Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 211 CMR - DIVISION OF INSURANCE › Title 211 CMR 101.00 - Procedures Concerning Rate Filings Made Pursuant To Mgl C.175c And The Conduct Of Hearings On Such Filings › Section 101.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
As used in
				211 CMR 101.00, the
				following words mean:
Commissioner
: The Commissioner of
				Insurance appointed pursuant to M.G.L. c. 26, § 6, or his or her
				designee.
Division
: The Division of Insurance,
				established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 26, §1.
Filing Party
: An Insurer or rating
				organization that makes a Rate Filing.
Insurer
: The Massachusetts Property
				Insurance Underwriting Association ("MPR7A") or any successor corporation,
				association, partnership, group or other person organized pursuant to M.G.L. c.
				175C to offer basic property or multi-peril insurance.
Interested Party
: Any person, agency
				or organization, other than the State Rating Bureau or the Attorney General,
				which has been granted permission to intervene or to participate in a
				proceeding.
Oral Statement
: A statement of
				position made during a hearing, with the permission of the Presiding Officer,
				by any person who is not an Interested Party.
Papers
: All written documents filed in
				a proceeding, including Rate Filings, Responsive Filings, motions, pleadings,
				briefs, memoranda and other communications.
Party
: An Insurer or rating
				organization submitting a Rate Filing, the State Rating Bureau, Statutory
				Intervenors and Interested Parties which the Presiding Officer has allowed to
				intervene in the Proceeding. An Interested Party which has been allowed to
				participate but not to intervene in the Proceeding shall not be considered a
				Party to the Proceeding.
Presiding Officer
: The Commissioner,
				or any person or persons designated by the Commissioner, who conducts hearings
				and related proceedings on Rate Filings made pursuant to M.G.L. c. 175C.
Proceeding
: A hearing and related
				procedural matters, conducted under
				211 CMR 101.00, to consider
				the Commissioner's approval of proposed modifications to manuals of
				classifications of risks, rates or rules for insurance offered pursuant to
				M.G.L. c. 175C. A Proceeding starts when a Rate Filing is made with the
				Commissioner unless the Commissioner, in his or her discretion, determines that
				the request seeks a minor modification to such manuals and requires no
				Proceeding under
				211 CMR 101.00.
Rate Filing
: Documents filed with the
				Commissioner by a Filing Party, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 175C, § 5,
				requesting approval of modification of its manuals of classifications, rates,
				or rules.
Rating Organization
: An organization
				established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 175C, § 4.
Responsive Filing
: Any
				recommendations, including supporting information or commentary, concerning a
				Rate Filing, or any portion thereof, filed in accordance with
				211 CMR
				101.05.
State Rating Bureau
: The State Rating
				Bureau within the Division, established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 26, §
				8E.
Statutory Intervenor
: Any person,
				agency or organization including, but not limited to, the Attorney General,
				which has a statutory right to appear in any hearing conducted pursuant to
				211 CMR
				101.00.