(a) Reports of investigation and examination, other reports rendered under this Act, and correspondence and memoranda concerning or arising out of an investigation, examination, or report, including any copies thereof, in the possession of the Director shall be confidential communications, shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, and shall not be made public unless the Director finds that the ends of justice and the public advantage will be served by the disclosure. Upon such finding, the Director may disclose, in whole or in part, any report or other material referred to in this Section in the manner he considers proper.
     (b) The Director may release any of the information described in subsection (a) to any agency of this State, another state, or the United States when he finds that the ends of justice and the public advantage will be served by the disclosure, provided that the receiving agency has confidentiality procedures comparable to those contained in this Act.
     (c) The Director may release to the public a list of licensees and aggregated financial data for the licensees.