Texas Insurance Code
§ 831.0009 — CONFIDENTIALITY
IN § 831.0009Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part B. ORGANIZATION OF REGULATED ENTITIES · Ch. 831. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ANNUAL DISCLOSURE
Statute text
View on source(a)Documents, materials, or other information, including a disclosure, in the possession or control of the department that is obtained by, created by, or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person under this chapter is confidential and privileged and is:
(1)not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code;
(2)not subject to subpoena; and
(3)not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private civil action.
(b)Documents, materials, or other information, including a disclosure, in the possession or control of the department that 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.
(c)The commissioner may use the documents, materials, or other information described in this section to further any regulatory or legal action brought as part of the commissioner's official duties. The commissioner may not otherwise make the documents, materials, or other information public without the prior written consent of the insurer. Nothing in this section may be construed to require written consent of the insurer before the commissioner may share or receive documents, materials, or other information under Subsection (e).
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1170 (H.B. 3306), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.