The Workers' Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts v. Commissioner of Insurance

Summary

The court upheld the commissioner's authority to reject the proposed workers' compensation rates because the evidence supported his findings that the proposed methodology did not produce rates within a reasonable range. It nevertheless remanded because the commissioner did not explain how he calculated the ordered 14.6 percent decrease or adequately justify requiring a different methodology for class code 9033. The court also held that the commissioner was not required to identify a specific quantitative range of reasonableness before rejecting the proposed rates.