Oregon § 731.762 Authority of director

Oregon Statutes

§ 731.762 — Authority of director

Oregon § 731.762

Vol.18

Title 56Insurance

Ch. 731Administration and General Provisions

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Or. Rev. Stat. § 731.762 (2026).

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(1)ORS 731.761 does not limit the authority of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to acquire any insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document or to examine any person in connection with the document. If the director determines that the actions of an insurer are egregious, the director may introduce and use the document in any administrative proceeding or civil action under the Insurance Code. The director may require that an insurer submit an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document for the purpose of an examination or investigation conducted under this chapter. An insurer may also voluntarily submit an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document to the director.

(2)Any insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document submitted t

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(1) ORS 731.761 does not limit the authority of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to acquire any insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document or to examine any person in connection with the document. If the director determines that the actions of an insurer are egregious, the director may introduce and use the document in any administrative proceeding or civil action under the Insurance Code. The director may require that an insurer submit an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document for the purpose of an examination or investigation conducted under this chapter. An insurer may also voluntarily submit an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document to the director.
(2) Any insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document submitted to the director under this section and in the possession of the director remains the property of the insurer and is not subject to disclosure or production under ORS 192.311 to 192.478.
(3)(a) The director shall consider the corrective action taken by an insurer to eliminate problems identified in the insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document as a mitigating factor when determining a civil penalty or other action against the insurer.
(b) The director may, in the director’s sole discretion, decline to impose a civil penalty or take other action against an insurer based on information obtained from an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document if the insurer has taken reasonable corrective action to eliminate the problems identified in the document.
(4) Disclosure of an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document to a governmental agency, whether voluntarily or pursuant to compulsion of law, does not constitute a waiver of the privilege set forth in ORS 731.761 for any other purpose.
(5) The director may not be compelled to produce an insurance compliance self-evaluative audit document.