OR Property & Casualty study plan
OR Property & Casualty · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Oregon Insurance Laws, Rules, and Regulations
Map the Oregon producer licensing lifecycle: prelicensing, exam, application, appointment, and renewal steps
List Oregon continuing-education hour requirements, deadlines, and the recordkeeping the producer must maintain
Define each unfair trade practice and unfair claims settlement practice named in Oregon insurance regulation, with one concrete example of each
Identify Oregon-specific notice, cancellation, nonrenewal, and proof-of-loss timelines that differ from general industry norms
Locate the Oregon statutes and administrative rules that govern producer conduct and cite them by topic area
Your checkpoint
A 50-question Oregon laws and rules practice set, scored with a written list of every missed item and the rule that answers it.
Oregon Insurance Laws, Rules, and Regulations & General Insurance Principles and Concepts
Explain Oregon residual market and guaranty mechanisms, including which lines and losses each one does and does not cover
Differentiate Oregon rules for personal lines versus commercial lines cancellation and nonrenewal notice
Describe how Oregon treats premium finance, rebating, fiduciary handling of premiums, and commission sharing
Build the foundational vocabulary: risk, peril, hazard, pure versus speculative risk, indemnity, insurable interest, and the elements of a valid contract
Distinguish the four ways a contract can be void, voidable, or unenforceable and match each to an insurance scenario
Explain the roles of the producer, the insurer, the insured, and the beneficiary in the formation and performance of a policy
Your checkpoint
A one-page Oregon rules quick-reference sheet plus a 25-question general principles quiz at 80% or better.
Property Insurance Principles, Coverages, and Policy Provisions
Reconstruct the homeowners policy structure from memory: declarations, insuring agreement, coverage parts A through F, conditions, and endorsements
Compare HO-2, HO-3, HO-4, HO-5, HO-6, and HO-8 by eligible risk, perils insured against, and coverage triggers
Distinguish open-peril from named-peril treatment and identify which coverage parts use each
Itemize the standard homeowners exclusions and the exceptions that restore coverage
Apply special limits of liability to specific categories of personal property
Your checkpoint
A blank-page reconstruction of an HO-3 policy, with every coverage part, limit type, and exclusion checked against the source text.
Property Insurance Principles, Coverages, and Policy Provisions
Solve coinsurance, loss-settlement, and deductible problems for both replacement cost and actual cash value
Explain the mortgagee clause, loss payable clause, and appraisal and salvage provisions in a property claim
Compare dwelling, commercial property, business income, and inland marine coverages by exposure and gap filled
Describe how Oregon-specific property requirements interact with standard policy conditions
Interpret ordinance-or-law, debris removal, and collapse provisions under a total loss scenario
Your checkpoint
A timed 100-question full-length practice exam covering domains 1 through 3, with a scored error log by sub-topic.
Casualty Insurance Principles, Coverages, and Policy Provisions
Break negligence into its four elements and apply comparative and contributory fault rules to claim scenarios
Reconstruct the personal auto policy: liability, medical payments, uninsured and underinsured motorist, physical damage, and the exclusions and conditions of each
Contrast the PAP with the homeowners Section II liability coverage for a loss that could fall under both
Identify Oregon minimum financial responsibility requirements and how they affect UM/UIM and proof-of-coverage questions
Determine who qualifies as an insured under each auto coverage part
Your checkpoint
A coverage-by-coverage PAP and homeowners Section II comparison chart plus a 40-question auto and liability quiz.
Casualty Insurance Principles, Coverages, and Policy Provisions
Distinguish commercial general liability Coverage A, B, and C, including the occurrence versus claims-made trigger and the retroactive date
Apply the additional insured, other insurance, and subrogation conditions to a multi-party claim
Explain Oregon workers compensation coverage structure, employer obligations, and the exclusive remedy concept
Compare umbrella and excess liability coverage and identify where each sits in a layered program
Classify a liability loss as premises, operations, products-completed operations, or personal and advertising injury
Your checkpoint
A 100-question practice exam weighted to casualty, with every missed question traced to a specific policy provision or Oregon rule.
General Insurance Principles and Concepts & Property Insurance Principles, Coverages, and Policy Provisions & Casualty Insurance Principles, Coverages, and Policy Provisions
Revisit domain 2 concepts through exam-style questions rather than notes, and close any remaining gaps
Drill the policy-provision vocabulary that appears across property and casualty: conditions, warranties, representations, concealment, waiver, estoppel
Answer mixed 25-question sets that alternate domains so switching cost is practiced, not just content recall
Rewrite every note card that has produced more than two misses into a single clear rule statement
Your checkpoint
Three mixed 25-question timed sets at 85% or better, with all note cards rebuilt.
Oregon Insurance Laws, Rules, and Regulations & Property Insurance Principles, Coverages, and Policy Provisions & Casualty Insurance Principles, Coverages, and Policy Provisions
Complete two full-length timed practice exams under exam-day conditions and log every error by domain and sub-topic
Re-drill only the sub-topics that produced errors in week 7 and week 8
Recite Oregon timelines, notice rules, and financial responsibility limits aloud without notes
Confirm exam-day logistics and build a pacing plan for the number of questions per hour
Your checkpoint
Final full-length practice exam at 85% or better with a written one-page summary of the remaining weak sub-topics.
Milestones
Week 2: Oregon laws and rules practice set at 80% or better, and the quick-reference sheet covers licensing, CE, trade practices, and notice timelines.
Week 4: Full-length practice exam 1 completed; domains 1 and 3 both at 80% or better.
Week 6: Casualty practice exam at 80% or better; domains 1, 3, and 4 each have a documented score.
Week 8: Two final full-length exams at 85% or better, with at least 8 hours of sleep and no new material introduced in the last 48 hours.