692C.420 - Confidentiality of disclosed information; exception. - Nevada Statutes

692C.420  Confidentiality of disclosed information; exception.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, all information, documents and copies thereof obtained by or disclosed to the Commissioner or any other person in the course of an examination or investigation made pursuant to NRS 692C.410, and all information reported pursuant to NRS 692C.260 to 692C.350, inclusive, must be given confidential treatment and is not subject to subpoena and must not be made public by the Commissioner or any other person, except to insurance departments of other states, without the prior written consent of the insurer to which it pertains unless the Commissioner, after giving the insurer and its affiliates who would be affected thereby notice and an opportunity to be heard, determines that the interests of policyholders, shareholders or the public will be served by the publication thereof, in which event he or she may publish all or any part thereof in any manner as he or she may deem appropriate.

      2.  The Commissioner or any person who receives any documents, materials or other information while acting under the authority of the Commissioner must not be permitted or required to testify in a private civil action concerning any information, document or copy thereof specified in subsection 1.

      3.  The Commissioner may share or receive any information, document or copy thereof specified in subsection 1 in accordance with NRS 679B.122. The sharing or receipt of the information, document or copy pursuant to this subsection does not waive any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in the information, document or copy.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1048; A 2003, 3329; 2007, 2159)