(1) Aggregate data reported to the commissioner by statistical agents are available for public inspection.
(2) If data submitted to the commissioner by a statistical agent appear likely to identify individual insurers, claimants or insureds, or the statistical agent or an insurer asserts that data are exempt from public disclosure under RCW
48.02.120(3), such data may not be publicly disclosed until the commissioner:
(a) Notifies the statistical agent and any insurer that has asserted the data to be exempt from public disclosure of the disclosure request;
(b) Provides a thirty-day period from the date of notice for any insurer that reported data to the statistical agent to assert that its data are trade secrets or are otherwise protected from disclosure; and
(c) Provides aggrieved insurers with the opportunity to request a hearing under RCW
48.04.010 and chapter
34.05 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
48.02.060,
48.19.370. WSR 06-13-035 (Matter No. R 2005-02), § 284-24B-100, filed 6/15/06, effective 7/16/06.]