Section 26-3-309 - Notification of adverse financial condition(a) An insurer required to furnish an annual audited financial report shall require the independent certified public accountant to report, in writing, within five (5) business days to the board of directors or its audit committee any determination supported by adequate research conducted by the independent certified public accountant: (i) That the insurer has materially misstated its financial condition reported to the commissioner as of the balance sheet date currently under audit; or (ii) That the insurer does not meet the minimum capital and surplus requirement of this code as of that date. (b) An insurer which has received a report pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall forward a copy of the report to the commissioner within five (5) business days of receipt of the report and shall provide the independent certified public accountant making the report with evidence of the report being furnished to the commissioner. (c) Upon receiving the report from the insurer the commissioner shall notify the independent certified public accountant of his receipt of the report. The independent certified public accountant shall furnish the commissioner with a copy of the report within five (5) business days after the insurer is required to forward the report to the commissioner, unless the commissioner has previously acknowledged receipt of the report from the insurer. (d) Except for any act constituting negligence or malpractice in the preparation of the annual audited financial report specified in W.S. 26-3-304, no independent certified public accountant shall be liable in any manner to any person for any statement made in connection with subsection (a) of this section if the statement is made in good faith in compliance with subsection (a) of this section.(e) If the accountant, subsequent to the date of the audited financial report filed pursuant to this article, becomes aware of facts which might have affected his report, the accountant shall take the action prescribed in Volume 1, Section AU 561 of the Professional Standards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and other action as prescribed by the commissioner by rule.