producer may transact approved liability coverage for unemployment. (d) Credit property insurance. Under this class, an insurance producer may transact insurance against property loss or damage that may result in failure of debtors to pay their obligations to the insured, including but not limited to motor vehicle physical damage insurance. This class does not include mortgage insurance. (e) Mortgage guarantee insurance. Under this class, an insurance producer may transact only the insurance that is issued by an authorized mortgage insurer under ORS 742.282 to 742.286. (f) Mortgage life or disability insurance, or mortgage life and disability insurance. Under this class, a lending institution may transact mortgage cancellation insurance as approved under ORS 743.303(1)(b) and (5). (g) Gap insurance. This class applies to a person described in ORS 731.036(9) who does not qualify for the exemption in 731.036(9) because the person imposes an additional charge to waive the amount described in 731.036(9)(b) pursuant to an agreement to lease or to finance the purchase of a motor vehicle. (2) Under a "limited class insurance" license, the licensee may transact the following classes of insurance: (a) Crop insurance. Under this class, an insurance producer may place insurance providing protection against damage to crops from unfavorable weather conditions, fire or lightning, flood, hail, insect infestation, disease or other yield-reducing conditions or perils provided by the private insurance market, or that is subsidized by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, including multi-peril crop insurance. (b) Surety insurance. Under this class an insurance producer may place insurance or a bond that covers obligations to pay the debts of, or answer for the default of another, including faithlessness in a position of public or private trust as approved under ORS 742.350 to 742.376. For the purpose of this limited line license, surety does not include surety bail bonds. (c) Mechanical breakdown insurance. Under this class an insurance producer may place insurance that provides repair or replacement service, or indemnification for repair or replacement service, for operational or structural failure of property due to defects in materials or workmanship or normal wear and tear, including but not limited to motor vehicles, mobile equipment, boats, appliances and electronics. (3) Travel insurance. Under this class as defined in ORS 744.101, a limited travel insurance producer and any travel retailer offering travel insurance on behalf of and at the direction of a limited travel insurance producer shall comply with the requirements set forth in OAR 836-071-0450. (4) For the purpose of making the transition to a mechanical breakdown insurance limited class insurance license under section (2) of this rule rather than as a limited class credit insurance license under section (1) of this rule, the change shall apply to renewals of limited class credit insurance licenses applied for on or after January 1, 2013. A licensee transacting mechanical breakdown insurance under a limited class credit insurance license may continue to do so until the first renewal of the limited class credit license after January 1, 2013.