SENIORS: Protect yourself against insurance or financial abuse

Senior citizens often are targets for scams or deceptive sales practices because many of them have accumulated large sums of money from a lifetime of savings and asset appreciation. The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) wants to help seniors and their families avoid insurance and financial abuse.

Our new SAFE program (Senior and Family Education on Insurance and Financial Issues) is designed to help you:

• Recognize predatory marketing techniques used by insurance producers (agents) and securities brokers,
• Choose insurance and financial products suitable for you, and
• Avoid scams.

Use the links below to learn more about keeping yourself SAFE.

• State launches education campaign for seniors and their families
• Consumer publications
• Filing a complaint
• Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA) Program
• Senior Medicare Patrol
• Insure U - Get Smart About Insurance
• Investor Information Program
• Identify Theft
• State Government Services for Seniors