General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 175A Regulation of Rates for Certain Casualty Insurance, Including Fidelity, Surety and Guaranty Bonds, and for All Other Forms of Motor Vehicle Insurance, and Regulation of Rating Organizations
- Massachusetts General Laws - Title - Chapter 175A, Section 1
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Casualty and Surety Rate Regulatory Law.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Purpose - Chapter 175A, Section 2
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public welfare by regulating insurance rates to the end that they shall not be excessive, inadequate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 175A, Section 3
The following words, as used in this chapter, unless the text otherwise requires or a different meaning is specifically required, shall mean— “Commissioner”, the commissioner...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application; exceptions - Chapter 175A, Section 4
This chapter shall apply to risks and operations in this commonwealth insured by insurance companies authorized to transact business in this commonwealth under subdivisions (d),...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rates; regulatory provisions; insurance company groups - Chapter 175A, Section 5
(a) All rates shall be made in accordance with the following provisions:— 1. Due consideration shall be given to past and prospective loss experience, within...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1994, 330, Sec. 5 - Chapter 175A, Section 5A
Repealed, 1994, 330, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Terminated, 1986, 351, Sec. 18 - Chapter 175A, Section 5B
Terminated, 1986, 351, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Experience review plans - Chapter 175A, Section 5C
(a)(1) The medical professional mutual insurance company approved by the commissioner is hereby authorized to establish an experience review plan for all physicians insured by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules, rates, classifications; filing with commissioner; waiver of filing; excessive rate on specific risk; approval - Chapter 175A, Section 6
(a) Every insurer shall file with the commissioner or his designated representative every manual of classifications, rules and rates, every rating plan and every modification...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Improper filing; hearings; aggrieved persons; remedies - Chapter 175A, Section 7
(a) If at any time the commissioner finds that a filing does not meet the requirements of this chapter, he shall, after a hearing held...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rating organization; application for license; regulation; fee; subscription for services by insurer - Chapter 175A, Section 8
(a) A corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership or an individual, whether located within or outside this commonwealth, may make application to the commissioner for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rating organization; rights of members - Chapter 175A, Section 9
Every member of, or subscriber to, a rating organization shall adhere to the filings made on its behalf by such organization except that any such...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rating organization; action or decision; appeal - Chapter 175A, Section 10
Any member of or subscriber to a rating organization may appeal to the commissioner from the action or decision of such rating organization in approving...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rating organization; toll free tip line for reporting suspected motor vehicle theft; rewards for information - Chapter 175A, Section 10A
(a) An automobile insurance rating organization licensed under the provisions of section eight is hereby authorized to create a statewide toll free tip line for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rate information; furnishing to insured; appearance by agent or broker - Chapter 175A, Section 11
Every rating organization and every insurer which makes its own rates shall, within a reasonable time after receiving written request therefor and upon payment of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory organization - Chapter 175A, Section 12
(a) Every group, association or other organization of insurers, whether located within or outside this commonwealth, which assists insurers which make their own filings or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Joint reinsurance; regulations - Chapter 175A, Section 13
(a) Every group, association or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance shall be subject to regulation with respect thereto...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rating organizations, etc.; examination; power of commissioner; costs - Chapter 175A, Section 14
The commissioner shall, at least once in five years, make or cause to be made an examination of each rating organization licensed in this commonwealth...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rating organizations; regulations; commissioner’s power to promulgate rules - Chapter 175A, Section 15
(a) The commissioner shall promulgate reasonable rules and statistical plans, reasonably adapted to each of the rating systems on file with him, which may be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - False or misleading information - Chapter 175A, Section 16
No person or organization shall wilfully withhold information from, or knowingly give false or misleading information to, the commissioner, any statistical agency designated by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Agreements and rate modifications; commissioner’s approval - Chapter 175A, Section 17
Agreements may be made among insurers with respect to the equitable apportionment among them of insurance which may be afforded applicants who are in good...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violation of this chapter; penalty - Chapter 175A, Section 18
Any person or organization wilfully violating any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Aggrieved insurer or rating organization; hearing before commissioner; appeal - Chapter 175A, Section 19
(a) Any insurer or rating organization aggrieved by any order or decision of the commissioner made without a hearing, may, within thirty days after notice...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Severability - Chapter 175A, Section 20
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence or clause of this chapter is held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions...
Last modified: September 11, 2015