UT Code § 31A-16a-108 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 31A - Insurance Code|Chapter 16a - Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act|Section 108 - Confidentiality.

 Effective 5/9/2017  31A-16a-108. Confidentiality.    (1)   (a) A document, material, or other information, including the ORSA summary report, in the possession of 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. The document, material, or other information is confidential and may not be subject to Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act, and may not be made public by the commissioner or any other person without the permission of the insurer.     (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), the commissioner may use a document, material, or other information in furtherance of any regulatory or legal action brought as a part of the official duties. The commissioner may not otherwise make the document, material, or other information public without the prior written consent of the insurer.       (2) The commissioner and any person who receives a document, material, or other information related to an own risk and solvency assessment, through examination or otherwise, while acting under the authority of the commissioner or with whom the document, material, or other information is shared pursuant to this chapter shall keep the document, material, or other information confidential.     (3) To assist in the performance of the commissioner's regulatory duties, the commissioner:   (a) may, upon request, share a document, material, or other information related to an own risk solvency assessment, including a confidential document, material, or information subject to Subsection (1), including proprietary and trade secret documents and materials with other state, federal, and international financial regulatory agencies, including members of any supervisory college as described in the Section 31A-16-108.5, with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and with any third-party consultants designated by the commissioner, provided that the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality of documents, materials, or other information related to an own risk and solvency assessment and has verified in writing the legal authority to maintain confidentiality;     (b) may receive a document, material, or other information related to an own risk and solvency assessment, including an otherwise confidential document, material, or information, including proprietary and trade secret information or documents, from regulatory officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions, including members of any supervisory college as described in Section 31A-16-108.5 and from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and shall maintain as confidential a document, material, or information received with notice or the understanding that the document, material, or information is confidential under the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the document, material, or information; and     (c) shall enter into a written agreement with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant governing sharing and use of information provided pursuant to this chapter, consistent with this Subsection (3) that shall:   (i) specify procedures and protocols regarding the confidentiality and security of information shared with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to this chapter, including procedures and protocols for sharing by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners with other state regulators from states in which the insurance group has domiciled insurers with the agreement providing that the recipient agrees in writing to maintain the confidentiality of a document, material, or other information related to an own risk and solvency assessment and verifies in writing the legal authority to maintain confidentiality;     (ii) specify that ownership of information shared with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to this chapter remains with the commissioner, and that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' or a third-party consultant's use of the information is subject to the direction of the commissioner;     (iii) prohibit the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or third-party consultant from storing the information shared pursuant to this chapter in a permanent database after the underlying analysis is completed;     (iv) require prompt notice to be given to an insurer whose confidential information in the possession of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to this chapter is subject to a request or subpoena to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant for disclosure or production;     (v) require the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant to consent to intervention by an insurer in any judicial or administrative action in which the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant may be required to disclose confidential information about the insurer shared with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to this chapter; and     (vi) in the case of an agreement involving a third-party consultant, provide for the insurer's written consent.         (4) The sharing of information or a document by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter does not constitute a delegation of regulatory authority or rulemaking, and the commissioner is solely responsible for the administration, execution, and enforcement of this chapter.     (5) A waiver of an applicable claim of confidentiality in a document, proprietary and trade-secret material, or other information related to an own risk and solvency assessment may not occur as a result of disclosure of the own risk and solvency assessment related information or a document to the commissioner under this section or as a result of sharing as authorized in this chapter.     (6) A document, material, or other information in the possession or control of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or a third-party consultant pursuant to this chapter is:   (a) confidential, not a public record, and not open to public inspection; and     (b) not subject to Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.      Enacted by Chapter 168, 2017 General Session