§ 31–311.02. Conduct of insurer in connection with the preparation of required reports and documents.

(a) A director or officer of an insurer shall not, in connection with any audit, review, or communication required under this chapter, directly or indirectly:

(1) Make, or cause to be made, a materially false or misleading statements [sic] to an accountant; or

(2) Omit to state, or cause another person to omit to state, any material fact necessary to make a statement made to an accountant, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b)(1) A director or officer of an insurer, or any other person acting under the direction thereof, shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action to coerce, manipulate, mislead, or fraudulently influence any accountant engaged in the performance of an audit pursuant to this chapter if the person knew or should have known that the action, if successful, could result in rendering the insurer’s financial statements materially misleading.

(2) For the purposes of this subsection, actions that could result in rendering the insurer’s financial statements materially misleading include actions causing the accountant to:

(A) Issue or reissue a report on an insurer’s financial statements that is not warranted under the circumstances due to material violations of statutory accounting principles, generally accepted auditing standards, or other professional or regulatory standards;

(B) Not perform audit, review, or other procedures required by generally accepted auditing standards or other professional standards;

(D) Not communicate matters to an insurer’s audit committee.