Massachusetts' highest court ruled unanimously today that the state's insurance commissioner has the right to create an assigned risk plan for drivers with bad records.
The decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ended a challenge by certain insurers, who favored the current hybrid reinsurance plan for high risk drivers. Other insurers took an opposing view.
Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler had issued rules to create an assigned risk plan on Dec. 31, 2004. She ordered the current model phased out by Jan. 1, 2008.
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