Legal Opinion
American Family Life Assurance Co. v. Commissioner of Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 15, 1983PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The defendant, the Commissioner of Insurance (Commissioner), appeals from two Superior Court judgments invalidating regulations promulgated by the Commissioner. The regulations, codified at 211 Code Mass. Regs. 47.07 (1) (a)-(e) and 47.09 (4) (a)-(c) (1980), effectively banned the sale of individual health insurance policies covering only one or a few diseases (specified disease insurance), unless they covered twelve listed diseases and met certain other requirements. The regulations were intended to curb abuses relating to the sale of cancer-risk insurance, which the Commissioner found was a…
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