Purpose; effect of confidentiality

Sec. 2. Filings, information, and documents made with or provided to the commissioner under this article may include information that might be damaging to a converting mutual or its affiliates if made available to competitors. Subject to section 3 of this chapter, all documents containing trade secrets of a converting mutual or its affiliates and marked "confidential" by the converting mutual: (1) are declared confidential for purposes of IC 5-14-3-4; (2) are not subject to inspection and copying by the public under IC 5-14-3-3; (3) may be disclosed by the commissioner to the department of insurance of another state if that department of insurance agrees to keep the information confidential; and (4) may not be disclosed by the commissioner to any person other than a department of insurance under subdivision (3) without the written consent of the converting mutual. As added by P.L.94-1999, SEC.3.