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§ 120B — Refusal to issue policy of individual life insurance for reason of blindness prohibited

Massachusetts·Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT·Title XXII CORPORATIONS·Ch. 175 INSURANCE
Section 120B. No insurer authorized to issue policies on the lives of persons in the commonwealth may refuse, for the sole reason of blindness, to issue a policy of individual life insurance on the life of any such person residing in the commonwealth.

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