N.Y. ISC Law § 1709

§ 1709. Confidentiality of reports and filings. The contents of each\nreport and filing submitted pursuant to this article and information\npertaining thereto shall be kept confidential, shall not be subject to\nsubpoena or discovery, shall not be admissible in evidence in any\nprivate civil action, and shall not be made public unless, after notice\nand opportunity to be heard, the superintendent determines that the\ninterests of policyholders, subscribers, stockholders or the public will\nbe served by the publication thereof. The provisions of this section\nshall not be applicable to any report or filing submitted pursuant to\nthis article and any information pertaining thereto, if the parent\ncorporation is a corporation subject to article forty-three of this\nchapter. Neither the superintendent nor any person who received a report\nor filing submitted pursuant to this article and information pertaining\nthereto, through examination or otherwise, while acting under the\nauthority of the superintendent or with whom such report or information\nare shared pursuant to this chapter, shall be permitted or required to\ntestify in any private civil action concerning the report, filing, or\ninformation.\n