1. Each administrator shall maintain at his or her principal office adequate books and records of all transactions between the administrator, the insurer and the insured. The books and records must be maintained in accordance with prudent standards of recordkeeping for insurance and with regulations of the Commissioner for a period of 5 years after the transaction to which they respectively relate. After the 5-year period, the administrator may remove the books and records from the State, store their contents on microfilm or return them to the appropriate insurer.
2. The Commissioner may examine, audit and inspect books and records maintained by an administrator under the provisions of this section to carry out the provisions of NRS 679B.230 to 679B.300, inclusive.
3. The names and addresses of insured persons and any other material which is in the books and records of an administrator are confidential except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 and except when used in proceedings against the administrator.
4. The insurer may inspect and examine all books and records to the extent necessary to fulfill all contractual obligations to insured persons, subject to restrictions in the written agreement between the insurer and administrator.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 730; A 1983, 462; 1999, 2795; 2007, 2157)