Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 65B (2026)

Cancellation or termination of policy; review

✓ current as of July 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MAmalegislature.gov (official) JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Section 65B. If, after the issuance of a policy under section sixty-five A, it shall appear that the employer to whom the policy was issued is not or has ceased to be entitled to such insurance, the insurer may cancel or otherwise terminate such policy in the manner provided in this chapter; provided, however, that any insurer desiring to cancel or otherwise terminate such a policy shall give notice in writing to the rating organization and the insurer of its desire to cancel or terminate the same; and provided further, that if the reason for cancellation is for nonpayment of premium, if the insurer receives the amount of premium due on or before the effective date of cancellation, the assigned carrier shall issue an accurate renewal policy. Such cancellation or terminations shall be effective unless the employer, within ten days after the receipt of such notice, files with the department's office of insurance objections thereof, and, if such objections are filed, the commissioner, or his designee shall hear and decide the case within a reasonable time thereafter. Further appeal of the decision of the department may be taken to the superior court for the county of Suffolk.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1999–2020 · leading case: Cummings's Case, 754 N.E.2d 715 (Mass. App. Ct. 2001).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Cummings's Case, 754 N.E.2d 715 (Mass. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 6× “152, § 65A, has been designated to issue a workers’ compensation insurance policy to an employer as an assigned risk, may unilaterally rescind, or otherwise terminate, the policy issued upon realizing that the initial premium fee has not been paid, without complying with the…”

Armstrong's Case, 716 N.E.2d 114 (Mass. App. Ct. 1999). · cites it 4× “152, § 11C, arguing that Aetna was liable because it had failed to follow the proper procedures for cancelling the employer’s insurance policy under G. L. c. 152, § 65B, and, in the alternative, that Aetna was hable under G.”

Merchants Ins. Grp. v. Spicer, 38 N.E.3d 1018 (Mass. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “2003). Among the coverage issues commonly addressed in the DIA are those relating to the requirements of G.”

Pillman's Case, 866 N.E.2d 990 (Mass. App. Ct. 2007). “In cases involving assigned risk policies, the board, construing G. L. c. 152, § 65B, requires that the employer receive the cancellation notice.”

Espinal's Case (Mass. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 4× “Under G. L. c. 152, § 65B, an insurer that wishes to cancel an assigned risk workers' compensation 1 Martin Herrera's Case.”

Dearmon's Case, 790 N.E.2d 706 (Mass. App. Ct. 2003). “Workers’ compensation insurance is compulsory, and an insurer assigned to write coverage through the assigned risk pool, when intending to terminate the employer’s coverage, must comply precisely with the statutory notice requirements set out in G. L. c. 152, § 65B, or the…”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.