In the absence of actual malice, members of the national association of insurance commissioners and their employees and all others charged with the responsibility of collecting, reviewing, analyzing, and disseminating the information developed from the filing of the annual statement act as agents of the commissioner under the authority of sections 26.1-03-11.1 through 26.1-03-11.3 and are not subject to civil liability for libel, slander, or any other cause of action by virtue of their collection, review, and analysis or dissemination of the data and information collected from the filings required by sections 26.1-03-11.1 through 26.1-03-11.3.