2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXIV BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 375 Provisions Applicable to All Insurance Companies
Section 375.993. Department's papers, report, evidence not subject to public inspection or subpoena if part of investigation, release, when--no civil liability for filing reports or furnishing information.

375.993. 1. The department's papers, documents, reports, or evidence relative to the subject of an investigation under this section shall not be subject to public inspection for so long as the department deems reasonably necessary to complete the investigation and any subsequent legal action. Further, such papers, documents, reports, or evidence relative to the subject of an investigation under sections 375.991 to 375.994 shall not be subject to subpoena until opened for public inspection by the department, unless the department consents, or until, after notice to the department and a hearing, the court determines the department would not be unnecessarily hindered by such subpoena. Department investigators shall not be subject to subpoena in civil actions by any court of this state to testify concerning any matter of which they have knowledge pursuant to a pending insurance fraud investigation by the department.

2. No insurer, employees or agents of any insurer, or any other person acting without malice, shall be subject to civil liability for libel or otherwise by virtue of the filing of reports or furnishing other information required by sections 375.991 to 375.994 or required by the department of insurance, financial institutions and professional registration as a result of the authority granted in sections 375.991 to 375.994.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1739 3 subsecs. 5, 6)

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