All information, documents and copies of such information and documents obtained by or disclosed to the commissioner or any other person in the course of preparing, filing or processing an application to reorganize, merge, consolidate or convert pursuant to sections 38a-156a to 38a-156m, inclusive, other than information or documents distributed to members or filed or submitted as evidence in connection with a public hearing under sections 38a-156a to 38a-156m, inclusive, shall (1) be confidential by law and privileged, (2) not be subject to disclosure under § 1-210, (3) not be subject to subpoena, and (4) not be subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any civil action. The commissioner shall not make such information, documents or copies public without the prior written consent of the insurer to which it pertains unless the commissioner, after giving the insurer and its subsidiaries and affiliates that would be affected thereby notice and opportunity to be heard, determines that the interests of members, policyholders, security holders or the public will be served by the publication of such information, documents or copies, in which event the commissioner may publish all or any part of such information, documents or copies in such manner as the commissioner deems appropriate. The commissioner may use such information, documents and copies in the furtherance of any regulatory or legal action brought as part of the commissioner’s official duties.