§ 507E.5 — Confidentiality

Iowa § 507E.5

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 507E: INSURANCE FRAUD

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1. All investigation files, investigation reports, and all other investigative information in
the possession of the bureau are confidential records under chapter 22 except as specifically
provided in this section and are not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal
compulsion for their release until opened for public inspection by the bureau, or upon the
consent of the bureau, or until a court of competent jurisdiction determines, after notice to
the bureau and hearing, that the bureau will not be unnecessarily hindered in accomplishing
the purposes of this chapter by their opening for public inspection. However, investigative
information in the possession of the bureau may be disclosed, in the commissioner’s
discretion, to appropriate licensing authorities within this state, another state or the District
of Columbia, or a territory or country in which a licensee is licensed or has applied for a
license.
2. The commissioner may share documents, materials, or other information, including
confidential and privileged documents, materials, or other information, with other state,
federal, and international regulatory agencies, with the national association of insurance
commissioners and its affiliates or subsidiaries, and with state, federal, and international
law enforcement authorities, provided that the recipient agrees to maintain the confidential
and privileged status of the document, material, or other information, pursuant to Iowa law.
3. The commissioner may receive documents, materials, or other information, including
otherwise confidential and privileged documents, materials, or other information, from
other local, state, federal, and international regulatory agencies, the national association
of insurance commissioners and its affiliates or subsidiaries, and local, state, federal, and
international law enforcement authorities, and shall maintain as confidential and privileged
any document, material, or other information received with notice or the understanding that
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it is confidential or privileged under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the
document, material, or other information.
4. The commissioner may enter into agreements governing the sharing and use of
documents, materials, or other information consistent with this section.
5. An insurance fraud bureau investigator or other staff member of the bureau is not
subject to subpoena in a civil action concerning any matter of which the bureau investigator
orotherstaffmemberhasknowledgepursuanttoapendingorcontinuinginvestigationbeing
conducted by the bureau pursuant to this chapter.