211 CMR, § 110.02
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.
211 CMR, § 110.02