[§431:19-101.2] Confidential treatment. (a) All nonpublic financial information of a captive insurance company, its parent, or the parent's member organizations, or a risk retention captive insurance company, disclosed to the commissioner pursuant to this article shall be given confidential treatment and shall not be made public by the commissioner without the prior written consent of the captive insurer, its parent company, or the member organization, or risk retention captive insurer to which it pertains.
(b) The commissioner may disclose nonpublic financial information of a captive insurance company, its parent, or the parent's member organizations, or a risk retention captive insurance company, to insurance departments of other states without prior consent of the captive insurer, its parent company, or the parent's member organization, or the risk retention captive insurer to which it pertains.
(c) In the event the commissioner determines that the interest of the policyholders, shareholders, or the public will be served by making the information public, then after giving the captive insurance company and its parent or the parent's member organizations, or the risk retention captive insurer that would be affected thereby, three days notice of intent, the commissioner may make public all or any part of the nonpublic financial information in a manner that the commissioner deems appropriate.
(d) For purposes of this section:
"Equity securities" means:
(1) A share in a corporation, whether or not transferable or denominated a "stock", or similar security evidencing an ownership interest in the person;
(2) The interest of a limited partner in a limited partnership;
(3) The interest of a partner in a partnership, including a joint venture; or
(4) A warrant or right, other than a right to convert, to purchase, sell, or subscribe to a share, security, or interest of a kind specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
"Nonpublic financial information" means information regarding a person's financial condition that prior to disclosure to the commissioner pursuant to this article is not a public record as defined in rule 1001(5) of section 626-1; provided that in the case of a person whose equity securities are collectively owned and held by thirty-six or more persons, "nonpublic financial information" does not include financial information disclosed to owners and holders of equity securities. [L 2000, c 67, §1]