[§431C-46] Confidentiality.
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[§431C-46] Confidentiality.
(a)The documents and evidence provided pursuant to section 431C-45 or obtained by the commissioner in an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent life settlement acts shall be privileged and confidential and shall not be a public record and shall not be subject to discovery or subpoena in a civil or criminal action.
(b)Subsection
(a)does not prohibit release by the commissioner of documents and evidence obtained in an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent life settlement acts:
(1)In administrative or judicial proceedings to enforce laws administered by the commissioner;
(2)To federal, state, or local law enforcement or regulatory agencies, to an organization established for the purpose of detecting and preventing fraudulent life settlement acts, or to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; or
(3)At the discretion of the commissioner, to a person in the business of life settlements that is aggrieved by a fraudulent life settlement act.
(c)Release of documents and evidence under subsection
(b)does not abrogate or modify the privilege granted in subsection (a). [L 2012, c 256, pt of §1]