Wisconsin Administrative Code
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance
Chapter Ins 50 - Annual Audited Financial Reports, Annual Financial Statements And Examinations
Subchapter III - Examinations
Section Ins 50.50 - Examinations

(1) The commissioner may determine the nature, scope and frequency of examinations under s. 601.43, Stats., except at a minimum every insurer licensed in this state shall be examined every 5 years, unless it is a limited service health organization, town mutual, a gift annuity licensee under ch. 615, Stats., motor club, warranty plan, or an insurer exempted under s., 1981 stats.

Note: Chapter 615, Stats., was repealed by 2013 Wisconsin Act 271

(2) Factors the commissioner may consider in determining the scheduling of an examination include, but are not limited to, results of financial statement analyses and ratios, changes in management or ownership, actuarial opinions, reports of independent certified public accountants, other criteria in the Examiners' Handbook adopted by the national association of insurance commissioners, and the priority of conducting an examination of an insurer relative to other insurers.

(3) The commissioner may determine the nature and scope of an examination. An examination may, but need not, cover all aspects of the insurer's assets, condition, affairs and operations, and may involve or be supplemented by review of audit procedures performed by accountants. Examinations may include, but are not limited to, the following types of examinations:

(4) After the commissioner issues an adopted examination report, the insurer examined shall promptly file affidavits executed by each of its directors stating under oath that they have received a copy of the adopted report and related orders.

(5) The office of the commissioner of insurance, under s. 601.465, Stats., may refuse to disclose and prevent any person from disclosing, in response to a request for production, deposition, subpoena, or otherwise, information obtained from the national association of insurance commissioners or another insurance department under pledge of confidentiality or for the purpose of conducting an investigation or examination or obtained, produced or created in the course of an inquiry under s. 601.42, Stats., or examination under s. 601.43, Stats. This privilege applies to information obtained, produced or created before or after the effective date of s. 601.465, Stats., and regardless of whether an inquiry, investigation or examination has been concluded, except it does not apply to a document which is an adopted examination report. An adopted examination report is available for public inspection as required under s. 601.44(6), Stats. The office or the commissioner may disclose the content of an examination report, preliminary examination report or results, or any matter relating a report or the results of an examination to further legal or regulatory action, or to the insurance department of any other state or country or to law enforcement officials of this or any other state or agency of the federal government, so long as the department, agency or office agrees in writing to hold it confidential.