§36-3308. Confidentiality and privilege of information--Sharing and
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receiving information with and from other regulatory agencies.
A. Documents, materials or other information, including the ORSA Summary Report, in the possession of or control of the Department of Insurance that are obtained by, created by or disclosed to the Insurance Commissioner or any other person under this act are recognized by this state as being proprietary and to contain trade secrets. All such documents, materials or other information shall be confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, shall not be subject to subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private civil action.
However, the Insurance Commissioner is authorized to use the documents, materials or other information in the furtherance of any regulatory or legal action brought as a part of the Insurance Commissioner's official duties. The Insurance Commissioner shall not otherwise make the documents, materials or other information public without the prior written consent of the insurer.
B. Neither the Insurance Commissioner nor any person who received documents, materials or other ORSA-related information, through examination or otherwise, while acting under the authority of the Insurance Commissioner or with whom such documents, materials or other information are shared pursuant to this act shall be permitted or required to testify in any private civil action concerning any confidential documents, materials or information subject to subsection A of this section.
C. In order to assist in the performance of the Insurance Commissioner's regulatory duties, the Insurance Commissioner:
1. May, upon request, share documents, materials or other ORSA- related information, including the confidential and privileged documents, materials or information subject to subsection A of this section, including proprietary and trade-secret documents and materials with other state, federal, and international financial regulatory agencies, including members of any supervisory college, with the NAIC and with any third-party consultants designated by the Insurance Commissioner, provided that the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of the ORSA-related documents, materials or other information and has verified in writing the legal authority to maintain confidentiality;
2. May receive documents, materials or other ORSA-related information, including otherwise confidential and privileged
documents, materials or information, including proprietary and trade-secret information or documents, from regulatory officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions, including members of any supervisory college, and from the NAIC, and shall maintain as confidential or privileged any documents, materials or information received with notice or the understanding that it is confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the document, material or information; and
3. Shall enter into a written agreement with the NAIC or a third-party consultant governing sharing and use of information provided pursuant to this act, consistent with this subsection that shall:
a. specify procedures and protocols regarding the
confidentiality and security of information shared
with the NAIC or a third-party consultant pursuant to
this act, including procedures and protocols for
sharing by the NAIC with other state regulators from
states in which the insurance group has domiciled
insurers. The agreement shall provide that the
recipient agrees in writing to maintain the
confidentiality and privileged status of the ORSA-
related documents, materials or other information and
has verified in writing the legal authority to
maintain confidentiality,
b. specify that ownership of information shared with the
NAIC or a third-party consultant pursuant to this act
remains with the Insurance Commissioner and the NAIC's
or a third-party consultant's use of the information
is subject to the direction of the Insurance
Commissioner,
c. prohibit the NAIC or third-party consultant from
storing the information shared pursuant to this act in
a permanent database after the underlying analysis is
completed,
d. require prompt notice to be given to an insurer whose
confidential information in the possession of the NAIC
or a third-party consultant pursuant to this act is
subject to a request or subpoena to the NAIC or a
third-party consultant for disclosure or production,
e. require the NAIC or a third-party consultant to
consent to intervention by an insurer in any judicial
or administrative action in which the NAIC or a third-
party consultant may be required to disclose
confidential information about the insurer shared with
the NAIC or a third-party consultant pursuant to this
section, and
f.
in the case of an agreement involving a third-party
consultant, provide for the insurer's written consent.
D. The sharing of information and documents by the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to this act shall not constitute a delegation of regulatory authority or rulemaking, and the Insurance Commissioner is solely responsible for the administration, execution and enforcement of the provisions of this act.
E. No waiver of any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the documents, proprietary and trade-secret materials or other ORSA-related information shall occur as a result of disclosure of such ORSA-related information or documents to the Insurance Commissioner under this section or as a result of sharing as authorized in this act.
F. Documents, materials or other information in the possession or control of the NAIC or a third-party consultant pursuant to this act shall be confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, shall not be subject to subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private civil action. Added by Laws 2015, c. 228, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.