Dearmon's Case

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 policy will continue in effect. Frost v. David C. Wells Ins. Agency, Inc., 14 Mass. App. Ct. 305, 309 (1982), and cases cited. Because a primary purpose of the statutory requirements is to enable the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau (rating bureau), which administers the assigned risk pool for the…