N.Y. Insurance Law § 1709: Confidentiality of reports and filings

§ 1709. Confidentiality of reports and filings. The contents of each

report and filing submitted pursuant to this article and information

pertaining thereto shall be kept confidential, shall not be subject to

subpoena or discovery, shall not be admissible in evidence in any

private civil action, and shall not be made public unless, after notice

and opportunity to be heard, the superintendent determines that the

interests of policyholders, subscribers, stockholders or the public will

be served by the publication thereof. The provisions of this section

shall not be applicable to any report or filing submitted pursuant to

this article and any information pertaining thereto, if the parent

corporation is a corporation subject to article forty-three of this

chapter. Neither the superintendent nor any person who received a report

or filing submitted pursuant to this article and information pertaining

thereto, through examination or otherwise, while acting under the

authority of the superintendent or with whom such report or information

are shared pursuant to this chapter, shall be permitted or required to

testify in any private civil action concerning the report, filing, or

information.