I. In the absence of actual malice, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, their duly authorized committees, subcommittees, and task forces, their delegates, employees, and all others charged with the responsibility of collecting, reviewing, analyzing, and disseminating the information developed from the filing of the annual statement convention blanks shall be acting as agents of the commissioner under the authority of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 400-A:36-a and shall not be subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other cause of action by virtue of their collection, review, and analysis or dissemination of the data and information collected from the filings required under such section.
II. In the absence of actual malice, no person shall be subject to civil liability for libel, slander or any other cause of action arising from filing reports or furnishing information concerning any activity that may constitute insurance fraud as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 638:20, if such reports or information is provided to or received from the commissioner, law enforcement officials, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, any state or federal agency established to detect, prevent or prosecute insurance fraud, or an insurance company authorized to do business in the state. The immunity conferred by this section applies unless the person seeking to impose civil liability proves actual malice. Any person against whom a civil action is brought, and who is found to be entitled to immunity from liability under this section, shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs from the person who brought the civil action.