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December 2007
In This Issue
- From The President. KPD Is Accountable
- Congratulations to Shari Caffey!
- Oregon Domestic Partner Statute. EMPLOYERS BE AWARE
- Topics on your Personal Insurance
- KPD Risk Solutions
From The President. KPD Is Accountable
By: Jim Ginger
Over the years, KPD has retained about 95% of the clients we insure on a year to year basis. In talking with our clients the reason is not because we always deliver the “cheapest” insurance pricing (although we always try to give the lowest cost for the coverage you need), but because we hold ourselves accountable as a partner in management of their risk...
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Congratulations to Shari Caffey!
By: The Claims Department
After thirty-four years in the insurance industry, fourteen of them with KPD, Shari Caffey has decided it is time to move on to the next phase of her life...
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Oregon Domestic Partner Statute. EMPLOYERS BE AWARE
By: Linda Martin
Oregon House Bill 2007, may inadvertently, put additional responsibilities on YOU. This article is intended to provide you, an employer providing employee benefits, with information you need to know.
OREGON INSURANCE CARRIERS PLACED ON NOTICE Effective 1/1/08 Oregon insurance carriers may be required to treat registered domestic partners the same as a spouse. The Oregon Insurance Division has circulated a draft of a bulletin placing insurance carriers on notice that any insurance policy issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2008 must provide coverage and benefits to a registered domestic partner under the same terms as provided to the spouse of a married employee.
HB 2007 is being reviewed by the Oregon Insurance Division to determine whether or not to apply it to all insurance policies issued, renewed or delivered in Oregon...
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Hot Topics on your Personal Insurance
By: The Personal Lines Department 
Personal Umbrella Coverage: This coverage is relatively inexpensive and is an additional limit of liability over and above the limits in your home, auto and other personal liability policies.
Personal Property: Yes, it’s covered under your homeowner policy, but there is a limitation on certain items, jewelry, fine arts, firearms, cash, furs & business personal property just to name a few. Any of these items can be scheduled in order to get the necessary coverage.
KPD Risk Solutions is a unique web-based risk management platform available to all of our valued clients. A comprehensive safety library module is available to you at no cost with more than 1,000 documents in English and Spanish...
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Did you Know?
• Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Co. sends the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor: Mint Oreo.
• Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
• 'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
• Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth...and whose shame created the expression for ignominy, "His name is Mudd."
By Robert Paskins
