2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 737 - Rates and Rating Organizations
Section 737.209 - Hearing on rate filings under ORS 737.207; order; review.


(2) A hearing held pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must be conducted by an administrative law judge assigned from the Office of Administrative Hearings established under ORS 183.605. The administrative law judge shall report findings, conclusions and recommendations to the director within 30 days of the close of the hearing. The insurer or rating organization proposing the rate filing shall have the burden of proving that the rate proposal is justified and shall pay to the director the fair and reasonable costs of the hearing, including actual necessary expenses.
(3) Within 10 days of receiving a report from the administrative law judge, the director shall issue an order approving or disapproving the filing.
(4) An order issued under subsection (3) of this section may be reviewed as provided in ORS 183.480 to 183.540 for review of contested cases. A filing approved by the director under this section shall be effective 10 days after the order issued under subsection (3) of this section and shall remain effective during any review of the order. [1987 c.774 §48a; 1999 c.849 §§175,176; 2003 c.75 §62]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 18 - Financial Institutions, Insurance

Chapter 737 - Rates and Rating Organizations

Section 737.007 - "Rating organization" defined.

Section 737.017 - "Member," "subscriber" defined.

Section 737.025 - Purpose, intent of chapter.

Section 737.035 - Application of chapter.

Section 737.045 - Remedies of director for violations of chapter.

Section 737.205 - Filing rates, plans with director; public inspection of filings; effect on workers’ compensation filings.

Section 737.207 - Commercial liability insurance rate filings; prior approval by director.

Section 737.209 - Hearing on rate filings under ORS 737.207; order; review.

Section 737.225 - Records requirements; inspection; statistics; workers’ compensation statistical agency; rules.

Section 737.235 - Examining rating systems of insurers; costs.

Section 737.265 - Unauthorized adherence to rates, rating systems; workers’ compensation insurance policy forms.

Section 737.270 - Determination of workers’ compensation premiums for worker leasing company; reporting statistical experience.

Section 737.310 - Method of rate making; factors considered; rules.

Section 737.316 - Combining employers for workers’ compensation insurance; conditions.

Section 737.318 - Premium audit program for workers’ compensation insurance; rules; penalties.

Section 737.320 - Review of certain filings; effective date of filings; investigation and evaluation of workers’ compensation rate filings.

Section 737.322 - Rating plan approval; rules; hearing on disapproval; costs.

Section 737.325 - Suspension or modification of filing requirement; rules; excess rates for specific risks.

Section 737.330 - Contracts to comply with effective filings; exception.

Section 737.336 - Disapproval of filings by director; noncompliance with chapter.

Section 737.340 - Initiation of proceedings by aggrieved person to determine lawfulness of filings; hearing.

Section 737.350 - Application for license by rating organization.

Section 737.355 - Licensing rating organizations generally; licensing workers’ compensation rating organizations; rules; revocation and suspension; fees.

Section 737.360 - Rating organization to accept insurers as subscribers; rules of organization to be reasonable; review of applications for subscribership and of reasonableness of rules.

Section 737.365 - Cooperative activities among rating organizations and insurers.

Section 737.505 - Insured entitled to rate information; remedies of aggrieved persons.

Section 737.510 - Advisory organizations; registration; jurisdiction of director to restrict unfair practices.

Section 737.515 - Examination of rating, advisory and other organizations; payment of costs; acceptance of report from another state.

Section 737.526 - Interchange of data; rules; promoting uniformity of rating laws.

Section 737.560 - Rating organization membership.

Section 737.600 - Fictitious grouping for rate purposes prohibited; rules; exceptions.

Section 737.602 - Authorization for insurance for certain projects; premiums; qualifications.

Section 737.604 - Rules.