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MA Gen L ch 152 § 52b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 52b - Priority of Premiums and Interest Charges Over Other Claims

Section 52B. All premiums and interest charges on account of policies insuring the payment of the compensation provided for by this chapter which may be due from an employer to any insurance company authorized to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this commonwealth shall be entitled to priority or preference over claims not otherwise preferred by law in bankruptcy involving such employer.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 52d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 52d - Appeal From Action or Decision of Rating Organization; Rating Information

Section 52D. 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 or rejecting any proposed change in or addition to the filings of such rating organization and the commissioner shall, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to the appellant and to such rating organization, issue an order approving the action or decision of such rating organization or directing it to give further consideration to such proposal, or, if such appeal is from the action or decision of the rating organization in rejecting a proposed addition to its filings, he may, in the event he finds that such action or decision was unreasonable, issue an order directing the rating organization to make an addition to its filings, on behalf of its members and subscribers, in a manner consistent with his findings, within a reasonable time after the issuance of such order. In deciding such appeal the commissioner of insurance shall apply the standards set forth in section fifty-two.  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 such reasonable charge as it may make, furnish to any insured affected by a rate made by it, or to the authorized representative of such insured, all pertinent information as to such rate. Every rating organization and every insurer which makes its own rates shall provide within the commonwealth reasonable means whereby any person aggrieved by the application of its rating system may be heard, in person or by his authorized representative, on his written request to review the manner in which such rating system has been applied in connection with the insurance afforded him. If the rating organization or insurer fails to grant or reject such request within thirty days after it is made, the applicant may proceed in the same manner as if his application had been rejected. Any party affected by the action of such rating organization or such insurer on such request may, within thirty days after written notice of such action, appeal to the commissioner, who, after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to the appellant and to such rating organization or insurer, may affirm or reverse such action.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 52e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 52e - Violation of Statutes; Failure to Comply With Commissioner's Orders; Suspension and Revocation of Licenses

Section 52E. Any person or organization wilfully violating any provision of section fifty-two, fifty-two C or fifty-two D shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each such violation. Such penalty may be in addition to any other penalty provided by law. The commissioner may suspend the license of any rating organization or insurer which fails to comply with an order of the commissioner within the time limited by such order, or any extension thereof which the commissioner may grant. The commissioner shall not suspend the license of any rating organization or insurer for failure to comply with an order until the time prescribed for an appeal therefrom has expired, or, if an appeal has been taken, until such order has been affirmed. The commissioner may determine when a suspension of license shall become effective and such suspension shall remain in effect for a period fixed by him, unless he modifies or rescinds such suspension, or until the order upon which such suspension is based is modified, rescinded or reversed. No license shall be suspended or revoked except upon a written order of the commissioner, stating his findings, made after a hearing held upon not less than ten days' written notice to such organization specifying the alleged violation.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 52f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 52f - Hearing on Order or Decision of Commissioner; Suspension or Postponement of Action; Review; Stay of Order or Decision

Section 52F. (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 of the order to the insurer or organization, make written request to the commissioner for a hearing thereon. The commissioner shall hear such party or parties within thirty days after receipt of such request and shall give not less than fifteen days' written notice of the time and place of the hearing. Within thirty days after such hearing the commissioner shall affirm, reverse or modify his previous action, specifying his reasons therefor. Pending such hearing and decision thereon the commissioner may suspend or postpone the effective date of his previous action.  (b) Nothing contained in sections fifty-two C to fifty-two F, inclusive, shall require the observance at any hearing held under authority thereof of formal rules of pleading or evidence.  (c) Any order or decision of the commissioner under authority of said sections shall be subject to review, which shall be on the basis of the record of the proceedings before the commissioner, by appeal to the supreme judicial court at the instance of any party in interest. The order or decision of the commissioner shall be reviewed in accordance with the standards for review provided in paragraph (8) of section fourteen of chapter thirty A.  The court shall determine whether the filing of the appeal shall operate as a stay of any such order or decision of the commissioner. The court may, in disposing of the issue before it, modify, affirm or reverse the order or decision of the commissioner in whole or in part.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 52g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 52g - Partial Invalidity of Statute

Section 52G. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence or clause of said sections fifty-two C to fifty-two F, inclusive, is held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of said sections.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 53 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 53 - Mutual Companies; Distribution of Risks Into Groups

Section 53. Any mutual liability insurance company authorized to do business in this commonwealth may with the approval of the commissioner of insurance distribute its risks into groups in accordance with the nature of the business and the degree of the liability of injury and with like approval fix by and for such groups in accordance with the experience of each group all premiums, assessments and dividends; but all the funds of the company both actual and contingent shall be available for the payment of any claim against the company.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 54a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 54a - Necessity of Insurance Contract Insuring Payment of Compensation

Section 54A. Every contract or agreement the purpose of which is to insure an employer in whole or in part against liability on account of injury or death of an employee, other than seasonal or casual farm laborers, and seasonal or casual or part-time domestic servants who work in the employ of the employer less than sixteen hours a week for whom insurance under this chapter remains elective, shall be void unless it also insures the payment of the compensation provided for by this chapter. The second paragraph of section fifty-five shall not apply in case of a contract or agreement made void by this section.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 55 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 55 - Approval of Policy by Commissioner; Review; Issuance of Policy in Violation of Statute

Section 55. No policy of workers' compensation insurance shall be issued or delivered until a copy thereof has been filed with the commissioner of insurance at least thirty days prior to such issue or delivery, unless before the expiration of the thirty days the said commissioner shall have approved the form of the policy in writing, nor if the commissioner notifies the company in writing that in his opinion the form of said policy does not comply with the laws of the commonwealth, specifying the reasons for his opinion; provided, that upon petition of the company the opinion of the commissioner shall be subject to review by the supreme judicial court.  Any policy of insurance issued in violation of this section or of any other provision of this chapter shall nevertheless be valid and binding upon the company issuing it, and the rights, duties and obligations of the parties thereto shall be determined by this chapter and chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 55a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 55a - Mid-Term Notice of Cancellation

Section 55A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a mid-term notice of cancellation of a workers' compensation policy shall be effective only if based on one or more of the following reasons: (i) nonpayment of premium; (ii) fraud or material misrepresentation affecting the policy or insured; (iii) a substantial increase in the hazard insured against. Nothing in this section shall limit an insurer's right to refuse to renew a workers' compensation policy.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 56 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 56 - Joint and Several Policies

Section 56. Two or more insurance companies authorized to issue such insurance policies in the commonwealth may unite in issuing joint and several workers' compensation policies which may be headed by the names of all such companies. Such policies shall be subject to approval by the commissioner of insurance.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 57 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 57 - Deposits of Value of Outstanding Claims Under Contracts

Section 57. The commissioner of insurance may, whenever he deems it expedient, by a written order in such form as he may prescribe, require a domestic insurance company to deposit with the state treasurer the present value, as computed by him under section fifty-eight, of all or any part of its outstanding claims incurred under its contracts or policies providing for the payment of benefits under this chapter, in cash or in securities approved by the said commissioner, and he may, whenever he deems it expedient, require the company, as aforesaid, to make an additional deposit. The order shall specify the amount to be deposited and the time within which the deposit shall be made, which shall be not less than three days from the date on which the company receives the said order. A duplicate or copy of any such order shall be forthwith filed by the said commissioner with the state treasurer and the department, and the state treasurer, upon the expiration of the time specified in said order, shall forthwith notify the commissioner in writing whether or not the company has made the deposit in accordance therewith.  Nothing in this section shall affect the powers conferred on the commissioner of insurance by section six of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 58 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 58 - Computation of Value of Claims

Section 58. The commissioner of insurance shall compute the present value of outstanding claims on the basis of information furnished by the division, and shall assume a rate of interest not higher than four per cent.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 59 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 59 - Holding Deposits in Trust; Payment of Claims; Transfer to Trustee; Accounts; Refunds; Return of Balance

Section 59. The state treasurer shall hold any deposit made under section fifty-seven in trust for the payment of claims for benefits under this chapter, including claims accruing after the deposit was made, and he shall make such payments upon the written request and under the direction of the department, or he may, if the company so requests in writing, transfer from time to time to a trustee appointed by the company and approved by the department, any part of any such deposit made with him, reasonably necessary for the prompt payment of said benefits, and the trustee shall make such payments in accordance with the written directions of the department.  The state treasurer shall keep a separate account with the company of the amount so received, the amount of interest earned thereon and the payments made. If the amount deposited proves to be larger than required, portions thereof may, from time to time, be refunded to the company by the state treasurer or by such trustee, if any, subject to the written approval of the commissioner of insurance and the department. If any balance remains after the payment of all benefits due to claimants under this chapter, the state treasurer or such trustee, if any, shall return the balance to the company upon written notice from the department that there is no likelihood of further payments becoming due on account of such claims.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 60 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 60 - Effect of Appointment of Receiver on Order, Deposit or Payments; Deposit by Receiver

Section 60. The appointment of a receiver of a domestic company under section six of chapter one hundred and seventy-five shall not affect any order of the said commissioner or deposit made under section fifty-seven prior to such appointment, and the state treasurer or trustee appointed and approved as provided in section fifty-nine shall retain any deposit made with him as provided in section fifty-seven or fifty-nine and make the payments therefrom as provided in section fifty-nine. If a receiver is so appointed prior to compliance by the company with any such order, he shall, as soon as may be after his appointment, make the deposit required by said order, if the assets of the company in his hands are sufficient therefor.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 60a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 60a - Review, Suspension and Reduction of Order Requiring Deposit

Section 60A. Any company aggrieved by any order of the said commissioner made under section fifty-seven may, within five days from the date of its receipt, file a petition in the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk for a review thereof; but the filing of such a petition shall not suspend the operation of the order. The court shall summarily hear the petition and may make any appropriate order or decree. If the court shall order or decree that the amount of the deposit be reduced, the state treasurer or such trustee, if any, shall return to the company so much of the deposit as exceeds the amount fixed by the order or decree, or, if the company has not complied with the order of the said commissioner, it shall forthwith deposit with the state treasurer the amount so fixed.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 60b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 60b - Liability for Expenses for Custody and Disbursement of Deposit; Determination; Deduction From Deposit

Section 60B. A company making a deposit under section fifty-seven shall pay to the state treasurer a reasonable amount for the expenses of his office, attributable to the custody and disbursement of the deposit. Any such amount may, upon written application of the state treasurer, and, after written notice to the company and a hearing, be determined by the commissioner of insurance, and, with the written approval of the said commissioner, be deducted from any funds of the company on deposit with the state treasurer.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 60c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 60c - Failure to Comply With Order Requiring Deposit; Certificate Authorizing Resumption of Issuance of Policies

Section 60C. Failure of a company to comply with any lawful order of the commissioner of insurance under section fifty-seven shall, without any further action by the said commissioner, terminate its authority to issue policies of workers' compensation insurance, and in such a case the company shall issue no such policies thereunder until it complies with such order and has received from said commissioner, as evidence of such compliance, a special certificate authorizing it to resume the issue of such policies. The commissioner may, in his discretion, refuse to issue such a certificate.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 60d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 60d - Forfeiture for Failure to Comply With Order Requiring Deposit; Issuance of Policy While in Default; Enforcement of Order, Fine or Forfeiture

Section 60D. Any company failing to comply with any lawful order of the commissioner under section fifty-seven shall, in addition, forfeit one hundred dollars for each day of its default. Any forfeiture recovered under this section shall be paid to the state treasurer and shall be held and expended by him in like manner as a deposit made under said section fifty-seven. Any company issuing any policy of workers' compensation insurance while in default of such compliance shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and any officer or agent thereof issuing any such policy on the company's behalf during such default shall be punished by such fine or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.  The supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon an information filed by the attorney general at the relation of the commissioner of insurance, to enforce compliance with any order of the commissioner made under section fifty-seven, and the payment of any fine, forfeiture or penalty prescribed by this section.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 61 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 61 - Bond for Foreign Company; Other Security

Section 61. Every foreign insurance company transacting the business of workers' compensation insurance in the commonwealth shall furnish a bond running to the commonwealth, with some surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth as surety, for such term and such amount and in such form as may be approved by the commissioner of insurance, the bond being conditioned upon the making of the deposits required by the following section. The annual license of such a company shall not be issued or renewed until it has filed with the commissioner a bond as aforesaid covering a future period at least as long as that covered by the license. In place of a bond as aforesaid the company may furnish other security, upon a like condition, satisfactory to the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 152 § 62 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 152 - Workers' Compensation|Section 62 - Deposits by Foreign Companies; Payment of Obligations

Section 62. Every such foreign insurance company shall, within five days after its withdrawal from the transaction of business in the commonwealth or after the revocation of its license issued by the commissioner of insurance or of his refusal to renew it, deposit with a trustee to be named by the department an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of its obligations incurred or to be incurred under workers' compensation policies issued to employers in the commonwealth; and within thirty days after such withdrawal, revocation of or refusal to renew a license, such company shall deposit with said trustee an amount equal to the remainder of such obligations incurred or to be incurred, the amount of which obligations shall be determined by the department. The amounts so deposited shall be available for the payment of the said obligations of the company to the same extent as if the company had continued to transact business in the commonwealth, and the trustee so receiving said deposits shall pay such obligations at the times and in a manner satisfactory to the department.