Wisconsin § 622.15 - Confidentiality.

§ 622.15. Confidentiality.

622.15(1) (1) Confidential treatment. Documents, materials, or other information, including summary reports, in the possession or control of the commissioner that are obtained by, created by, or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person under this chapter, are confidential and privileged, are not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1) , are not subject to subpoena, and are not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private civil action. The commissioner is authorized to use the documents, materials, or other information in the commissioner’s regulation of the insurer or insurance holding company system but may not make the documents, materials, or other information public without the prior written consent of the insurer. 622.15(2) (2) Prohibition on testimony. Neither the commissioner nor any person who received documents, materials, or other information related to own risk and solvency assessments, through examination or otherwise, while acting under the authority of the commissioner or with whom such documents, materials, or other information are shared in accordance with this chapter, may testify in any private civil action concerning any confidential documents, materials, or information subject to sub. (1) . 622.15(3) (3) Permitted disclosures. In furtherance of the performance of the commissioner’s regulatory duties, all of the following apply: 622.15(3)(a) (a) The commissioner may, upon request, share documents, materials, or other information related to own risk and solvency assessments, including the confidential and privileged documents, materials, or information subject to sub. (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 s.