Code of Massachusetts Regulations
211 CMR - DIVISION OF INSURANCE
Title 211 CMR 110.00 - Procedures Concerning Rate Filings And The Conduct Of Hearings For Workers' Compensation Insurance
Section 110.02 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 211 MA Code of Regs 211.110
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

As used in 211 CMR 110.00, the following words mean:

Advisory Filing: Any recommendations, including supporting information or commentary, concerning a Rate Filing, or any portion thereof, filed in accordance with 211 CMR 110.05.

Commissioner: The Commissioner of Insurance, appointed pursuant to M.G.L. c. 26, § 6.

Division: The Division of Insurance, established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 26, § 1.

Filing Party: An insurer or rating organization which makes a Rate Filing.

Insurer: Any corporation, association, partnership, group or other person authorized to write workers' compensation insurance in Massachusetts.

Interested Party: Any person, agency or organization which has been granted permission to appear and present testimony at a hearing.

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, Advisory Filings, motions, pleadings, briefs, memoranda and other communications.

Presiding Officer: The Commissioner, or any person or persons designated by the Commissioner, who conducts hearings and related proceedings on workers' compensation Rate Filings.

Proceeding: A hearing and related procedural matters, conducted under 211 CMR 110.00, to consider the Commissioner's approval of classifications of risks, premiums, and manual rules for workers' compensation insurance.

Rate Filing: Documents filed with the Commissioner by a Filing Party, pursuant to MGL. c. 152, § 53A, requesting modification of its manuals of classifications, rates, or rules. A rate filing will initiate a Proceeding under 211 CMR 110.00 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 110.00.

Rating Organization: An organization licensed by the Commissioner pursuant to M.G.L. c. 152, § 52C.

Statutory Intervenor: Any person, agency or organization including, but not limited to, the Attorney General, which has a statutory right to appear as an Interested Party in any hearing conducted pursuant to 211 CMR 110.00.

Workers' Compensation Advisory Council: The council established pursuant to M.G.L. c. 23E, § 15 which participates in a Proceeding as authorized by M.G.L. c. 152, § 53A, 6(a) and (b).

Workers' Compensation Insurance: Insurance as provided for in M.G.L. c. 152.

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