Section 631.195, F.S. Specified records of an insurer which are made or received by the Department of Financial Services acting as a receiver are confidential and exempt, including personal and financial information of a consumer, consumer claim files, personnel and payroll records, underwriting files, specified risk information and corporate governance records submitted pursuant to cited statutes and confidential information received from other governmental entities. Release is authorized under certain circumstances. Section 631.398(1), F.S. Reports and recommendations made by specified persons to the Office of Insurance Regulation or to the Department of Financial Services relative to the solvency, liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation of a member insurer or germane to the solvency of a company seeking to do insurance business in this state, are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) until the termination of a delinquency proceeding. Section 631.582, F.S. Certain records of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association such as specified claims, medical records that are part of a claims file, information relating to the medical condition or medical status of a claimant, and records pertaining to matters reasonably encompassed in privileged attorney-client communications of the association, are confidential and exempt. Section 631.62(2), F.S. A request from the board of directors of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association that the Office of Insurance Regulation order an examination of any member insurer is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) until the examination report is released to the public. Section 631.62(3), F.S. The reports and recommendations by the board of directors of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association on any matter germane to the solvency, liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation of any member insurer are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) until the termination of a delinquency proceeding. Section 631.723(1), F.S. The reports and recommendations by the board of directors of the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association to the Department of Financial Services or to the Office of Insurance Regulation on any matter germane to the solvency, liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation of any member insurer or a company seeking to do insurance business in Florida are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) until the termination of a delinquency proceeding. Section 631.723(3), F.S. A request by the board of directors of the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association that the Office of Insurance Regulation order the examination of any member insurer is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) until the examination report is released to the public. Section 631.724, F.S. Negotiations or meetings of the Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association involving discussions of the association’s powers and duties under 631.717 are exempt from s. 286.011. Records of such negotiations or meetings are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) until the termination of a delinquency proceeding. Section 631.931, F.S. The reports and recommendations by the board of directors of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association under s. 631.917 on any matter germane to the solvency, liquidation, rehabilitation, or conservation of any member insurer are confidential and exempt until the termination of a delinquency proceeding. Section 631.932, F.S. Negotiations between a self-insurance fund and the Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association are exempt from s. 286.011. Documents related to such negotiations that reveal identifiable payroll and loss and individual claim information are confidential and exempt. (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © March 9, 2023)
