§ 26.1-10.2-07 — Confidentiality

North Dakota § 26.1-10.2-07

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 26.1: Insurance
• Ch. 26.1-10.2: Own Risk and Solvency Assessments

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1. Any document, material, or other information, including the own risk and solvency
assessment summary report, in the possession of or control of the insurance
department which is obtained by, created by, or disclosed to the commissioner or any
other person under this chapter, is recognized by this state as being proprietary and to
contain trade secrets. Any such document, material, or other information is confidential
and privileged, not subject to section 44-04-18, not subject to subpoena, and not
subject to discovery and not admissible in evidence in any private civil action.
However, the commissioner may use any document, material, or other information in
the furtherance of any regulatory or legal action brought as a part of the
commissioner's official duties. The commissioner may not otherwise make the
document, material, or other information public without the prior written consent of the
insurer.
2. Neither the commissioner nor any person that received any document, material, or
other own risk and solvency assessment-related information, through examination or
otherwise, while acting under the authority of the commissioner or with whom such
document, material, or other information is shared under this chapter may be permitted
or required to testify in any private civil action concerning any confidential document,
material, or information subject to subsection 1.
3. To assist in the performance of the commissioner's regulatory duties, the
commissioner:
a. Upon request, may share any document, material, or other own risk and solvency
assessment-related information, including any confidential and privileged
document, material, or information subject to subsection 1 and any proprietary
and trade secret document and material with any other state, federal, or
international financial regulatory agency, including a member of any supervisory
college as defined in section 26.1-10-06.1, the national association of insurance
commissioners, or any third-party consultant designated by the commissioner,
provided the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and
privileged status of the own risk and solvency assessment-related document,
material, or other information and has verified in writing the legal authority to
maintain confidentiality.
b. May receive any document, material, or other own risk and solvency assessment-
related information, including any otherwise confidential and privileged document,
material, or information, and any proprietary and trade-secret information or
document, from regulatory officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions,
including a member of any supervisory college as defined in section 26.1-10-06.1

or from the national association of insurance commissioners, and shall maintain
as confidential or privileged any document, material, or information received with
notice or the understanding it is confidential or privileged under the laws of the
jurisdiction that is the source of the document, material, or information.
c. Shall enter a written agreement with the national association of insurance
commissioners or a third-party consultant governing sharing and use of
information provided under this chapter, consistent with this subsection which
must:
(1) Specify procedures and protocols regarding the confidentiality and security
of information shared with the national association of insurance
commissioners or a third-party consultant under this chapter, including
procedures and protocols for sharing by the national association of
insurance commissioners with other state regulators from states in which
the insurance group has domiciled insurers. The agreement must provide
the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged
status of any own risk and solvency assessment-related document, material,
or other information and has verified in writing the legal authority to maintain
confidentiality;
(2) Specify ownership of information shared with the national association of
insurance commissioners or a third-party consultant under this chapter
remains with the commissioner and the national association of insurance
commissioner's or a third-party consultant's use of the information is subject
to the direction of the commissioner;
(3) Prohibit the national association of insurance commissioners or third-party
consultant from storing the information shared under this chapter in a
permanent database after the underlying analysis is completed;
(4) Require prompt notice to be given to an insurer for which confidential
information in the possession of the national association of insurance
commissioners or a third-party consultant under this chapter is subject to a
request or subpoena to the national association of insurance commissioners
or a third-party consultant for disclosure or production;
(5) Require the national association of insurance commissioners or a third-party
consultant to consent to intervention by an insurer in any judicial or
administrative action in which the national association of insurance
commissioners or a third-party consultant may be required to disclose
confidential information about the insurer shared with the national
association of insurance commissioners or a third-party consultant under
this chapter; and
(6) In the case of an agreement involving a third-party consultant, provide for
the insurer's written consent.
4. The sharing of any information or document by the commissioner under this chapter
does not constitute a delegation of regulatory authority or rulemaking, and the
commissioner is solely responsible for the administration, execution, and enforcement
of this chapter.
5. A waiver of any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality in any document,
proprietary and trade-secret material, or other own risk and solvency
assessment-related information does not occur as a result of disclosure of the own risk
and solvency assessment-related information or document to the commissioner under
this section or as a result of sharing as authorized in this chapter.
6. Any document, material, or other information in the possession or control of the
national association of insurance commissioners or a third-party consultant under this
chapter is confidential and privileged, not subject to section 44-04-18, not subject to
subpoena, and not subject to discovery and not admissible in evidence in any private
civil action.