Texas Insurance Code 401.058 – Confidentiality of Reports and Related Information
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(a) A final or preliminary examination report and any information obtained during an examination are confidential and privileged for all purposes. This information is not subject to:
(1) disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code;
(2) a subpoena, other than a grand jury subpoena; or
(3) discovery or admissibility in evidence in a civil action.
(b) Subsection (a) applies if the examined carrier is under supervision or conservatorship. Subsection (a) does not apply to an examination conducted in connection with a liquidation or receivership under this code or another insurance law of this state.
Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 401.058
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(c) Subsection (a) does not limit the commissioner’s authority to use a final or preliminary examination report and any information obtained during an examination in the furtherance of any legal or regulatory action relating to the administration of this code that the commissioner, in the commissioner’s sole discretion, considers appropriate.