(1) A complaint made to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services against any person regulated by the Insurance Code, and the record thereof, shall be confidential and may not be disclosed except as provided in ORS 705.137. No such complaint, or the record thereof, shall be used in any action, suit or proceeding except to the extent considered necessary by the director in the prosecution of apparent violations of the Insurance Code or other law.
(2) Data gathered pursuant to an investigation by the director of a complaint shall be confidential, may not be disclosed except as provided in ORS 705.137 and may not be used in any action, suit or proceeding except to the extent considered necessary by the director in the investigation or prosecution of apparent violations of the Insurance Code or other law.
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the director shall establish by rule a method for publishing an annual statistical report containing the insurer’s name and the number, percentage, type and disposition of complaints received by the Department of Consumer and Business Services against each insurer transacting insurance within this state. [1967 c.359 §59; 1971 c.231 §11; 1987 c.481 §1; 1987 c.774 §149; 2001 c.377 §4]
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