{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-082","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts; Division of Insurance, Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (State insurance regulator)","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance","authority":"M.G.L. c. 26, § 8A; c. 175","instrument":"Bulletin 2020-30","title":"Continued Flexibility in the Issuance and Administration of Insurance during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Crisis","dateIssued":"2020-12-29","effective":"2020-12-29","end":"Through the Massachusetts state of emergency (ended June 15, 2021); post-emergency expectations restated in Bulletin 2021-08 (Ex. 104)","startDate":"2020-12-29","endDate":"2021-06-15","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["all insurance carriers (\u0027Carriers\u0027) issuing coverage in Massachusetts"],"clause":"[Given the public health] and economic impacts of this situation, and we need Carriers to continue to search for flexibility to [assist policyholders]... During this period, the Division believes that Carriers should continue to be flexible in collecting [premiums and to provide] policyholders with as much flexibility to maintain their existing coverage as is reasonably possible... [it is not] appropriate for a Carrier to impose any new or additional fee in exchange for granting this flexibility.","enforcement":"M.G.L. c. 176D (unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts); c. 175, § 187C","functions":["IN insurers (billing, cancellation, fees)","CB policyholders and employers unable to pay premiums nine months into the emergency"],"notes":"Continues Bulletin 2020-05 (Ex. 101) into 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/bulletin-2020-30-continued-flexibility-in-the-administration-of-insurance-during-the-covid-19/download","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210114031410/https://www.mass.gov/doc/bulletin-2020-30-continued-flexibility-in-the-administration-of-insurance-during-the-covid-19/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":147356,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-082","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-082","citation":"Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance, Bulletin 2020-30 (Dec. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-082)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-101","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-103"]}