; or (ii) activities of a licensed insurance agent other than insurance agency activities or activities incidental to insurance agency activities. (e) Access to information (1) Information provided by board Any confidential supervisory information, including examination or other reports, pertaining to a covered industrial bank holding company furnished by the Board to any other Federal agency or any appropriate State supervisory agency shall remain confidential unless the Board, in writing, otherwise consents. (2) Deference to depository institution examinations Any appropriate Federal supervisory agency of a covered industrial bank holding company shall, to the fullest extent possible, rely on examination reports made by the appropriate Federal banking agency and the appropriate State bank supervisor relating to any depository institution subsidiary of the covered industrial bank holding company in lieu of a direct examination. (3) Information to be provided to board (A) Request to agency Upon request by the Board, an appropriate Federal supervisory agency may provide to the Board information regarding the condition of an industrial bank, any covered industrial bank holding company of the industrial bank, or any other affiliate of any such covered industrial bank holding company that is necessary to assess risk to the industrial bank. (B) Availability from holding company directly Notwithstanding section 45 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1825), section 115 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (12 U.S.C. 1820a), or any other provision of law (including any regulation), if the information requested under subparagraph (A) is not provided to the Board, and the information is necessary to assess risk to the industrial bank, the Board may require the covered industrial bank holding company or affiliate thereof referred to in such subparagraph with respect to such industrial bank to provide such information to the Board. (4) Examinations by board (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B) and notwithstanding