A. The superintendent shall preserve in the office of superintendent of insurance and in permanent form copies of all notices and orders given or made and of all other papers and records relating to the business and transactions of the office and shall hand the same over to the superintendent's successor in office.
B. Except as otherwise provided by the Insurance Code or by order of court, the papers and records shall be open to public inspection. The superintendent may classify as confidential certain records and information obtained from another governmental agency or other source upon the express condition that they remain confidential or are deemed confidential by the superintendent, and such records and information shall not be subject to public inspection while confidentiality exists; except that no filing required to be made with the superintendent under the Insurance Code shall be deemed confidential unless expressly so provided by law.
C. The superintendent may destroy unneeded or obsolete records and filings in the office of superintendent of insurance pursuant to the Public Records Act [Chapter 14, Article 3 NMSA 1978].
History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 30; 2013, ch. 74, § 16.
The 2013 amendment, effective March 29, 2013, provided for preservation, inspection, and destruction of the records of the office of the superintendent of insurance; in Subsection A, after "shall preserve in the", added "office of superintendent of", after "insurance", deleted "department", after "transactions of the", deleted "department" and added "office", and after "hand the same over to", deleted "his" and added "the superintendent's"; and in Subsection C, after "filings in the", added "office of superintendent of" and after "insurance", deleted "department in accordance with provisions and procedures applicable in general to records and filings of the corporation commission" and added "pursuant to the Public Records Act".
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 2 - Office of Superintendent of Insurance
Section 59A-2-1 - Office of superintendent of insurance.
Section 59A-2-2 - Superintendent; appointment; term; compensation; removal.
Section 59A-2-2.1 - Insurance nominating committee; duties; administrative attachment.
Section 59A-2-3 - Superintendent; qualifications and bond.
Section 59A-2-7 - Delegation of powers.
Section 59A-2-8 - General powers and duties of superintendent.
Section 59A-2-8.1 - Producer licensing; national producer registry; fees collected.
Section 59A-2-9 - Rules and regulations; promulgation; violation.
Section 59A-2-9.1 - Regulations; leased employees.
Section 59A-2-9.2 - Recompiled.
Section 59A-2-9.3 - Superintendent authorized and directed to promulgate privacy rules.
Section 59A-2-9.4 - Superintendent of insurance; additional powers.
Section 59A-2-9.6 - Health insurance cooperative; rulemaking.
Section 59A-2-9.7 - Annual report required.
Section 59A-2-9.8 - Prior authorization request form; development.
Section 59A-2-9.9 - State innovation waiver application.
Section 59A-2-10 - Orders, notices in general.
Section 59A-2-11 - Enforcement.
Section 59A-2-12 - Records; inspection; destruction.
Section 59A-2-13 - Seal as evidence.
Section 59A-2-14 - Publications; preparation and sale.
Section 59A-2-15 - Interstate, federal and international cooperation.