Massachusetts § 55 - Continuation of mutual companies organized to transact employers' liability insurance or steam boiler insurance
Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 55 — Continuation of mutual companies organized to transact employers' liability insurance or steam boiler insurance, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 55. Continuation of mutual companies organized to transact employers' liability insurance or steam boiler insurance
Section 55. Mutual companies organized prior to April sixth, nineteen hundred and eleven, to transact employers' liability insurance may continue such business under the sixth clause of section forty-seven. They may also transact all the kinds of business specified in the said sixth clause if authorized so to do by a vote of two thirds of the policyholders present and voting at a meeting called therefor.
Mutual companies organized prior to March first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to transact steam boiler insurance may transact all the kinds of business specified in the fifth clause of section forty-seven.
Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 55 ("Continuation of mutual companies organized to transact employers' liability insurance or steam boiler insurance") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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