2016 Delaware Code
Title 18 - Insurance Code
CHAPTER 3. THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
§ 321. Examination report.

(a) The Commissioner or the Commissioner's examiner shall make a full and true written report of every such examination made by the Commissioner or the Commissioner's examiner and shall therein certify under oath the report and findings.

(b) The report shall contain only information appearing upon the books, records, documents and papers of, or relating to, the person or affairs being examined or ascertained from testimony of individuals under oath concerning the affairs of such person, together with such conclusions and recommendations as may reasonably be warranted by such information.

(c) No later than 60 days following the completion of the examination, the examiner in charge shall file with the Department a verified written report of examination under oath. Upon receipt of the verified report, the Department shall transmit the report to the company examined, together with a notice which shall afford the company examined a reasonable opportunity of not more than 30 days to make a written submission or rebuttal with respect to any matters contained in the examination report. If the company so requests in writing within such 30-day period, the Commissioner shall grant a hearing as to the report and shall not file the report until after the hearing and after such modifications have been made therein as the Commissioner deems proper.

(d) The Commissioner shall furnish a copy of the report to the person examined not less than 20 days prior to filing the same in the Department and may, in the Commissioner's discretion, also furnish a copy of the report to each member of the examinee's board of directors if the person examined is a corporation. If such person so requests in writing within such 20-day period, the Commissioner shall grant a hearing as to the report and shall not so file the report until after the hearing and after such modifications have been made therein as the Commissioner deems proper.

(e) The report when so filed shall be admissible in any action or proceeding brought by the Commissioner against the person examined or against its officers, employees or agents. In any such action or proceeding, the Commissioner or the Commissioner's examiners may, however, at any time testify and offer proper evidence as to information secured or matters discovered during the course of the examination, whether or not a written report of the examination has been either made, furnished or filed with the Department.

(f) The Commissioner may withhold from public inspection any examination or investigation report for so long as the Commissioner deems such withholding to be necessary for the protection of the person examined against unwarranted injury or to be in the public interest.

(g) All working papers, recorded information, documents and copies thereof produced by, obtained by, or disclosed to the Commissioner or any other person in the course of an examination made under this chapter, or in the course of analysis by the Commissioner of the financial condition or market conduct of a company, shall be given confidential treatment and are not subject to subpoena and may not be made public by the Commissioner or any other person except to insurance departments of any state or country, or to law-enforcement officials of this or any other state or agency of the federal government at any time, so long as such agency or office receiving the report or matters relating thereto agrees in writing to hold it confidential and in a manner consistent with this section, unless the prior written consent of the company to which it pertains has been obtained.

18 Del. C. 1953, § 325; 56 Del. Laws, c. 380, § 1; 68 Del. Laws, c. 51, § 3; 69 Del. Laws, c. 92, §§ 2,3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 185, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 208, § 2.;