§ 27-8.1-4 — § 27-8.1-4. Confidentiality of evidence — Testimony by agency.

Rhode Island § 27-8.1-4

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 27: Insurance
• Ch. 27-8.1: Information Reporting and Immunity Relating to Fire Losses

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§ 27-8.1-4. Confidentiality of evidence — Testimony by agency.

(a) Any authorized agency, insurer, lending institution, or party in interest, or any person acting on behalf of or in conjunction with any of these, which or who has secured any information furnished or received pursuant to this chapter, shall retain that information in its strict confidence, possession, and custody until release of that information is required pursuant to a criminal or civil proceeding.

(b) Any authorized agency, or the personnel of that agency, may be required to testify in any litigation in which an insurer and/or party in interest is named as a party or parties.

Legislative History

P.L. 1978, ch. 328, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 309, § 1.