ORS 742.156: Notice of transfer under assumption reinsurance agreement.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The transferring insurer in an assumption reinsurance agreement to which ORS 742.150 applies shall provide or cause to be provided a notice of transfer meeting the requirements established under this section to the following persons: (a) Each policyholder who has the right to terminate or otherwise alter the terms of a policy. (b) Each certificate holder whose certificate is in force on the proposed effective date of the assumption if the certificate holder has the right to keep the certificate in force without change in benefit following termination of the group policy. The right to keep the certificate in force does not include the right to elect individual coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, section 601 et seq., of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (29 U.S.C. 1161 et seq.). (c) The transferring insurer’s agents of record on the affected policies. (2) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall prescribe the contents of the notice of transfer, methods by which insurers must give notice of the transfer and notice of opportunity to accept or reject the assumption and methods of response by the policyholders and certificate holders. [1995 c.30 §5]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 836-050-0000: Purpose, Statutory Authority and Implementation — implements
- OAR 836-050-0010: Notice of Transfer — implements
- OAR 836-050-0020: Notice of Rejection — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 742.150 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 742.150: Approval by director; limitations on authority of insurer; definition.
- ORS 742.154: Factors to be considered by director in determining whether to approve assumption reinsurance agreement.
- ORS 742.158: Rejection of transfer by policyholder; payment of premium as acceptance of transfer; failure of policyholder to respond to notice.
- OAR 836-050-0000: Purpose, Statutory Authority and Implementation
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors742.html