Section 33-3-21.3. Annual filings with National Association of Insurance Commissioners; agents of Commissioner not subject to civil liability; confidentiality of information

   (a) This Code section shall apply to all domestic, foreign, and alien insurers who are authorized to transact business in this state.

(b) (1) Each domestic, foreign, and alien insurer who is authorized to transact insurance in this state shall file annually on or before March 1 of each year with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners a copy of its annual statement convention blank along with such additional filings as prescribed by the Commissioner for the preceding year. The information filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners shall be in the same format and scope as that required by the Commissioner and shall include the signed jurat page and the actuarial certification. Any amendments and addendums to the annual statement filing subsequently filed with the Commissioner shall also be filed with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

   (2) Foreign insurers that are domiciled in a state which has a law substantially similar to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be deemed in compliance with this subsection.

(c) In the absence of actual malice, members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; their duly authorized committees, subcommittees, and task forces; their delegates; employees of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; and all others charged with the responsibility of collecting, reviewing, analyzing, and disseminating the information developed from the filing of the annual statement convention blanks shall be acting as agents of the Commissioner under the authority of this Code section and shall not be subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other cause of action by virtue of their collection, review, analysis, and dissemination of the data and information collected from the filings required under this Code section.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of Article 4 of Chapter 18 of Title 50 to the contrary, all financial analysis ratios and examination synopses concerning insurance companies that are submitted to the department with an expectation of confidentiality by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Insurance Regulatory Information System shall be confidential and may not be disclosed by the department.

(e) The Commissioner may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of authority of any insurer failing to file its annual statement when due or within any extension of time which the Commissioner, for good cause, may have granted.

Code 1981, § 33-3-21.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1424, § 2.