SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2686        FILED ON: 7/12/2010

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2542

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act relative to compliance with reserve requirements of life insurers.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “resident” the following definition:-

"Statistical agent", an entity with proven systems for protecting the confidentiality of individual insured and insurer information; demonstrated resources for, and history of, ongoing electronic communications and data transfer with its member or subscriber insurers, which ensure the integrity of the transferred data; and a history of aggregation of data and accurate promulgation of the experience modifications in a timely fashion.

SECTION 2. Section 9 of said chapter 175, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

14. The commissioner may designate 1 or more statistical agents to assist the commissioner and any authorized insurer to comply with this section and any rules or regulations promulgated under this section.