4.__Immunity from liability.__Except as provided in subsection 5, civil liability may not be imposed on and a cause of action may not arise from a person's furnishing information concerning suspected, anticipated or completed fraudulent viatical or life settlement acts or suspected or completed fraudulent insurance acts if the information is provided to or received from:

A. The superintendent or the superintendent's employees, agents or representatives;

B. Federal, state or local law enforcement or regulatory officials or their employees, agents or representatives;

C.__The National Association of Insurance Commissioners or its successor organization, National Association of Securities Dealers or its successor organization, the North American Securities Administrators Association or its successor organization, or their employees, agents or representatives of these organization, or other regulatory body overseeing life insurance, settlements securities or investment fraud;

D. A person involved in the prevention and detection of fraudulent viatical or life settlement acts or that person's agents, employees or representatives; or

E.__The life insurer that issued the life insurance policy covering the life of the insured.

5.__Exception.__The following provisions apply to the imposition of civil liability arising from information provided to or received from the superintendent or the superintendent's employees, agents or representatives.

A. Subsection 4 does not apply to statements made with actual malice. In an action brought against a person for filing a report or furnishing other information concerning a fraudulent viatical or life settlement act or a fraudulent insurance act, the party bringing the action shall plead specifically any allegation that subsection 4