Oregon lawmakers eye quake insurance needs

Whether to form an earthquake insurance provider modelled on
California's publicly managed, privately funded carrier would
be the focus of a state task force under consideration in the
Oregon Senate.
But the proposed task force would not be asked to consider
whether to set up a state-run insurer under an amendment to the
measure, known as Senate Bill 109, that is expected to be made by
the committee working on the proposal when it meets later
today.
Any move to...