A. Every insurer required to file an Audited Financial Report pursuant to this Rule shall require the accountant to make all workpapers prepared in the conduct of the accountant's audit and any communications related to the audit between the accountant and the insurer available for review by the Insurance Department's examiners at the offices of the insurer, at the Insurance Department or at any other reasonable place designated by the Commissioner. The insurer shall require that the accountant retain the audit workpapers and communications until the insurance department has filed a report of examination covering the period of the audit but no longer than seven (7) years from the date of the audit report.

B. In the conduct of the aforementioned periodic review by the Insurance Department's examiners, it shall be agreed that photocopies of pertinent audit workpapers may be made and retained by the Department. Such reviews by the Department's examiners shall be considered investigations and all working papers and communications obtained during the course of such investigations shall be afforded the same confidentiality as other examination workpapers generated by the Department.