(2) Data gathered pursuant to an investigation by the director of a complaint is 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 the director considers necessary in investigating or prosecuting apparent violations of the Insurance Code or other law.
(3) The director may provide to any requester information about complaints that the director receives against an insurer for any of the unlawful practices described in ORS 746.230. Before providing information about a complaint the director receives, the director shall remove information that could identify the person that submitted the complaint.
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) 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 the Department of Consumer and Business Services receives against each insurer that transacts insurance within this state. [1967 c.359 §59; 1971 c.231 §11; 1987 c.481 §1; 1987 c.774 §149; 2001 c.377 §4; 2016 c.62 §1]
Note: The amendments to 731.264 by section 2, chapter 62, Oregon Laws 2016, become operative January 1, 2021. See section 3, chapter 62, Oregon Laws 2016. The text that is operative on and after January 1, 2021, is set forth for the user’s convenience. (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 of the complaint, is confidential and may not be disclosed except as provided in ORS 705.137. The complaint, and the record of the complaint, may not be used in any action, suit or proceeding except to the extent the director considers necessary in prosecuting apparent violations of the Insurance Code or other law.
(2) Data gathered pursuant to an investigation by the director of a complaint is 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 the director considers necessary in investigating or prosecuting 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 the Department of Consumer and Business Services receives against each insurer that transacts insurance within this state.
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