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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) A surplus lines licensee may originate surplus lines insurance on an Oregon home state risk or accept such insurance from any other insurance producer duly licensed as to the kinds of insurance involved on an Oregon home state risk, and the surplus lines licensee may compensate the insurance producer therefor.
(2) A surplus lines licensee may charge a producing insurance producer a fee or a combination of a fee and a commission when transacting surplus lines for the producing insurance producer if the surplus lines licensee has a written agreement with the producing insurance producer prior to the binding or issuance of a surplus lines insurance policy. When a surplus lines licensee transacts surplus lines insurance directly for a prospective insured, the surplus lines licensee may charge the prospective insured a fee or a combination of a fee and a commission if the surplus lines licensee has a written agreement with the prospective insured prior to the binding or issuance of a surplus lines insurance policy.
(3) A producing insurance producer may charge a fee to a prospective insured when the producing insurance producer pays a fee or a combination of a fee and a commission to a surplus lines licensee under subsection (2) of this section if the producing insurance producer has a written agreement with the prospective insured prior to the binding or issuance of the surplus lines insurance policy. The fee may not exceed the amount of compensation paid by the producing insurance producer to the surplus lines licensee.
(4) For the purpose of determining the charge under subsection (2) of this section, the producing insurance producer and the surplus lines licensee may agree to any allocation of the fee that the producing insurance producer charges the prospective insured under this section.
(5) The fee or the fee and commission charged by a surplus lines licensee under subsection (2) of this section must be commensurate with the services provided by the surplus lines licensee. The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may establish by rule minimum conditions for written agreements entered into under this section. An insurer or insurance producer who enters into a written agreement as provided in this section is not in violation of ORS 746.035 or 746.045.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Insurance § 735.455 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-56-insurance/or-rev-st-sect-735-455/
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