1504 - Reporting; examination; publication.

§  1504.  Reporting;  examination;  publication.  (a) Every controlled  insurer shall file with the superintendent such reports or  material  as  he  may  direct for the purpose of disclosing information concerning the  operations of persons  within  the  holding  company  system  which  may  materially  affect  the operations, management or financial condition of  the insurer.    (b) Every holding company and every controlled person within a holding  company  system  shall  be  subject  to  examination  by  order  of  the  superintendent  if  he  has cause to believe that the operations of such  persons may materially affect the operations,  management  or  financial  condition  of  any  controlled  insurer within the system and that he is  unable to obtain relevant information from such controlled insurer.  The  grounds  relied upon by the superintendent for such examination shall be  stated in his order. Such  examination  shall  be  confined  to  matters  specified  in  the order. The cost of such examination shall be assessed  against the person examined and no portion thereof shall  thereafter  be  reimbursed to it directly or indirectly by the controlled insurer.    (c)  The  superintendent  shall  keep the contents of each report made  pursuant to this article and  any  information  obtained  in  connection  therewith  confidential  and  shall not make the same public without the  prior written consent of the controlled insurer  to  which  it  pertains  unless  the  superintendent  after notice and an opportunity to be heard  shall determine that the interests of policyholders, shareholders or the  public will be served by the  publication  thereof.  In  any  action  or  proceeding  by  the  superintendent  against  the person examined or any  other person within the same holding company system  a  report  of  such  examination  published  by  him  shall  be admissible as evidence of the  facts stated therein.