§ 23-66-507 - Confidentiality. - Arkansas Statutes

23-66-507. Confidentiality.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the documents and evidence provided pursuant to 23-66-505 and 23-66-508 or obtained by the Insurance Commissioner in an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent insurance 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 until the matter under investigation is closed by the Criminal Investigation Division with the consent of the commissioner.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not prohibit release by the commissioner of documents and evidence obtained by the division in an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent insurance 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 insurance acts, or to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; or

(3) At the discretion of the commissioner, to a person in the business of insurance that is aggrieved by a fraudulent insurance act.

(c) Release of documents and evidence under subsection (b) of this section does not abrogate or modify the privilege granted in subsection (a) of this section.