[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 21, 2016)]
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Vol. 81

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Part III





Department of the Treasury





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31 CFR Part 50





Terrorism Risk Insurance Program; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

31 CFR Part 50

RIN 1505-AC53


Terrorism Risk Insurance Program

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing this 
final rule as part of its implementation of changes to the Terrorism 
Risk Insurance Program (TRIP or Program) required by the Terrorism Risk 
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (2015 Reauthorization 
Act), as published in proposed form on April 1, 2016, for public 
comment. Treasury previously issued an interim final rule addressing 
the process for certification of an act of terrorism, as published in 
proposed form on April 1, 2016. This final rule addresses the balance 
of the other proposed rules published on April 1, 2016, and adopts the 
general renumbering of sections as proposed on April 1, 2016. Some 
clarifying changes have been made in this final rule in response to 
comments, and certain other wording changes have also been added which 
do not change the meaning of the rule as originally proposed.

DATES: This rule is effective January 17, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Ifft, Senior Insurance 
Regulatory Policy Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, 202-622-2922 (not 
a toll free number) or Kevin Meehan, Senior Insurance Regulatory Policy 
Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, 202-622-7009 (not a toll free 
number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (the Act or TRIA) \1\ was 
enacted on November 26, 2002, following the attacks of September 11, 
2001, to address disruptions in the market for terrorism risk 
insurance, to help ensure the continued availability and affordability 
of commercial property and casualty insurance for terrorism risk, and 
to allow for the private markets to stabilize and build insurance 
capacity to absorb any future losses for terrorism events. TRIA 
requires insurers to ``make available'' terrorism risk insurance for 
commercial property and casualty losses resulting from certified acts 
of terrorism (insured losses), and provides for shared public and 
private compensation for such insured losses. The Secretary of the 
Treasury (Secretary) administers the Program, including the issuance of 
regulations and procedures. Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Federal Insurance Office 
assists the Secretary in administering the Program.\2\
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    \1\ Public Law 107-297, 116 Stat. 2322, codified at 15 U.S.C. 
6701, note. Because the provisions of TRIA (as amended) appear in a 
note, instead of particular sections, of the United States Code, the 
provisions of TRIA are identified by the sections of the law.
    \2\ 31 U.S.C. 313(c)(1)(D).
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    The Program has been reauthorized three times.\3\ Most recently, on 
January 12, 2015, the President signed into law the Terrorism Risk 
Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (2015 Reauthorization 
Act),\4\ reauthorizing the Program until December 31, 2020. The 2015 
Reauthorization Act reformed various operational matters respecting the 
Program. Among other changes, the 2015 Reauthorization Act mandates 
that Treasury issue final rules governing the certification process,\5\ 
and that Treasury collect from participating insurers information and 
data considered by the Secretary to be appropriate to analyze the 
effectiveness of the Program.\6\
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    \3\ Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005, Public Law 
109-444, 119 Stat. 2660; Terrorism Risk Insurance Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2007, Public Law 110-160, 121 Stat. 1839; 
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, Public 
Law 114-1, 129 Stat. 3.
    \4\ Public Law 114-1, 129 Stat. 3.
    \5\ TRIA, section 102(1)(D).
    \6\ TRIA, section 104(h).
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II. Previous Rulemaking

    To date, rules establishing general provisions implementing the 
Program, including key definitions, and requirements for policy 
disclosures and mandatory availability, are found in Subparts A, B, and 
C of 31 CFR part 50.\7\ Treasury's rules applying provisions of the Act 
to state residual market insurance entities and state workers' 
compensation funds are set forth in Subpart D of 31 CFR part 50.\8\ 
Rules concerning claims procedures governing payment of the Federal 
share of compensation for insured losses are currently found at Subpart 
F of 31 CFR part 50.\9\ Subpart G of 31 CFR part 50 currently contains 
rules on audit and recordkeeping requirements for insurers,\10\ while 
Subpart H of 31 CFR part 50 currently addresses recoupment and 
surcharge procedures.\11\ Subpart I of 31 CFR part 50 currently 
contains rules implementing the litigation management provisions of 
TRIA,\12\ and Subpart J of 31 CFR part 50 currently addresses rules 
concerning the cap on annual liability established under TRIA.\13\ 
Finally, Subpart K of 31 CFR part 50 currently addresses rules 
concerning the certification process under TRIA.\14\ To assist 
insurers, policyholders, and other interested parties in complying with 
immediately applicable requirements of the Act, Treasury has also at 
times issued interim guidance to be relied upon by insurers until 
superseded by regulations.
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    \7\ See 68 FR 9804 (Feb. 28, 2003) (Program definitions (Interim 
Final Rule)); 68 FR 19302 (April 18, 2003) (disclosure and mandatory 
availability requirements (Interim Final Rule)); 68 FR 41250 (July 
11, 2003) (Program definitions (Final Rule)); 68 FR 48280 (Aug. 13, 
2003) (``direct earned premium'' definition (Final Rule)).
    \8\ See 68 FR 19309 (Apr. 18, 2003) (residual market entities 
and state compensation funds (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)); 68 FR 
59715 (Oct. 17, 2003) (residual market entities and state 
compensation funds (Final Rule)).
    \9\ See 68 FR 67100 (Dec. 1, 2003) (claims procedures (Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking)); 69 FR 39296 (June 29, 2004) (claims 
procedures (Final Rule)); 70 FR 2830 (Jan. 18, 2005 (timing of 
affiliation for purposes of claims payments (Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking)); 70 FR 34348 (June 14, 2005) (timing of affiliation for 
purposes of claims payments (Final Rule)).
    \10\ See 68 FR 67100 (Dec. 1, 2003) (audit and investigative 
procedures (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)); 69 FR 39296 (audit and 
investigative procedures (Final Rule)).
    \11\ See 73 FR 53798 (Sept. 17, 2008) (recoupment and surcharge 
procedures (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)); 74 FR 66051 (Dec. 14, 
2009) (recoupment and surcharge procedures (Final Rule)).
    \12\ See 69 FR 25341 (May 6, 2004) (Federal cause of action and 
settlement approval provisions (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)); 69 
FR 44932 (July 28, 2004) (Federal cause of action and settlement 
approval provisions (Final Rule)).
    \13\ See 73 FR 56767 (Sept. 30, 2008) (cap on annual liability 
(Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)); 74 FR 66061 (Dec. 14, 2009) (cap 
on annual liability (Final Rule)).
    \14\ See 81 FR 18950 (Apr. 1, 2016) (certification process 
(Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)); 81 FR 88592 (Dec. 7, 2016) 
(certification process (Interim Final Rule)). In order to avoid a 
temporary duplication of sections, the certification rules 
(initially proposed as Subpart G, Sections 50.60 to 50.63) were 
issued as Subpart K, Sections 50.100 to 50.103. With this final 
rule, those sections (which remain as interim final rules pending 
evaluation of any further comments received) are renumbered as 
originally proposed on April 1, 2016.
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III. The Proposed Rule

    The proposed rule on which this final rule is based was published 
in the Federal Register at 81 FR 18950 on April 1, 2016.\15\ The 
proposed rule would strike existing 31 CFR part 50 in

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its entirety and would replace it with revised Program rules 
incorporating new Program financial and operational provisions 
contained in the 2015 Reauthorization Act. The proposed rule included 
several new subparts to 31 CFR part 50. Subpart F--Data Collection 
addressed the collection of Program data by Treasury, as required under 
the 2015 Reauthorization Act, is adopted in this final rule. Subpart G 
to Part 50, which comprised Treasury's regulations concerning the 
certification process, was adopted as an interim final rule on December 
7, 2016. In addition to these new subparts, the proposal also 
incorporated a Civil Penalties rule under the Program, pursuant to 
authority granted by Congress in TRIA,\16\ and proposed the adoption, 
with certain minor changes, of a previously proposed rule addressing 
the Final Netting of Payments. Finally, the proposal reordered the 
existing rules to incorporate the new subparts, and made other changes 
providing further clarification to existing rules and eliminating 
redundancies.
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    \15\ In the April 1, 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 
Treasury also sought comments concerning the participation of 
captive insurers and other self-insurance arrangements in the 
Program, in anticipation of the development of rules concerning the 
participation of captive insurers and, potentially, other self-
insurance arrangements in the Program. 81 FR 18950, 18956-57 (April 
1, 2016). Treasury is presently evaluating the comments received 
concerning captive insurers and self-insurance arrangements 
generally to determine whether additional rules should be proposed 
concerning the participation of these entities in the Program.
    \16\ The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 
Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114-74, modified the procedure 
for amending civil penalty amounts for inflation, and called for the 
amounts to be adjusted by interim final rule to take effect not 
later than August 1, 2016 (with readjustment not later than January 
15 of each year after 2016). Accordingly, Treasury has issued 
separately an interim final rule, adopting new 31 CFR 50.86, 
Adjustment of civil monetary penalty amount, which identifies the 
new penalty amount as mandated by statute effective August 1, 2016, 
and provides for its adjustment by January 15 of each year 
thereafter. See 81 FR 88600 (Dec. 7, 2016). As reflected below, in 
light of the general reordering of the Program rules provided for in 
the proposal, that provision shall be identified as 31 CFR 50.83 
with the adoption of these final rules.
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IV. Summary of Comments and Final Rule

    Treasury is issuing this final rule after careful consideration of 
all comments received on the proposed rule. While this final rule 
largely reflects the proposed rule, Treasury has made several revisions 
based on the comments received.
    Seventeen commenters submitted comments in response to the general 
proposal relating to 31 CFR part 50.\17\ The 17 commenters included: 
Insurance industry trade associations; trade associations representing 
consumers of terrorism risk insurance; insurance companies; Lloyd's (an 
insurance and reinsurance market); and individuals.\18\ The comments 
received and Treasury's revisions to the proposed rule are summarized 
below.
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    \17\ Ten commenters (who are also among the 17 commenters that 
have submitted comments generally in connection with the proposed 
rules) submitted comments directed to the proposed rule concerning 
the certification process, which Treasury has already addressed. See 
81 FR 88592 (Dec. 7, 2016).
    \18\ Comments addressing the proposed rules in some fashion were 
submitted by the American Bankers Association (ABA Comments); the 
American Insurance Association (AIA Comments); The Council of 
Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB Comments); The Coalition to Insure 
Against Terrorism (CIAT Comments); Exchange Indemnity Company 
(Exchange Indemnity Comments); Farmers Insurance Group (Farmers 
Insurance Comments); the International Underwriting Association of 
London (IUAL Comments); Jason M. Schupp (Jason Schupp Comments); 
Lloyd's of London (Lloyd's Comments); M. Mohiuddin (Mohiuddin 
Comments); Marsh Captive Solutions (Marsh Captive Solutions 
Comments); Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA Comments); the National 
Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC Comments); the 
Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCIAA Comments); 
the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA Comments); RIMS, the 
Risk Management Society (RIMS Comments); and the Vermont Captive 
Insurance Association (VCIA Comments). In addition, a number of 
additional comments were received generally addressing the Program, 
but not providing any specific comments concerning the proposed 
rules. All of the comments received in connection with the proposed 
rules published on April 1, 2016 are available at https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=25&so=DESC&sb=commentDueDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=TREAS-TRIP-2016-0005.
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1. Subpart A--General Provisions

    The proposed changes to Subpart A principally addressed changes to 
definitional provisions, many of which were required by the 2015 
Reauthorization Act, or which were otherwise required by the passage of 
time or to provide greater clarity to existing provisions. Treasury did 
not receive comments respecting many of these proposed changes, which 
are adopted as originally proposed. Treasury received comments 
concerning four of the definitions within Subpart A: (1) The proposed 
change to the definition of ``affiliate'' in Sec.  50.4(c)(2), as it 
relates to the rule of construction in Section 106 of the 2015 
Reauthorization Act, which provides that control for purposes of 
determining if an insurer is an ``affiliate'' under TRIA is not 
established solely because an entity acts as an attorney-in-fact for 
another entity that is a reciprocal insurer; (2) the proposed change in 
Sec.  50.4(g) defining ``captive insurer'' for purposes of implementing 
TRIA, and the related exclusion of captive insurers from the definition 
of ``small insurer'' in proposed Sec.  50.4(z); (3) the proposed change 
in Sec.  50.4(m) as it relates to the manner in which Treasury proposes 
to determine the insurance marketplace aggregate retention amount for 
any calendar year beginning with 2020, in accordance with the 
requirement in Section 104 of the 2015 Reauthorization Act to issue 
rules for determining this amount; and (4) the definition proposed in 
Sec.  50.4(z) of ``small insurer'' as required under Section 112 of the 
2015 Reauthorization Act for purposes of conducting a study of small 
insurers participating in the Program, and as it might relate to the 
scope of data to be collected from such entities.
    One comment was received concerning the proposed revision to the 
``affiliate'' definition, which suggested that the proposed language 
would nonetheless permit the Secretary to find control by an entity 
based solely upon its attorney-in fact relationship with a reciprocal 
insurer, contrary to the intention of the rule of construction 
contained in Section 106 of TRIA.\19\ Treasury did not intend to 
suggest that a control determination could be made based solely upon an 
attorney-in-fact relationship, and will accordingly modify the proposed 
rule consistent with the comment (by eliminating the cross-reference to 
the attorney-in-fact rule of construction), to confirm that the ability 
of the Secretary to determine that control exists, notwithstanding the 
non-applicability of the specific factors identified in Sec.  
50.4(c)(2)(i), cannot be based upon the attorney-in-fact relationship 
addressed in Sec.  50.4(c)(2)(ii).
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    \19\ Farmers Insurance Comments at 1-3.
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    The comments received concerning the definition of captive insurer 
in proposed Sec.  50.4(g) (which simply references how captives are 
identified by relevant state law) were principally based upon reference 
to the term in proposed Sec.  50.4(z), which excludes captive insurers 
from the definition of ``small insurer'' regardless of their size. Most 
comments questioned the basis for excluding all captives from the 
``small insurer'' definition, regardless of the size of the captive 
insurer or its sponsoring parent organization. Other comments suggested 
that exclusion of captive insurers from the definition of small 
insurers should not be made before further evaluation of the issue.\20\
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    \20\ ABA Comments at 1-2; AIA Comments at 2-3, CIAB Comments at 
3; Jason Schupp Comments at 3-4; M. Mohiuddin Comments at 1; Marsh 
Captive Solutions Comments at 2; RIMS Comments at 1-2; VCIA Comments 
at 2.
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    The ``small insurer'' definition has only two consequences under 
the proposed Program rules: (1) It will define those insurers that will 
be considered in the studies Treasury shall conduct and resulting 
reports it will prepare pursuant to the 2015 Reauthorization Act; \21\ 
and (2) it will identify those insurers which may be subject to 
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annual data calls under proposed Sec.  50.51. See proposed Sec.  
50.51(e).\22\
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    \21\ TRIA, section 108(h).
    \22\ Many of the comments suggesting that captive insurers 
should not necessarily be excluded from the definition of ``small 
insurer'' focused upon the potentially lessened data production 
obligations for such small insurers under the proposed rules. See, 
e.g., CIAB Comments at 4.
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    Regarding the first point, the principal purpose of the ``small 
insurer'' studies and reports mandated by the 2015 Reauthorization Act 
is ``to identify any competitive challenges small insurers face in the 
terrorism risk insurance marketplace,'' based upon a number of 
identified factors, including changes in market share, premium volume, 
and policyholder surplus vis-[agrave]-vis large insurers, and the 
impact on such insurers of the mandatory availability requirement.\23\ 
This report requirement was originally proposed in conjunction with a 
provision under consideration prior to the 2015 reauthorization of TRIA 
(which ultimately was not adopted) that would have permitted Treasury 
to develop an ``opt out process'' from TRIA for small insurers ``if 
they can demonstrate financial hardship or financial infeasibility of 
providing coverage for insured losses.'' H. Rept. 113-523, 20.
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    \23\ TRIA, section 108(h)(1).
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    As Treasury has recently observed, ``captive insurers may issue 
policies for terrorism risk subject to the Program that provide 
coverage that might not be readily available otherwise, such as for 
NBCR [nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological] risks, or for 
`trophy' properties.'' \24\ As a result, captive insurers may play an 
important role in the provision of terrorism risk insurance, and 
Treasury is currently reviewing other comments received concerning 
their participation in the Program. That participation, however, is 
subject to issues very different from those faced by small conventional 
insurers that must make available terrorism risk insurance generally in 
the insurance marketplace:

    \24\ U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Insurance Office, 
Report on the Overall Effectiveness of the Terrorism Risk Insurance 
Program (June 2016) (2016 Effectiveness Report), at 19, available at 
https://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/fio/reports-and-notices/Documents/2016_TRIP_Effectiveness_%20Report_FINAL.pdf.
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    The potential exposure associated with terrorism risk insurance 
written by captive insurers for parent or other affiliated entities 
differs from that of conventional commercial insurers that must 
``make available'' terrorism risk insurance coverage to all 
potential, unrelated policyholders in the TRIP-eligible lines of 
insurance. For captive insurers, the offer and acceptance of 
terrorism risk insurance under the Program is essentially controlled 
by the insured.\25\
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    \25\ Id.

    Although captive insurers are mandatory participants in the 
Program, and may be an important resource in the terrorism risk 
insurance marketplace, the potentially unique issues such captives face 
are not on account of ``competitive challenges'' vis-[agrave]-vis other 
insurers as contemplated by the 2015 Reauthorization Act, and 
accordingly they do not present the concerns (regardless of their size) 
that led to the requirement for the study in question. For these 
reasons, the ``small insurer'' studies should not and will not address 
captive insurers, regardless of their size. Treasury has reserved 
Subpart E of the Program rules to address captive insurers and other 
self-insurance mechanisms, and development of these regulations in the 
future will allow Treasury to address any issues particular to captive 
insurers that might justify individualized treatment under the Program 
rules.
    The other concern identified in the comments--that captive insurers 
will not be excused from annual data calls (or potentially subject to 
different data calls) under proposed Sec.  50.51(e)--should be obviated 
by other changes to the proposed rules that have been made in 
connection with the final rules as adopted. Based upon Treasury's 
experience with its recent collection of data on a voluntary basis, a 
request that may make sense in connection with one type of insurer may 
be unnecessary or overly burdensome when directed to another. Treasury 
accordingly has modified Sec.  50.51 as adopted in final form to 
contain a provision confirming that Treasury may modify data requests 
by type of insurer to which the requests are directed. Treasury intends 
to develop data requests for participating captive insurers that will 
be tailored to the manner in which these entities participate in the 
Program, which will allow such insurers to provide necessary 
information in an efficient fashion.
    Accordingly, the fact that the definition of ``small insurers'' 
excludes captive insurers does not have any significant consequences 
for captive insurers, and Treasury will adopt Sec.  50.4(g) and Sec.  
50.5(z) as originally proposed.
    Treasury received two comments concerning proposed Sec.  50.4(m), 
which addressed, as required by the 2015 Reauthorization, the manner of 
calculation and publication of the insurance marketplace aggregate 
retention amount beginning in calendar year 2020.\26\ One comment 
``finds the process outlined in Section 50.4(m) to be adequate and 
aligned with the requirements under the statute.'' \27\ The other 
comment did not identify any proposed changes to the rule, but 
suggested that the final rule should be deferred given that it is based 
upon data collection that has not yet occurred, and that Treasury may 
benefit from future data collection experience before finalizing the 
rule.\28\
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    \26\ Prior to 2020, the insurance marketplace aggregate 
retention amount is defined by statute. TRIA, section 103(e)(6).
    \27\ CIAT Comments, at 4.
    \28\ Jason Schupp Comments, at 4. Among possible issues 
identified in the comment is the manner in which the calculation 
will be made if data is not collected from certain insurers. Id. 
Under the 2015 Reauthorization Act, a final rule must be issued 
concerning the calculation and its publication by January 12, 2018. 
TRIA, section 103(e)(6)(C).
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    Treasury will issue Sec.  50.4(m) as originally proposed at this 
time. Given the deadline for the issuance of this rule, no data that 
will be used to calculate the insurance marketplace aggregate retention 
amount for 2020 will be collected before the rule must be issued,\29\ 
and therefore there is no benefit in waiting to finalize the rule. 
Between the issuance of the present rule and the time when a final rule 
concerning the methodology for the collection must be issued in January 
2018, Treasury would gain only one further year of data collection (in 
2017, for information relating to calendar year 2016). While further 
experience over time will no doubt continue to allow Treasury to 
improve and refine the data collection process, Treasury remains able 
to modify collection requests made on an annual basis to address any 
lessons learned over time (see proposed Sec.  50.51(c)(2)). By the time 
data is collected that will factor into the calculation of the 
insurance marketplace aggregate retention amount for 2020, the 
collected data to date will provide an appropriate basis for making the 
calculation as set forth in the proposed rule.
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    \29\ By statute, the calculation of the insurance marketplace 
aggregate retention amount for 2020 will be based upon data for 
calendar years 2017 to 2019; however, none of this data will be 
available for collection prior to the deadline for publishing the 
final rule by January 2018.
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    Treasury received very few comments concerning the proposed 
definition of ``small insurer'' proposed in Sec.  50.4(z), aside from 
the exclusion of captive insurers from the definition, which is 
addressed above. One comment offered ``no view'' as to whether the 
proposed definition ``is suitable for Treasury's purposes,'' but 
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whether the policyholder surplus element of the definition was set at 
an appropriate level.\30\ Another comment questioned the use of a 
policyholder surplus element in the definition at all, stating that 
Treasury's preamble to the proposed rule ``offers no explanation for 
the inclusion of the policyholder surplus as a `second prong' of the 
definition,'' and ``question[ing] its appropriateness'' as a part of 
the definition.\31\ Neither comment offered alternative suggestions for 
measuring a ``small insurer'' under the 2015 Reauthorization Act.
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    \30\ Jason Schupp Comments, at 2-3.
    \31\ PCIAA Comments, at 3.
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    Treasury will issue Sec.  50.4(z) as originally proposed, with the 
clarifying modification that ``policyholder surplus'' will be evaluated 
as it is reported by a participating insurer for state regulatory 
purposes on its Annual Statement at Page 3, Line 37, Column 1.\32\ 
Treasury explained in its preamble to the rule as originally proposed 
that some consideration of an insurer's policyholder surplus was 
required because the impact of a loss that exceeded an insurer's 
deductible but which did not reach the Program Trigger ``would be 
lessened to the extent the insurer's policyholder surplus was 
sufficient to satisfy any amounts that would not be reimbursed in such 
a scenario under the Program.'' \33\ Given the limited purposes of the 
``small insurer'' definition--to define the scope of certain studies 
concerning competitive challenges faced by participating insurers, and 
to define the scope of potential modifications to the requirement to 
provide data--some consideration of the claims-paying ability of 
insurers, as measured by policyholder surplus, is clearly appropriate. 
Another comment suggested that there is some ``imbalance'' which 
supports elimination of policyholder surplus as a consideration because 
the TRIP-eligible direct earned premium (DEP) component of the 
definition is not calculated on the same basis as policyholder surplus 
(which extends to all lines of insurance).\34\ This suggestion ignores 
the fact that both measures address the same consideration: The impact 
upon a participating insurer of policyholder claims for certified acts 
of terrorism, whether the reimbursement for the claims can be obtained 
through insurer reimbursement under the Program (as measured by the 
first component of the definition), or if the participant's 
policyholder surplus is sufficient to pay claims in the absence of 
Program support (as measured by the second component of the 
definition).
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    \32\ This was the definition used by Treasury in its 2016 data 
collection. Treasury is not aware of any questions that any 
responding insurers had as to what was meant by policyholder surplus 
as defined in this fashion.
    \33\ 81 FR 18950, 18953 (Apr. 1, 2016).
    \34\ See PCIAA Comments, at 3.
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    Treasury also received comments concerning two provisions within 
proposed Subpart A to which Treasury did not propose any modifications. 
The first of these is with respect to proposed Sec.  50.1(c), which one 
commenter suggested should be modified to confirm that the Program 
rules also apply to claimants against participating insurers and their 
policyholders, given that certain provisions of TRIA and the 
implementing regulations (for example, matters concerning Subpart K, 
the Federal Cause of Action, and Subpart L, the Cap on Annual 
Liability) also have an impact upon such claimants.\35\ The observation 
of this commenter is correct; although many of the proposed rules do 
not have any direct or indirect impact upon third-party claimants, 
there are provisions that do have such an effect. Accordingly, Treasury 
will modify proposed Sec.  50.1(c) as suggested.
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    \35\ See Jason Schupp Comments, at 1.
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    The second comment referred to proposed Sec.  50.5, the Rule of 
Construction for Dates, which provides that ``any date in these 
regulations is intended to be applied so that the day begins at 12:01 
a.m. and ends at midnight on that date.'' Two commenters have observed 
that this language presents a potential and unintended gap of 59 
seconds, if ``midnight'' means 12:00:00 a.m., and not 12:00:59 a.m.\36\ 
Treasury does not believe that any modification to the rule as stated 
(which has been in place since the inception of the Program) is 
necessary. It is Treasury's intention and understanding that in this 
context 12:01 a.m. means, if necessary, 12:01:00 a.m., and that 
``midnight'' should be read to mean 12:00:59 a.m., such that there is 
no unintended gap between the dates as expressed within the rule.
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    \36\ See Jason Schupp Comments, at 4-5; AIA Comments, at 5.
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    Treasury did not receive comments respecting the remaining proposed 
changes to Subpart A. Treasury therefore adopts as the final rule 
Subpart A as it was proposed, subject to the modifications identified 
above.

2. Subpart B--Disclosures as Conditions for Federal Payment

    Subpart B addressed the TRIA disclosure requirements, which must be 
satisfied in order for a participating insurer to qualify for Federal 
payments. Treasury proposed a clarifying change to Sec.  50.12(b), 
addressing the manner in which the portion or percentage of the premium 
attributable to terrorism risk insurance should be disclosed to 
policyholders or potential policyholders, and also proposed changes to 
the existing rules to implement changes to the disclosure requirements 
contained in the 2015 Reauthorization Act. Treasury received comments 
concerning both of these changes, as well as other suggestions 
concerning the provisions of Subpart B.
    The clarifying change to Sec.  50.12(b) proposed to add the phrase 
``and provided that the amount of annual premium or the method of 
determining the annual premium is also stated.'' The intent behind the 
change, as explained in the proposal, was ``to ensure that the actual 
dollar value of the premium is evident.'' \37\ Treasury received a 
number of comments concerning this provision, suggesting that it 
imposes some new or different requirement respecting disclosure of the 
terrorism risk premium being charged.\38\
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    \37\ 81 FR 18950, 18953 (April 1, 2016).
    \38\ See PCIAA Comments, at 3-4; AIA Comments, at 5; Jason 
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    It appears from the comments that the principal concern is that 
while the rule originally stated that an insurer ``may describe the 
premium charged for insured losses covered by the Program as a portion 
or percentage of an annual premium'' (emphasis added), the added 
proviso potentially purports to require as a matter of disclosure the 
``annual'' premium for terrorism risk insurance, even in situations 
where policy coverage is not provided on an annual basis, leading to 
confusion for insurers and policyholders alike.\39\ This was not the 
intention, and given that the proviso modifies language stating that 
the insurer ``may'' provide the information in this fashion, the 
concerns expressed are not required by the language as proposed. 
Nonetheless, the comments highlight the fact that the rule raises a 
potential ambiguity in situations where coverage is not provided on an 
annual basis. To avoid the issue, Treasury will substitute the term 
``policy'' for ``annual'' where it appears in proposed Sec.  50.12(b).
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    \39\ Id.
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    Treasury's intention remains to ensure that the actual dollar value 
of the premium is evident from the disclosure. As stated in the rule, 
there may be a number of ways for an insurer to accomplish this 
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particular method.\40\ Nor does this revision require an insurer to 
charge for terrorism risk insurance if the insurer did not otherwise 
intend to make such a charge.\41\ If a charge is being made, however, 
the intention of the rule is that the disclosure be made to the 
policyholder in such a way that the policyholder can actually determine 
the amount that it is being charged by the insurer for the terrorism 
risk insurance. None of these changes modify the manner in which the 
Program operates. From the inception, TRIA has required that ``the 
insurer provides clear and conspicuous disclosure to the policyholder 
of the premium charged for insured losses covered by the Program,'' 
\42\ which requirement has been memorialized in the Program rules as 
well (see existing 31 CFR 50.10(a)(1)).
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    \40\ Treasury understands that that some premiums may develop 
over time in a way that it is not possible to disclose a particular 
amount of terrorism risk premium at the time a policy is offered. To 
the extent such a situation cannot be addressed by the application 
of a percentage for purposes of the calculation, which has always 
been an option under the Program rules, the insurer remains in a 
position to make a disclosure which explains to the policyholder how 
the amount is being calculated, so that the policyholder can assess 
what the charge will be. As otherwise provided in the rules in this 
regard, ``whether a disclosure is clear and conspicuous depends on 
the totality of the facts and circumstances of the disclosure.'' 31 
CFR 50.12(a) (2016).
    \41\ While neither TRIA nor the Program Rules have ever required 
an insurer to charge any particular sum for terrorism risk 
insurance, or charge any amount at all, neither TRIA nor the Program 
Rules have ever allowed an insurer to make a charge for terrorism 
risk insurance, and then not to disclose that amount to the 
policyholder for some reason. Accordingly, and contrary to the 
suggestion by one commenter, there has never been any ``existing 
Treasury policy'' that would permit an insurer to reflect that it is 
not charging a premium for terrorism risk insurance when it is 
charging such a premium. See PCIAA Comments, at 4. If a charge is 
being made, both TRIA and the Program Rules have always required 
that such charge be disclosed to the policyholder.
    \42\ TRIA, section 103(b)(2).
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    Treasury received an additional comment concerning portions of 
proposed Sec.  50.12 that Treasury did not propose to modify from the 
prior version.\43\ The commenter suggested that proposed Sec.  50.12(d) 
and (e) be combined into a single Sec.  50.12(d), which would provide 
that an insurer could demonstrate compliance with disclosure 
requirements through use of appropriate systems and business practices, 
``including where an insurer normally communicates with a policyholder 
through an insurance producer or other intermediary.'' \44\
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    \43\ Changes were proposed by Treasury to Sec.  50.12(e); 
however, those changes deleted provisions addressing disclosure 
requirements during earlier years which have been rendered redundant 
by the passage of time, and the comment did not address these 
changes.
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    Treasury declines to make the suggested change. The comment would 
eliminate the language in proposed Sec.  50.12(d) (which has previously 
been in the existing rule) that ``[i]f an insurer elects to make the 
disclosures through an insurance producer or other intermediary, the 
insurer remains responsible for ensuring that the disclosures are 
provided by the insurance producer or other intermediary to 
policyholders in accordance with the Act.'' This language is consistent 
with industry practice generally--i.e., while insurers may rely upon 
intermediaries to perform actions that are the responsibility of the 
insurer, it is the insurer that remains ultimately responsible for 
ensuring that the actions are performed.
    When coupled with existing Sec.  50.12(e), an insurer may 
demonstrate compliance with disclosure requirements ``through use of 
appropriate systems and normal business practices that demonstrate a 
practice of compliance,'' and this would extend to the use of such 
systems and normal business practices by an intermediary on behalf of a 
participating insurer. However, it is the participating insurer that 
will remain responsible for demonstrating, if an issue of compliance is 
raised, that appropriate systems and normal business practices were 
employed by the intermediary on behalf of the insurer. The use of an 
intermediary, in and of itself, does not demonstrate compliance, or 
otherwise excuse an insurer from demonstrating compliance. Treasury 
will adopt as the final rule Sec.  50.12(d) and Sec.  50.12(e) as 
originally proposed.
    Treasury made a number of changes to Subpart B to implement 
provisions of the 2015 Reauthorization Act which modified the timing of 
the general disclosure requirements. In the 2015 Reauthorization Act, 
however, no change was made to the timing of the disclosure 
requirements applicable to the cap disclosure. A number of commenters 
have suggested that this was an unintentional oversight on the part of 
Congress, and that Treasury should implement similar revisions to its 
rules respecting the cap disclosure.\45\
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    \45\ PCIAA Comments, at 5-6; AIA Comments, at 5 n.5. Treasury 
has proposed a change to Sec.  50.15, providing expanded guidance 
for ensuring compliance with the requirement that the cap disclosure 
be provided at the time of offer, purchase, and renewal. It did not, 
however, seek to remove entirely the disclosure requirement at the 
time of purchase, as the commenters have suggested Treasury should 
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    Treasury understands the position of the commenters. However, while 
it is possible that the different treatment in the 2015 Reauthorization 
Act of the various requirements respecting disclosure is the result of 
an oversight, it is equally possible that the differing treatment 
reflects a conscious determination that a different approach be taken. 
See, e.g., Loughrin v. United States, 573 U.S. __, 134 S. Ct. 2384, 
2390 (2014) (``We have often noted that when `Congress includes 
particular language in one section of a statute but omits it in 
another'--let alone in the very next provision--this Court presume[s] 
that Congress intended a difference in meaning.'' (quoting Russello v. 
United States, 464 U.S. 16, 23 (1983)). Treasury declines to provide 
for the modification sought by the commenters, where it is at best 
unclear that Congress intended to make such a change.
    Treasury adopts as the final rule Subpart B as it was proposed, 
subject to the modifications identified above.

3. Subpart C--Mandatory Availability

    The proposed changes to Subpart C involved changes seeking to 
delete provisions that are redundant or unnecessary on account of the 
passage of time, substitute language to clarify Treasury's intent, or 
implement other minor changes that conform the existing regulations to 
the requirements of the 2015 Reauthorization Act. No comments were 
received concerning these proposed changes.
    Treasury adopts as the final rule Subpart C as it was proposed.

4. Subpart D--State Residual Market Insurance Entities; Workers' 
Compensation Funds

    No substantive changes were proposed by Treasury to Subpart D, nor 
did Treasury receive any comments concerning this Subpart.
    Treasury adopts as the final rule Subpart D as it was proposed.

5. Subpart E--Self-Insurance Arrangements; Captives [Reserved]

    Treasury continues to reserve Subpart E for future additional rules 
addressing the participation in TRIP of self-insurance arrangements and 
captive insurers.

6. Subpart F--Data Collection

    Subpart F is new; the proposed rules establish procedures for 
collection of data as mandated by Section 111 of the 2015 
Reauthorization Act, and also address the collection of data by 
Treasury in other contexts, including in the event that an act of 
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been certified. Treasury received a number of comments concerning each 
of these provisions, which it will address on a section-by-section 
basis.
General (Sec.  50.50)
    Proposed Sec.  50.50 states that Treasury may generally request 
information from insurers in connection with the Program, as part of 
its administration and implementation of the program. This provision is 
not related specifically to any of the authorities provided under 
Section 111 of the 2015 Reauthorization Act, and, if exercised, would 
be based upon Treasury's general authority to seek information in 
support of the operation of programs that it administers.
    Treasury only received one comment specifically directed to 
proposed Sec.  50.50, and it appears that this comment actually meant 
to address proposed Sec.  50.51, as the comment actually addresses the 
annual data collection in aid of Treasury's reporting requirements.\46\ 
Treasury will accordingly address that comment in the context of 
proposed Sec.  50.51, and will adopt proposed Sec.  50.50 as originally 
proposed.
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Annual Data Reporting (Sec.  50.51)
    Proposed Sec.  50.51 establishes rules concerning the annual 
collection of data by Treasury from participating insurers concerning 
the effectiveness of the Program, as mandated by Section 111 of the 
2015 Reauthorization Act. The comments concerning proposed Sec.  50.51 
fall into four general categories: (1) Comments suggesting that 
provisions should be included memorializing that Treasury should 
collect data from other sources, if available, in lieu of any annual 
data collection by Treasury directly from participating insurers; \47\ 
(2) comments suggesting a later collection date than the March 1 date 
originally proposed by Treasury; \48\ (3) comments suggesting the need 
for participating insurers to review and comment upon the scope and 
nature of future annual data collections, and seeking additional time 
beyond the 90 days specified in the proposed rule before requiring 
collection of any newly-specified data or information; \49\ and (4) 
comments suggesting (either directly or indirectly) that annual data 
requests should be adjusted by industry group or size of insurer, 
observing that this is not an area in which ``one size fits all.'' \50\ 
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    \47\ PCIAA Comments, at 2; NAMIC Comments at 2-3
    \48\ PCIAA Comments, at 2-3 (suggesting an April 1 reporting 
deadline); AIA Comments, at 6 (suggesting ``mid-April or to later in 
the year (October/November)''; CIAB Comments at 4 (suggesting ``a 
later deadline'' than March 1); Exchange Indemnity Comments at 2 
(suggesting a deadline of May 31); Lloyd's Comments at 3 (suggesting 
May 15 deadline); M. Mohiuddin Comments at 1-2 (suggesting ``a date 
later in year'' than March 1); NAMIC Comments at 3 (suggesting that 
``a deadline in mid or late May would be necessary in future years 
to ensure that the data submitted are accurate and complete''); IUAL 
Comments at 1-3 (suggesting a date ``shortly after'' May 15).
    \49\ CIAB Comments at 4 (suggesting an increase from 90 days to 
180 days in the notice period); Exchange Indemnity at 2 (180 day 
implementation period, following prior publication and comment 
period).
    \50\ RAA Comments at 1 (``Private market participants' approach 
to these risks vary and there is no ``one size fits all'' 
approach.''); see also AIA Comments at 6 (suggesting ``a more 
focused data collection effort'' based upon character of insurer 
involved); IUAL Comments at 4 (suggesting reporting mechanism for 
alien surplus lines insurers consistent with existing financial 
reporting form generated by such entities); CIAB Comments at 4 
(suggesting that ``to protect the confidentiality of captive insurer 
information'' such insurers be allowed ``to report less robust 
data''); Exchange Indemnity Comments at 1 (suggesting a narrower 
collection of data from captive insurers given the nature of risks 
they write).
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    Under the 2015 Reauthorization Act, the Secretary ``shall'' collect 
data from participating insurers annually ``regarding insurance 
coverage for terrorism losses of such insurers as the Secretary 
considers appropriate to analyze the effectiveness of the Program.'' 
\51\ The data collected is to form the basis for various reports that 
the 2015 Reauthorization Act requires the Secretary to submit to 
Congress.\52\ Before such collection is made, Treasury shall 
``coordinate with the appropriate State insurance regulatory 
authorities and any relevant government agency or publicly available 
sources to determine if the information to be collected is available 
from, and may be obtained in a timely manner by, individually or 
collectively, such entities.'' \53\ If the information required by the 
Secretary can be obtained from these other sources, in a timely 
fashion, Treasury is to collect the information in this manner. If not, 
Treasury may collect the information directly from participating 
insurers.\54\
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    \51\ TRIA, section 104(h)(1).
    \52\ TRIA, section 104(h)(2).
    \53\ TRIA, section 104(h)(4).
    \54\ Id.
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    In advance of the recent voluntary data collection, Treasury did 
coordinate with other sources, including state insurance regulatory 
authorities, and determined that the data it sought was not available 
from other sources.\55\ In fact, Treasury determined that comprehensive 
data concerning the participation of insurers in the Program had never 
been collected previously. Treasury will continue to evaluate in the 
coming years what data it requires to perform the analyses that it must 
make, and whether that data can be obtained from other sources in lieu 
of direct collection from participating insurers. Because this 
evaluation will necessarily vary from year to year, depending upon the 
data that Treasury needs, the timing of any reports that must be 
submitted, and the availability of data from other sources, it is not 
practical to attempt to codify a uniform process. However, Treasury has 
added language to Sec.  50.51(b) to reflect the possibility that 
Treasury may be able to obtain some or all of the information from 
publicly available or other third-party sources. Treasury thus 
recognizes the provisions of the 2015 Reauthorization Act concerning 
the potential collection of information from sources other than 
participating insurers, and will continue to evaluate the availability 
of such information in future years.
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    In terms of the timing of annual data collections from 
participating insurers, Treasury proposed a March 1 deadline because it 
is consistent with the date of other industry reporting requirements, 
and it would provide Treasury with the data in sufficient time to 
complete required reports.\56\ Most of the commenters addressing this 
issue suggested that a March 1 date was problematic precisely because 
participating insurers had other reporting obligations falling due that 
day, such that adding an additional obligation at the same time would 
be burdensome.\57\
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    \56\ The reports and studies based upon annual data required 
under the 2015 Reauthorization Act must be completed by not later 
than June 30 of each year under which they are required. TRIA, 
sections 104(h)(2), 108(h)(1).
    \57\ See, e.g., AIA Comments at 6; PCIAA Comments at 2-3; 
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    Treasury does not wish to pose any unnecessary burdens upon 
participating insurers on account of required data collection. It will 
accordingly modify the data collection response date from March 1 to 
May 15, which will provide participating insurers the additional time 
sought but should still provide Treasury with sufficient time to 
analyze the data for the required reports.
    Regarding the nature and scope of the annual data collection, 
future data collections will be based upon proposed collection 
templates which will be published for comment in the calendar year 
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information.\58\ See proposed Sec.  50.51(c)(2). Participating insurers 
will be in a position to comment upon future data collection templates 
through this mechanism. Furthermore, given that Treasury has moved the 
collection date to May 15, and new data collection templates will be 
published during the prior calendar year, participating insurers will 
now have a period of time of at least 120 days, and likely more, to 
evaluate changes to data collection protocols and prepare for 
responding to any modified requests. Accordingly, only one clarifying 
change to proposed Sec.  50.51 is required in light of these issues, as 
the rule (as modified) effectively addresses these comments.\59\
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    \58\ The 2016 data collection was based upon a collection 
template for which Treasury obtained emergency approval for a 
voluntary collection from the Office of Management and Budget, in 
light of timing considerations, and was thus not subject to public 
comment (although Treasury conducted substantial interaction with 
stakeholders during the development of that template). See 81 FR 
11649 (March 4, 2016).
    \59\ A number of comments were received from captive insurers, 
or groups associated with captive insurers, suggesting that data 
collection from captive insurers should be accomplished through the 
state regulators of their various domiciliary states, on grounds 
that data could be provided in this fashion on an anonymous basis 
and not reveal confidential, proprietary information respecting the 
insureds of participating captive insurers. See, e.g., CIAB Comments 
at 4; Exchange Indemnity Comments at 1. Treasury notes that the 2015 
Reauthorization Act provides for, to the extent possible, the 
collection of data on a confidential, aggregated basis through an 
insurance statistical aggregator, and that this was the approach 
taken in connection with the 2016 data collection. The suggested 
approach would require the collection of information through many 
more separate state insurance departments, for which there is no 
current mechanism for such reporting. In any event, these comments 
can and will be considered in connection with the development of 
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    Finally, a number of comments were received that suggested that 
annual data collection requests should be adjusted depending upon the 
nature of the reporting insurer's participation in the Program. The 
rule as originally proposed recognized this to some extent, in the 
provision suggesting that ``small insurers,'' as otherwise defined, 
might be exempted from annual data collection, or subject to modified 
requests. Based upon Treasury's experience in the recent collection of 
data, however, it is also the case that modified requests may be used 
to provide a more efficient collection mechanism for different types of 
participants in the terrorism risk insurance marketplace, such as 
captive insurers and alien surplus lines insurers. Accordingly, 
Treasury will modify subsection (c) of proposed Sec.  50.51 to confirm 
that the forms for data collection may vary depending upon the type of 
insurer participating in the Program. As noted above, these proposed 
forms will be published in advance of their approval and use, such that 
interested parties are in a position to comment upon the information 
requested.
    Treasury will accordingly adopt as the final rule Sec.  50.51 as 
originally proposed, subject to the modifications addressed above.
Small Insurer Data (Sec.  50.52)
    Proposed Sec.  50.52 addresses the collection of data relating to 
small insurers, as defined in proposed Sec.  50.4(z), in support of the 
studies of small insurers mandated by the 2015 Reauthorization Act. The 
data elements specified in proposed Sec.  50.52 are those specified in 
Section 112 of the 2015 Reauthorization Act. Apart from the comments 
concerning whether captive insurers should be considered ``small 
insurers'' for these purposes, addressed above, Treasury did not 
receive any comments concerning proposed Sec.  50.52. Treasury 
accordingly adopts as the final rule Sec.  50.52 as originally 
proposed.
Collection of Claims Data (Sec.  50.53)
    Proposed Sec.  50.53 establishes rules for the collection of data 
by Treasury once an act has been certified as an act of terrorism. As 
explained in the preamble to the proposed rule, Treasury proposed this 
provision, which accelerates the time that participating insurers would 
otherwise be required to report claims to Treasury, because in the 
absence of such information Treasury could be unaware that the Program 
Trigger threshold has been breached, which would thus delay its 
response to legitimate claims for payment of the Federal share of 
compensation.\60\ Treasury received two comments concerning this 
proposed rule which suggested, respectively, that no rationale was 
offered and that the proposal should be withdrawn pending further 
study, and the existing requirement (which limits claims reporting to 
situations where 50 percent of a particular insurer's deductible has 
been eroded) is sufficient.\61\
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    \60\ See 81 FR 18950, 18954 (April 1, 2016).
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    Having this requirement in the rules serves an important purpose--
to alert Treasury to the need to make payments to an insurer that has 
satisfied its deductible, but as to which it is unclear, based upon 
that particular insurer's experience alone, that the Program Trigger 
has been met. While the proposed rule may not provide any particular 
benefit to a large insurer, whose claims may alone demonstrate that the 
Program Trigger has been reached, it could be critical to a smaller 
insurer that cannot make this demonstration on its own, when other 
insurers have not met the current 50 percent threshold for reporting 
claim information and have no reporting obligation. Treasury interprets 
both comments as implying that the monthly reporting requirement would 
pose an increased burden on insurers. Treasury believes that the 
information that will be required from an insurer under this provision 
will be generated by the insurer in the ordinary course of its 
business. As a result, Treasury does not believe that this provision 
imposes a significant additional burden on a participating insurer, any 
more than an insurer would be burdened if it received such a request 
from its reinsurer.
    Under these circumstances, Treasury believes that the proposed rule 
serves an important purpose, and provides an important safeguard to 
insurers that may be most at risk when faced with a disproportionate 
number of terrorism risk claims. Accordingly, Treasury will adopt as 
the final rule Sec.  50.53 as proposed.
Handling of Data (Sec.  50.54)
    Finally, proposed Sec.  50.54 implements the requirements found in 
Section 111 of the 2015 Reauthorization Act, which recognize that the 
data Treasury will need to collect from participating insurers may 
constitute proprietary information that is highly sensitive to the 
individual companies (and, potentially, underlying policyholders and 
claimants) from which it is obtained. Treasury received one comment 
concerning the proposed rule, which is generally in favor of the 
provision but which suggests that the rule fails to address potential 
confidentiality issues presented by the use of a third-party vendor by 
Treasury, such as an insurance statistical aggregator, to collect 
confidential data.\62\
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    \62\ NAMIC Comments at 4. In addition to this comment, Treasury 
received a number of comments that mentioned the confidentiality 
provisions of proposed Sec.  50.54, but only in the context of 
suggesting that lesser data production requirements should be 
adopted for captive insurers. See Exchange Indemnity Comments at 2; 
Marsh Captive Solutions Comments at 1-2. Treasury will address such 
comments in connection with future data collection protocols.
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    The 2015 Reauthorization Act expressly provides that Treasury--``to 
the extent possible''--shall contract with an insurance statistical 
aggregator to collect data and obtain it in aggregated form, precisely 
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2015 Reauthorization Act and the proposed rule. Such insurance 
statistical aggregators are subject to confidentiality requirements in 
their ordinary business activities, and the 2015 Reauthorization Act 
directs that any such entity with which Treasury might contract ``shall 
keep any nonpublic information confidential . . . .'' Although the 
statutory language effectively addresses the concern identified by the 
commenter, Treasury will modify the proposed rule to provide that, to 
the extent Treasury utilizes an insurance statistical aggregator to 
assist in the collection of data, such insurance statistical aggregator 
will be subject to the requirement to keep nonpublic information 
confidential, as required by the 2015 Reauthorization Act.
    Treasury adopts as the final rule Subpart F as it was proposed, 
subject to the modifications identified above.

7. Subpart G--Certification

    Subpart G, Sec. Sec.  50-60 to 50.63, as modified, was previously 
adopted by Treasury as an interim final rule, although was initially 
adopted as Subpart K, Sec. Sec.  50.100 to 50.103, in order to avoid 
reduplication of Subparts and section numbers in light of the existing 
rules. It is adopted here as Subpart G, Sec. Sec.  50.60 to 50.63, as 
an interim final rule pending receipt and consideration of additional 
comments concerning the certification process as identified in the 
interim final rule. In this version of the interim final rule 
concerning certification, Treasury has also modified the internal 
citations within Subpart G to conform to the relevant sections that now 
apply with the issuance of these additional rules.

8. Subpart H--Claims Procedures

    Most of the proposed changes to Subpart H addressed modifications 
required by the 2015 Reauthorization Act. In addition, Treasury 
proposed new Sec.  50.76, addressing the final netting of claims. 
Treasury previously received comments on this provision after it was 
originally proposed in August 2010, and made certain changes to the 
draft rule as currently proposed in response to those comments.\63\ 
Only one additional comment was received in response to the present 
April 2016 proposed rule, which incorporated comments previously 
provided in connection with the earlier August 2010 proposed rule. The 
comment received suggests the proposed rule (at Sec.  50.76(e)) should 
be modified to provide that if a participating insurer meets a 20 
percent threshold of additional claims within a year after the Final 
Netting Date--notwithstanding the final netting and an associated 
communication--Treasury ``shall'' reopen the claim.\64\ As currently 
proposed, the rule provides only that Treasury may permit the claim to 
be reopened. In addition, the same commenter suggests that, when a 
commutation is being considered, Treasury should provide the insurer in 
question no less than 180 days within which to submit the information 
required by Treasury to consider the proposed commutation, as opposed 
to ``no less than 90 days'' in proposed Sec.  50.76(d)(2).\65\
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    \63\ 81 FR 18950, 18955 (April 1, 2016); see also 75 FR 45563 
(August 2, 2010) (final netting rule as originally proposed in 
2010).
    \64\ NAMIC Comments at 5.
    \65\ NAMIC Comments at 5-6.
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    As Treasury explained in its preamble to this proposed rule, 
section 103(e)(4) of TRIA provides the Secretary with the sole 
discretion to determine the time at which claims relating to any 
insured loss or act of terrorism shall be considered final. Based on 
that authority, the final netting rule provides the mechanism for the 
Secretary to determine when claims for the Federal share of 
compensation shall be considered final, and accordingly that final 
payments shall be made by Treasury to insurers, or by insurers to 
Treasury, such that Treasury can close out its claims operation for 
insured losses for a given calendar year. By contrast, the comment 
proposes that Treasury leave open the final netting process for further 
extended periods of time.
    Treasury declines to make the proposed change obligating Treasury 
to necessarily reopen the claims process if an insurer is able to 
satisfy the 20 percent threshold. As proposed, Treasury will be able to 
determine that the additional claims experience satisfying the 20 
percent threshold arose in an unexpected fashion, such that it could 
not have been accounted for in any prior commutation process. If it 
does not appear that the claims in question were otherwise expected--at 
a time when the likelihood of further claim activity should be quite 
remote--Treasury would be able to allow for a reopening, assuming no 
other considerations militate against doing so. However, because the 
Secretary has sole discretion in determining the time at which claims 
must be considered to be final, there should not be any mandatory 
obligation upon the Secretary to further extend the claims process.
    Similarly, allowing for a period of not less than 6 months for the 
provision of requested data would necessarily extend out any 
commutation process for a period far longer than the time that would 
reasonably be required. As the commenter acknowledges, ``not less than 
90 days'' means that Treasury may still provide longer than 90 days to 
the insurer in question, if the insurer shows that a longer period is 
reasonably required to generate the information called for by Treasury. 
Imposing a far lengthier default period upon the process, regardless of 
the time actually necessary to respond to the inquiries, does not 
strike the appropriate balance in a situation where the statutory goal 
is to bring to a close Treasury's involvement in the claims process.
    Treasury adopts as the final rule Subpart H as it was proposed.

9. Subpart I--Audit and Investigative Procedures

    The only substantive change to Subpart I (formerly Subpart G) was 
new Sec.  50.82, addressing civil penalties in connection with TRIA. 
The proposed rule tracked the statutory language as to the situations 
in which a civil penalty may be assessed, and provided (as required by 
the Act) for any penalty to be assessed only after proceedings on the 
record and after an opportunity for a hearing is extended to the 
insurer in question. The proposed rule also identified a proposed 
increase for inflation, as required by Federal law, although more 
recent statutory authority now requires an increase in the maximum 
penalty amount from $1,000,000 to $1,311,850, as distinguished from the 
$1,325,000 as originally proposed. Treasury has already issued an 
interim final rule increasing the maximum penalty amount and providing 
for its annual adjustment, as required by statute.\66\
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    \66\ The amount of the civil penalty and its annual 
readjustment, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 
Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114-74, was 
previously adopted by Treasury. See 81 FR 88600 (Dec. 7, 2016) 
(adopting by interim final rule 31 CFR 50.87). That rule was 
identified as 31 CFR 50.87 in order to avoid reduplication of 
existing rule numbers; as part of this final rule, that provision is 
renumbered as 31 CFR 50.83. For purposes of the final rule, proposed 
Sec.  50.82 has also been revised to now cross-reference the civil 
penalty amount now set forth in 31 CFR 50.83.
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    Treasury received a number of comments in response to the proposed 
rule. None of the comments challenged the authority for the issuance of 
the rule, or the fact that the amount of the maximum penalty must be 
increased for inflation on account of Federal law requirements. A 
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proposed, however, that proposed Sec.  50.82 should be amended to 
include language requiring that the conduct giving rise to the 
potential imposition of penalties be subject to increased levels of 
culpability (e.g., ``intentionally'', in ``gross disregard'', 
``knowingly'') \67\ where proposed Sec.  50.82 as published does not 
already require ``intentional'' or ``fraudulent'' conduct as a basis 
for a claim of violation justifying the imposition of civil 
penalties.\68\ In addition, one commenter suggested inclusion of a 
provision that would permit relief for insurers that ``upon 
notification of a potential violation, take steps to correct it.'' \69\
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    \67\ See NAMIC Comments, at 6 (suggesting inclusion of 
``intentionally or with gross disregard'' standard in proposed Sec.  
50.82(a)(1) and (4), and ``intentional or grossly negligent'' 
standard in proposed Sec.  50.82(a)(5)); Lloyd's Comments, at 2-3 
(suggesting inclusion of a ``knowingly'' standard in proposed Sec.  
50.82(a)(5)).
    \68\ As proposed, Sec.  50.82 identifies five categories of 
conduct (Sec.  50.82(a)(1)-(5)) that could potentially justify the 
imposition of a civil penalty; subsections (a)(2) (intentional 
provision of erroneous information) and (a)(3) (submission of 
fraudulent claims to the Program) already contain heightened 
culpability standards. Subsections (a)(1) (failure to collect 
recoupment surcharges), (a)(4) (failure to provide disclosures or 
other required information), and (a)(5) (other failures to comply 
with TRIA or the regulations) as proposed do not require 
``intentional'' or ``knowing'' violations, or conduct in ``gross 
disregard'' for imposition of a civil penalty.
    \69\ Lloyd's Comments, at 3.
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    Proposed Sec.  50.82 is based upon the provisions of section 104(e) 
of TRIA. The violations specified in the proposed regulation are those 
identified in the statute, which does not prescribe (with the exception 
of the violations identified in proposed Sec.  50.82(a)(2) and (3)) any 
heightened standard of conduct or culpability in connection with a 
violation. At least one of the violations which is not subject to any 
higher standard--the collection of recoupment amounts, under proposed 
Sec.  50.82(a)(1)--implicates matters central to the financial 
mechanisms under which the Program is based. Furthermore, because the 
maximum penalty amount is either the statutory figure or, if greater, 
the amount in dispute in cases of a ``failure to pay, charge, collect, 
or remit amounts in accordance with'' the Act, modification of the 
proposed rule as suggested would impose a greater burden on the 
government to prove a violation than contemplated by the statute, in a 
situation where the violation has resulted in a failure to pay, charge, 
collect, or remit amounts even greater than the statutory figure that 
could be essential to the integrity of the Program.
    For these reasons, Treasury declines to modify proposed Sec.  50.82 
to include higher standards of culpable conduct than were identified by 
Congress in TRIA when establishing a civil penalty in the first place. 
Of course, the culpability of an insurer's conduct in responding to a 
claim that it is subject to a civil penalty may be relevant to the 
amount of any penalty that is ultimately imposed, when a violation is 
identified. Treasury believes, however, that this is best accomplished 
through the individual adjudication process, and does not warrant a 
modification to the scope of the civil penalty provision as enacted in 
TRIA.
    Similarly, while Treasury agrees with the comment that, in the 
event of a claimed violation, Treasury should take into account 
situations where an insurer takes steps to cure an innocent violation 
upon notification, Treasury will not modify the rule as proposed. The 
nature of any claimed violation could clearly have an effect on the 
amount of any civil penalty assessed, or whether any penalty should be 
assessed at all. The situation identified by the commenter is one of 
any number of circumstances that might arise reflecting reduced 
culpability that could be found by Treasury to justify either a 
reduction or elimination of any civil penalty assessed. However, 
because such circumstances are fact dependent and case specific, this 
is something best addressed on a case-by-case basis rather than through 
a revision to the rule as originally proposed.
    Because of the recent inclusion of a new rule addressing the amount 
of the civil penalty and its adjustment over time, proposed Sec.  50.82 
is also being modified to reference Sec.  50.87--which is renumbered in 
this Final Rule as Sec.  50.83--as the source of the amount of the 
civil penalty.
    Treasury adopts as the final rule Subpart I as it was proposed, 
subject to the modification identified above.

10. Subpart J--Recoupment and Surcharge Procedures

    The principal changes proposed to Subpart J were in connection with 
proposed Sec.  50.90 (formerly Sec.  50.70), and were based upon 
changes to the Program adopted in the 2015 Reauthorization Act--i.e., 
the increase, from 133 percent to 140 percent, in the amount of 
terrorism loss risk-spreading premiums to be applied to any mandatory 
recoupment amount, and the revised schedule for the collection of 
terrorism loss risk-spreading premiums, depending upon the timing of 
any certified act of terrorism. The balance of the proposed changes to 
Subpart J were in the nature of clarifying and conforming changes in 
light of the 2015 Reauthorization Act, and did not seek to establish 
any further substantive changes. Treasury did not receive any comments 
concerning the proposed revisions to this Subpart.
    Treasury adopts as the final rule Subpart J as it was proposed.

11. Subpart K--Federal Cause of Action; Approval of Settlements

    The proposed Rule incorporated certain changes and clarifications 
to Subpart K, involving the Federal Cause of Action and Approval of 
Settlements by Treasury. These changes are designed to enhance 
Treasury's ability to evaluate and manage significant claims that could 
have a material impact upon Treasury's payment of the Federal share of 
compensation. The balance of the proposed changes to Subpart K made 
certain clarifying changes or deleted material that is now redundant or 
unnecessary, and did not seek to establish any substantive changes. 
Treasury did not receive any comments concerning the proposed revisions 
to this Subpart.
    Treasury adopts as the final rule Subpart K as it was proposed.

12. Subpart L--Cap on Annual Liability

    The proposed changes in Subpart L incorporated language required by 
the 2015 Reauthorization Act, or conformed the provisions to Treasury's 
other data collection authorities under Part 50. Treasury did not 
receive any comments concerning the proposed revisions to this Subpart.
    Treasury adopts as the final rule Subpart L as it was proposed.

V. Procedural Requirements

    Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review.'' 
Executive Order 12866, as supplemented by Executive Order 13563, 
establishes a program to reform and make more efficient the regulatory 
process of the Federal Government. In accordance with such Executive 
Orders, this rule is a significant regulatory action, and has been 
reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.
    Regulatory Flexibility Act. In general, the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), which applies to any rule subject to notice 
and comment rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act or any 
other law, requires a federal agency to conduct a full regulatory 
flexibility analysis unless the agency certifies that the rule will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. (5 U.S.C. 605(b)). In the preamble to the proposed rule, 
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a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. Treasury did not receive any comments in response to the 
proposed rule on the impact to small entities or insurers, and the 
final rule has not been revised in any way that warrants a change to 
this certification. As discussed in the preamble to the proposed rule, 
some small entities--as defined by the regulations of the SBA (see 13 
CFR 121. 201)--and small insurers--as defined by the proposed rules--
are affected by the statutory obligation that they submit data to aid 
the Secretary in analyzing the effectiveness of the Program.\70\ 
Treasury has estimated that approximately 500 insurers will have lesser 
reporting burdens because they are ``small insurers'' as now defined in 
Treasury's regulations, either because of the lesser amount of data 
that they have, or on account of being excused from the most detailed 
reporting requirements. See 81 FR 18950, 18957 (April 1, 2016).
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    Although a substantial number of small entities may be affected, 
any economic impact will not be significant. Treasury crafted these 
regulations in a manner that most insurers, including small insurers, 
should already be collecting and maintaining the data in question as 
part of their ordinary course of business, such that any additional 
costs will be occasioned by some reprogramming costs to permit the more 
efficient reporting of the requested data. Given the character of the 
information that is sought, Treasury believes that any such costs 
should be nominal, in light of existing obligations all insurers have 
to record and retain the information sought by Treasury. Nonetheless, 
and recognizing that the provisions of the regulations respecting data 
collection may impose some additional costs and burdens on small 
insurers, the regulations provide Treasury with the authority to excuse 
or modify the data collection requirements as applicable to small 
insurers.
    Treasury did receive a number of comments, as addressed above, 
which questioned the general exclusion of captive insurance companies 
from Treasury's proposed definition of ``small insurers'' for purposes 
of the Program. As explained above, the only consequences of this 
exclusion are that (1) captive insurers (regardless of their size) will 
not be evaluated by Treasury in a study of small insurers mandated 
under the 2015 Reauthorization Act (which Treasury has determined was 
not meant to address any issues that captive insurers might face); and 
(2) captive insurers, regardless of their size, will not be subject to 
data collection requirements instituted for ``small insurers''--
although, as also explained above, data collection from captive 
insurers will be addressed separately by Treasury in data collection 
requests directed specifically to captive insurers in light of the 
nature of captive insurer operations. Accordingly, Treasury finds that 
the rule as adopted will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities that might also be captive 
insurers.
    Paperwork Reduction Act. The proposed collection of information as 
contained in the proposed rule was submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review under the requirements of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3507(d). In response to its 
solicitation for comments addressing various factors, Treasury received 
two comments from the public concerning the necessity of the collection 
of information with respect to claims data, which Treasury has 
addressed above in the section entitled ``Collection of Claims Data'' 
under proposed Sec.  50.53.\71\ In addition, Treasury received a number 
of comments which provided (or could be read to provide) suggestions 
for minimization of the burden of the annual data requests,\72\ which 
Treasury addressed above in the section entitled ``Annual data 
reporting'' under proposed Sec.  50.51, and in response to which it has 
made certain modifications to the rules adopted as final that will 
govern annual data collection. Treasury also received a comment 
concerning data that might be collected in support of a commutation 
under the Final Netting Rule,\73\ which Treasury has addressed above in 
the section entitled ``Claims Procedures'' under proposed Sec.  50.76. 
Although solicited, Treasury did not receive any comments from the 
public concerning the accuracy of Treasury's burden estimates; 
suggestions for enhancement of the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collection; or estimates of capital or start-up costs that 
would be necessary for compliance with the information collection. The 
final rule does not contain any new collections of information. Under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless it displays a valid OMB Control number. Treasury will obtain 
final OMB approval for the collection of information concerning Annual 
Data Requests, Claims Data, or Final Netting-Commutation prior to any 
collection of such information.
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    \71\ See AIA Comments at 7; Jason Schupp Comments at 7-8.
    \72\ See generally above, addressing comments in connection with 
proposed Sec.  50.51.
    \73\ See NAMIC Comments at 5-6.
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List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 50

    Insurance, Terrorism.

Authority and Issuance

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, 31 CFR part 50 is revised 
to read as follows:

PART 50--TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE PROGRAM

Subpart A--General Provisions
Sec.
50.1 Authority, purpose, and scope.
50.2 Responsible office.
50.3 Mandatory participation in program.
50.4 Definitions.
50.5 Rule of construction for dates.
50.6 Special rules for Interim Guidance safe harbors.
50.7 Procedure for requesting determinations of controlling 
influence.
50.8 Procedure for requesting general interpretations of statute.
Subpart B--Disclosures as Conditions for Federal Payment
50.10 General disclosure requirements.
50.11 Definition.
50.12 Clear and conspicuous disclosure.
50.13 Offer and renewal.
50.14 Separate line item.
50.15 Cap disclosure.
50.16 Use of model forms.
50.17 General disclosure requirements for State residual market 
insurance entities and State workers' compensation funds.
Subpart C--Mandatory Availability
50.20 General mandatory availability requirements.
50.21 Make available.
50.22 No material difference from other coverage.
50.23 Applicability of State law requirements.
Subpart D--State Residual Market Insurance Entities; Workers' 
Compensation Funds
50.30 General participation requirements.
50.31 Entities that do not share profits and losses with private 
sector insurers.
50.32 Entities that share profits and losses with private sector 
insurers.
50.33 Allocation of premium income associated with entities that do 
share profits and losses with private sector insurers.
Subpart E--[Reserved]
Subpart F--Data Collection
50.50 General.
50.51 Annual data reporting.
50.52 Small insurer data.
50.53 Collection of claims data.
50.54 Handling of data.

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Subpart G--Certification
50.60 Certification.
50.61 Public communication.
50.62 Certification data collection.
50.63 Notification of certification determination.
Subpart H--Claims Procedures
50.70 Federal share of compensation.
50.71 Adjustments to the Federal share of compensation.
50.72 Notice of deductible erosion.
50.73 Loss certifications.
50.74 Payment of Federal share of compensation.
50.75 Determination of affiliations.
50.76 Final netting.
Subpart I--Audit and Investigative Procedures
50.80 Audit authority.
50.81 Recordkeeping.
50.82 Civil penalties.
50.83 Adjustment of civil monetary penalty amount.
Subpart J--Recoupment and Surcharge Procedures
50.90 Mandatory and discretionary recoupment.
50.91 Determination of recoupment amounts.
50.92 Establishment of Federal terrorism policy surcharge.
50.93 Notification of recoupment.
50.94 Collecting the surcharge.
50.95 Remitting the surcharge.
50.96 Insurer responsibility.
Subpart K--Federal Cause of Action; Approval of Settlements
50.100 Federal cause of action and remedy.
50.101 State causes of action preempted.
50.102 Advance approval of settlements.
50.103 Procedure for requesting approval of proposed settlements.
50.104 Subrogation.
Subpart L--Cap on Annual Liability
50.110 Cap on annual liability.
50.111 Notice to Congress.
50.112 Determination of pro rata share.
50.113 Application of pro rata share.
50.114 Data call authority.
50.115 Final amount.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321; Title I, Pub. L. 107-
297, 116 Stat. 2322, as amended by Pub. L. 109-144, 119 Stat. 2660, 
Pub. L. 110-160, 121 Stat. 1839 and Pub. L. 114-1, 129 Stat. 3 (15 
U.S.C. 6701 note); Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 601, Title VII (28 
U.S.C. 2461 note).

Subpart A--General Provisions


Sec.  50.1   Authority, purpose, and scope.

    (a) Authority. This part is issued pursuant to authority in Title I 
of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, Public Law 107-297, 116 
Stat. 2322, as amended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 
2005, Public Law 109-144, 119 Stat. 2660, the Terrorism Risk Insurance 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, Public Law 110-160, 121 Stat. 
1839, and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 
2015, Public Law 114-1, 129 Stat. 3.
    (b) Purpose. This part contains rules prescribed by the Department 
of the Treasury to implement and administer the Terrorism Risk 
Insurance Program.
    (c) Scope. This part applies to insurers subject to the Act and 
their policyholders and claimants.


Sec.  50.2   Responsible office.

    The office responsible for the administration of the Terrorism Risk 
Insurance Act in the Department of the Treasury is the Terrorism Risk 
Insurance Program Office within the Federal Insurance Office. The 
Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions prescribes the 
regulations under the Act.


Sec.  50.3   Mandatory participation in program.

    Any entity that meets the definition of an insurer under the Act is 
required to participate in the Program.


Sec.  50.4   Definitions.

    For purposes of this part:
    (a) Act means the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (as 
amended).
    (b) Act of terrorism--(1) In general. The term act of terrorism 
means any act that is certified by the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Attorney General of the United States and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security:
    (i) To be an act of terrorism;
    (ii) To be a violent act or an act that is dangerous to human life, 
property, or infrastructure;
    (iii) To have resulted in damage within the United States, or 
outside of the United States in the case of:
    (A) An air carrier (as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102) or a United 
States flag vessel (or a vessel based principally in the United States, 
on which United States income tax is paid and whose insurance coverage 
is subject to regulation in the United States); or
    (B) The premises of a United States mission; and
    (iv) To have been committed by an individual or individuals as part 
of an effort to coerce the civilian population of the United States or 
to influence the policy or affect the conduct of the United States 
Government by coercion.
    (2) Limitations. The Secretary is not authorized to certify an act 
as an act of terrorism if:
    (i) The act is committed as part of the course of a war declared by 
the Congress (except with respect to any coverage for workers' 
compensation); or
    (ii) Property and casualty insurance losses resulting from the act, 
in the aggregate, do not exceed $5,000,000.
    (3) Judicial review precluded. The Secretary's certification of an 
act of terrorism, or determination not to certify an act as an act of 
terrorism, is final and is not subject to judicial review.
    (c)(1) Affiliate means, with respect to an insurer, any entity that 
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the 
insurer. An affiliate must itself meet the definition of insurer to 
participate in the Program.
    (2)(i) For purposes of paragraph (c)(1) of this section, an insurer 
has control over another insurer for purposes of the Program if:
    (A) The insurer directly or indirectly or acting through one or 
more other persons owns, controls, or has power to vote 25 percent or 
more of any class of voting securities of the other insurer;
    (B) The insurer controls in any manner the election of a majority 
of the directors or trustees of the other insurer; or
    (C) The Secretary determines, after notice and opportunity for 
hearing, that an insurer directly or indirectly exercises a controlling 
influence over the management or policies of the other insurer, even if 
there is no control as defined in paragraph (c)(2)(i)(A) or 
(c)(2)(i)(B) of this section.
    (ii) An entity, including any affiliate thereof, does not have 
control or exercise controlling influence over a reciprocal insurer 
under this section if, as of January 12, 2015, the entity, including 
any affiliate thereof, was acting as an attorney-in-fact for the 
reciprocal insurer, provided that the entity does not, for reasons 
other than activities it may perform under the attorney-in-fact 
relationship, have control over the reciprocal insurer as otherwise 
defined under this section.
    (3) An insurer described in paragraph (c)(2)(i)(A) or (B) of this 
section is conclusively deemed to have control.
    (4) For purposes of a determination of controlling influence under 
paragraph (c)(2)(i)(C) of this section, if an insurer is not described 
in paragraph (c)(2)(i)(A) or (B) of this section, the following 
rebuttable presumptions will apply:
    (i) If an insurer controls another insurer under the laws of a 
state, and at least one of the factors listed in paragraph (c)(4)(iv) 
of this section applies, there is a rebuttable presumption that the 
insurer that has control under state law exercises a controlling 
influence over the management or policies of the other insurer for 
purposes of paragraph (c)(2)(i)(C) of this section.
    (ii) If an insurer provides 25 percent or more of another insurer's 
capital (in the case of a stock insurer), policyholder surplus (in the 
case of a mutual insurer),

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or corporate capital (in the case of other entities that qualify as 
insurers), and at least one of the factors listed in paragraph 
(c)(4)(iv) of this section applies, there is a rebuttable presumption 
that the insurer providing such capital, policyholder surplus, or 
corporate capital exercises a controlling influence over the management 
or policies of the receiving insurer for purposes of paragraph 
(c)(2)(i)(C) of this section.
    (iii) If an insurer, at any time during a calendar year, supplies 
25 percent or more of the underwriting capacity for that year to an 
insurer that is a syndicate consisting of one or more incorporated or 
individual unincorporated underwriters, and at least one of the factors 
in paragraph (c)(4)(iv) of this section applies, there is a rebuttable 
presumption that the insurer exercises a controlling influence over the 
syndicate for purposes of paragraph (c)(2)(i)(C) of this section.
    (iv) If paragraphs (c)(4)(i) through (iii) of this section are not 
applicable, but two or more of the following factors apply to an 
insurer, with respect to another insurer, there is a rebuttable 
presumption that the insurer exercises a controlling influence over the 
management or policies of the other insurer for purposes of paragraph 
(c)(2)(i)(C) of this section:
    (A) The insurer is one of the two largest shareholders of any class 
of voting stock;
    (B) The insurer holds more than 35 percent of the combined debt 
securities and equity of the other insurer;
    (C) The insurer is party to an agreement pursuant to which the 
insurer possesses a material economic stake in the other insurer 
resulting from a profit-sharing arrangement, use of common names, 
facilities or personnel, or the provision of essential services to the 
other insurer;
    (D) The insurer is party to an agreement that enables the insurer 
to influence a material aspect of the management or policies of the 
other insurer;
    (E) The insurer would have the ability, other than through the 
holding of revocable proxies, to direct the votes of more than 25 
percent of the other insurer's voting stock in the future upon the 
occurrence of an event;
    (F) The insurer has the power to direct the disposition of more 
than 25 percent of a class of voting stock of the other insurer in a 
manner other than a widely dispersed or public offering;
    (G) The insurer and/or the insurer's representative or nominee 
constitute more than one member of the other insurer's board of 
directors; or
    (H) The insurer or its nominee or an officer of the insurer serves 
as the chairman of the board, chairman of the executive committee, 
chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial 
officer or in any position with similar policymaking authority in the 
other insurer.
    (5) An insurer that is not described in paragraph (c)(2)(i) or (ii) 
of this section may request a hearing in which the insurer may rebut a 
presumption of controlling influence under paragraph (c)(4)(i) through 
(iv) of this section or otherwise request a determination of 
controlling influence by presenting and supporting its position through 
written submissions to Treasury, and in Treasury's discretion, through 
informal oral presentations, in accordance with the procedure in Sec.  
50.7.
    (6) An insurer's affiliates for a calendar year, for purposes of 
subpart H of this part, shall be determined in accordance with the 
timing requirements laid out in Sec.  50.75 of this part.
    (d) Aggregate Federal share of compensation means the aggregate 
amount paid by Treasury for the Federal share of compensation for 
insured losses in a calendar year.
    (e) Assessment period means a period, established by Treasury, 
during which policyholders of property and casualty insurance policies 
must pay, and insurers must collect, the Federal terrorism policy 
surcharge for remittance to Treasury.
    (f) Attorney-in-fact means a person or entity appointed by the 
subscribers or members of a reciprocal insurer to act for and bind the 
reciprocal insurer under relevant state law for the benefit of its 
subscribers or members.
    (g) Captive insurer means an insurer licensed under the captive 
insurance laws or regulations of any state.
    (h) Direct earned premium means direct earned premium for all 
property and casualty insurance issued by any insurer for insurance 
against all losses, including losses from an act of terrorism, 
occurring at the locations described in section 102(5)(A) and (B) of 
the Act.
    (1) State-licensed or admitted insurers. For a state licensed or 
admitted insurer that reports to the NAIC, direct earned premium is the 
premium information for property and casualty insurance reported by the 
insurer on column 2 of the Exhibit of Premiums and Losses of the NAIC 
Annual Statement (commonly known as Statutory Page 14).
    (i) Premium information as reported to state regulators through the 
NAIC should be included in the calculation of direct earned premiums 
for purposes of the Program only to the extent it reflects premiums for 
property and casualty insurance issued by the insurer against losses 
occurring at the locations described in section 102(5)(A) and (B) of 
the Act.
    (ii) Premiums for personal property and casualty lines of insurance 
(insurance primarily designed to cover personal, family or household 
risk exposures, with the exception of insurance written to insure 1 to 
4 family rental dwellings owned for the business purpose of generating 
income for the property owner), or premiums for any other insurance 
coverage that does not meet the definition of property and casualty 
insurance, should be excluded in the calculation of direct earned 
premiums for purposes of the Program.
    (iii) Personal property and casualty lines of insurance coverage 
that includes incidental coverage for commercial purposes are primarily 
personal coverage, and therefore premiums may be fully excluded by an 
insurer from the calculation of direct earned premium. For purposes of 
this section, commercial coverage is incidental if less than 25 percent 
of the total direct earned premium is attributable to commercial 
coverage. Property and casualty insurance against losses occurring at 
locations other than the locations described in section 102(5)(A) and 
(B) of the Act, or other insurance coverage that does not meet the 
definition of property and casualty insurance, but that includes 
incidental coverage for commercial risk exposures at such locations, is 
primarily not commercial, and therefore premiums for such insurance may 
also be fully excluded by an insurer from the calculation of direct 
earned premium. For purposes of this section, property and casualty 
insurance for losses occurring at the locations described in section 
102(5)(A) and (B) of the Act is incidental if less than 25 percent of 
the total direct earned premium for the insurance policy is 
attributable to coverage at such locations. Also for purposes of this 
section, coverage for commercial risk exposures is incidental if it is 
combined with coverages that otherwise do not meet the definition of 
property and casualty insurance and less than 25 percent of the total 
direct earned premium for the insurance policy is attributable to the 
coverage for commercial risk exposures.
    (iv) If an insurance policy covers both commercial and personal 
property and casualty exposures, insurers may allocate the premiums in 
accordance with the proportion of risk between commercial and personal 
components

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in order to ascertain direct earned premium. If a policy includes 
insurance coverage that meets the definition of property and casualty 
insurance for losses occurring at the locations described in section 
102(5)(A) and (B) of the Act, but also includes other coverage, 
insurers may allocate the premiums in accordance with the proportion of 
risk attributable to the components in order to ascertain direct earned 
premium.
    (2) Insurers that do not report to NAIC. An insurer that does not 
report to the NAIC, but that is licensed or admitted by any state (such 
as certain farm or county mutual insurers), should use the guidance 
provided in paragraph (h)(1) of this section to assist in ascertaining 
its direct earned premium.
    (i) Direct earned premium may be ascertained by adjusting data 
maintained by such insurer or reported by such insurer to its state 
regulator to reflect a breakdown of premiums for commercial and 
personal property and casualty exposure risk as described in paragraph 
(h)(1) of this section and, if necessary, re-stated to reflect the 
accrual method of determining direct earned premium versus direct 
premium.
    (ii) Such an insurer should consider other types of payments that 
compensate the insurer for risk of loss (contributions, assessments, 
etc.) as part of its direct earned premium.
    (3) Certain eligible surplus line carrier insurers. An eligible 
surplus line carrier insurer listed on the NAIC Quarterly Listing of 
Alien Insurers must ascertain its direct earned premium by pricing 
separately its premium for insurance that meets the definition of 
property and casualty insurance for losses occurring at the locations 
described in section 102(5)(A) and (B) of the Act.
    (4) Federally approved insurers. A federally approved insurer, 
defined under section 102(6)(A)(iii) of the Act, should use a 
methodology similar to that specified for eligible surplus line carrier 
insurers in paragraph (h)(3) of this section to calculate its direct 
earned premium. Such calculation should be adjusted to reflect the 
limitations on scope of insurance coverage under the Program (i.e., to 
the extent of Federal approval of property and casualty insurance in 
connection with maritime, energy or aviation activities).
    (i) Direct written premium means the premium information for 
property and casualty insurance that is included by an insurer in 
column 1 of the Exhibit of Premiums and Losses of the NAIC Annual 
Statement or in an equivalent reporting requirement. The Federal 
terrorism policy surcharge is not included in amounts reported as 
direct written premium.
    (j) Discretionary recoupment amount means such amount of the 
aggregate Federal share of compensation in excess of the mandatory 
recoupment amount that the Secretary has determined will be recouped 
pursuant to section 103(e)(7)(D) of the Act.
    (k) Federal Insurance Office means the Federal Insurance Office 
within the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
    (l) Federal terrorism policy surcharge means the amount established 
by Treasury under Subpart J of this Part that is imposed as a policy 
surcharge on property and casualty insurance policies, expressed as a 
percentage of the written premium.
    (m) Insurance marketplace aggregate retention amount means an 
amount for a calendar year as calculated under section 103(e)(6) of the 
Act.
    (1) For calendar years beginning with 2015 through 2019, such 
amount is the lesser of the aggregate amount, for all insurers, of 
insured losses once there has been a Program Trigger Event during the 
calendar year and:
    (i) For calendar year 2015: $29,500,000,000;
    (ii) For calendar year 2016: $31,500,000,000;
    (iii) For calendar year 2017: $33,500,000,000;
    (iv) For calendar year 2018: $35,500,000,000; and
    (v) For calendar year 2019: $37,500,000,000.
    (2) For calendar years beginning with 2020 and any calendar year 
thereafter as may be necessary, such amount is the lesser of the 
aggregate amount, for all insurers, of insured losses once there has 
been a Program Trigger Event during the calendar year and the annual 
average of the sum of insurer deductibles for all insurers for the 
prior 3 years, to be calculated by taking
    (i) the total amount of direct earned premium reported by insurers 
to Treasury pursuant to section 50.51 for the three calendar years 
prior to the calendar year in question, and then dividing that figure 
by three; and
    (ii) Multiplying the resulting three-year average figure by 20%.
    (3) Beginning in 2020, Treasury shall publish in the Federal 
Register the insurance marketplace aggregate retention amount for that 
calendar year no later than April 30, 2020, and by every April 30 
thereafter for any subsequent calendar years as necessary. To the 
extent the Secretary certifies an act as an act of terrorism prior to 
April 30 of any calendar year after 2019, Treasury will publish the 
relevant insurance marketplace aggregate retention amount as soon as 
practicable thereafter.
    (n) Insured loss. (1) The term insured loss means any loss 
resulting from an act of terrorism (including an act of war, in the 
case of workers' compensation) that is covered by primary or excess 
property and casualty insurance issued by an insurer if the loss:
    (i) Occurs within the United States;
    (ii) Occurs to an air carrier (as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102), or 
to a United States flag vessel (or a vessel based principally in the 
United States, on which United States income tax is paid and whose 
insurance coverage is subject to regulation in the United States), 
regardless of where the loss occurs; however, to the extent a loss 
occurs to such an air carrier or vessel outside the United States, the 
insured loss does not include losses covered by third party insurance 
contracts that are separate from the insurance coverage provided to the 
air carrier or vessel; or
    (iii) Occurs at the premises of any United States mission.
    (2) The term insured loss includes reasonable loss adjustment 
expenses, incurred by an insurer in connection with insured losses, 
that are allocated and identified by claim file in insurer records, 
including expenses incurred in the investigation, adjustment, and 
defense of claims, but excluding staff salaries, overhead, and other 
insurer expenses that would have been incurred notwithstanding the 
insured loss.
    (3) The term insured loss does not include:
    (i) Punitive or exemplary damages awarded or paid in connection 
with the Federal cause of action specified in section 107(a)(1) of the 
Act. The term ``punitive or exemplary damages'' means damages that are 
not compensatory but are an award of money made to a claimant solely to 
punish or deter; or
    (ii) Extra-contractual damages awarded against, or paid by, an 
insurer; or
    (iii) Payments by an insurer in excess of policy limits.
    (o) Insurer means any entity, including any affiliate of the 
entity, that meets the following requirements:
    (1)(i) The entity must fall within at least one of the following 
categories:
    (A) It is licensed or admitted to engage in the business of 
providing primary or excess insurance in any state (including, but not 
limited to, state licensed captive insurance companies, state licensed 
or admitted risk retention groups, and state licensed or admitted farm 
and county mutuals) and, if a joint underwriting association, pooling

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arrangement, or other similar entity, then the entity must:
    (1) Have gone through a process of being licensed or admitted to 
engage in the business of providing primary or excess insurance that is 
administered by the state's insurance regulator, which process 
generally applies to insurance companies or is similar in scope and 
content to the process applicable to insurance companies;
    (2) Be generally subject to State insurance regulation, including 
financial reporting requirements, applicable to insurance companies 
within the State; and
    (3) Be managed independently from other insurers participating in 
the program;
    (B) It is not licensed or admitted to engage in the business of 
providing primary or excess insurance in any state, but is an eligible 
surplus line carrier listed on the NAIC Quarterly Listing of Alien 
Insurers;
    (C) It is approved or accepted for the purpose of offering property 
and casualty insurance by a Federal agency in connection with maritime, 
energy, or aviation activity, but only to the extent of such Federal 
approval of property and casualty insurance coverage offered by the 
insurer in connection with maritime, energy, or aviation activity;
    (D) It is a state residual market insurance entity or state 
workers' compensation fund; or
    (E) As determined by the Secretary, it falls within any of the 
classes or types of captive insurers or other self-insurance 
arrangements by municipalities and other entities.
    (ii) If an entity falls within more than one category described in 
paragraph (o)(1)(i) of this section, the entity is considered to fall 
within the first category within which it falls for purposes of the 
program.
    (2) The entity must receive direct earned premium, except in the 
case of:
    (i) State residual market insurance entities and state workers' 
compensation funds, to the extent provided in subpart D of this part; 
and
    (ii) Other classes or types of captive insurers and other self-
insurance arrangements by municipalities and other entities to the 
extent provided for in subpart E of this part.
    (3) The entity must meet any other criteria as prescribed by 
Treasury.
    (p) Insurer deductible means:
    (1) For an insurer that has had a full year of operations during 
the calendar year immediately preceding the applicable calendar year, 
the value of an insurer's direct earned premiums during the immediately 
preceding calendar year, multiplied by 20 percent; and
    (2) For an insurer that has not had a full year of operations 
during the immediately preceding calendar year, the insurer deductible 
will be based on data for direct earned premiums for the applicable 
calendar year multiplied by 20 percent. If the insurer does not have a 
full year of operations during the applicable calendar year, the direct 
earned premiums for the applicable calendar year will be annualized to 
determine the insurer deductible.
    (q) Mandatory recoupment amount means the difference between the 
insurance marketplace aggregate retention amount for a calendar year 
and the uncompensated insured losses during such calendar year.
    (r) NAIC means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
    (s) Person means any individual, business or nonprofit entity 
(including those organized in the form of a partnership, limited 
liability company, corporation, or association), trust or estate, or a 
State or political subdivision of a state or other governmental unit.
    (t) Professional liability insurance means insurance coverage for 
liability arising out of the performance of professional or business 
duties related to a specific occupation, with coverage being tailored 
to the needs of the specific occupation. Examples include abstracters, 
accountants, insurance adjusters, architects, engineers, insurance 
agents and brokers, lawyers, real estate agents, stockbrokers, and 
veterinarians. For purposes of this definition, professional liability 
insurance does not include directors and officers liability insurance.
    (u) Program means the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program established 
by the Act.
    (v) Program Trigger Event means a certified act of terrorism within 
a calendar year that results in aggregate industry insured losses, 
either on its own or in combination with any other certified act(s) of 
terrorism having previously taken place in the same calendar year, 
exceeding:
    (1) $100,000,000 with respect to calendar year 2015 insured losses;
    (2) $120,000,000 with respect to calendar year 2016 insured losses;
    (3) $140,000,000 with respect to calendar year 2017 insured losses;
    (4) $160,000,000 with respect to calendar year 2018 insured losses;
    (5) $180,000,000 with respect to calendar year 2019 insured losses; 
or
    (6) $200,000,000 with respect to calendar year 2020 insured losses 
and with respect to any calendar year thereafter.
    (w) Property and casualty insurance means commercial lines of 
property and casualty insurance, including excess insurance, workers' 
compensation insurance, and directors and officers liability insurance, 
and:
    (1) Means commercial lines within only the following lines of 
insurance from the NAIC's Exhibit of Premiums and Losses (commonly 
known as Statutory Page 14): Line 1--Fire; Line 2.1--Allied Lines; Line 
5.1--Commercial Multiple Peril (non-liability portion); Line 5.2--
Commercial Multiple Peril (liability portion); Line 8--Ocean Marine; 
Line 9--Inland Marine; Line 16--Workers' Compensation; Line 17--Other 
Liability; Line 18--Products Liability; Line 22--Aircraft (all perils); 
and Line 27--Boiler and Machinery; and
    (2) Does not include:
    (i) Federal crop insurance issued or reinsured under the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), or any other type of crop 
or livestock insurance that is privately issued or reinsured (including 
crop insurance reported under either Line 2.1--Allied Lines or Line 
2.2--Multiple Peril (Crop) of the NAIC's Exhibit of Premiums and Losses 
(commonly known as Statutory Page 14);
    (ii) Private mortgage insurance (as defined in section 2 of the 
Homeowners Protection Act of 1998) (12 U.S.C. 4901) or title insurance;
    (iii) Financial guaranty insurance issued by monoline financial 
guaranty insurance corporations;
    (iv) Insurance for medical malpractice;
    (v) Health or life insurance, including group life insurance;
    (vi) Flood insurance provided under the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) or earthquake insurance reported 
under Line 12 of the NAIC's Exhibit of Premiums and Losses (commonly 
known as Statutory Page 14);
    (vii) Reinsurance or retrocessional reinsurance;
    (viii) Commercial automobile insurance, including insurance 
reported under Lines 19.3 (Commercial Auto No-Fault (personal injury 
protection)), 19.4 (Other Commercial Auto Liability) and 21.2 
(Commercial Auto Physical Damage) of the NAIC's Exhibit of Premiums and 
Losses (commonly known as Statutory Page 14);
    (ix) Burglary and theft insurance, including insurance reported 
under Line 26 (Burglary and Theft) of the NAIC's Exhibit of Premiums 
and Losses (commonly known as Statutory Page 14);

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    (x) Surety insurance, including insurance reported under Line 24 
(Surety) of the NAIC's Exhibit of Premiums and Losses (commonly known 
as Statutory Page 14);
    (xi) Professional liability insurance as defined in paragraph (t) 
of this section; or
    (xii) Farm owners multiple peril insurance, including insurance 
reported under Line 3 (Farmowners Multiple Peril) of the NAIC's Exhibit 
of Premiums and Losses (commonly known as Statutory Page 14).
    (x) Reciprocal insurer means an insurer organized under relevant 
state law as a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange.
    (y) Secretary means the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
    (z) Small insurer means an insurer (or an affiliated group of 
insurers in the case of affiliates within the meaning of paragraph (c) 
of this section) whose policyholder surplus for the immediately 
preceding year (as reported on its Annual Statement for state 
regulatory purposes at Page 3, Line 37, Column 1, or as calculated in 
similar fashion by participating insurers that do not file an Annual 
Statement) is less than five times the Program Trigger amount for the 
current year and whose direct earned premium for the preceding year is 
also less than five times the Program Trigger amount for the current 
year. An insurer that has not had a full year of operations during the 
immediately preceding calendar year is a small insurer if its 
policyholder surplus in the current year is less than five times the 
Program Trigger amount for the current year. A captive insurer is not a 
small insurer, regardless of the size of its policyholder surplus or 
direct earned premium.
    (aa) State means any state of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, each of the United 
States Virgin Islands, and any territory or possession of the United 
States.
    (bb) Surcharge means the Federal terrorism policy surcharge as 
defined in paragraph (l) of this section.
    (cc) Surcharge effective date means the date established by 
Treasury that begins the assessment period.
    (dd) Treasury means the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
    (ee) Uncompensated insured losses means the aggregate amount of 
insured losses of all insurers in a calendar year, once there has been 
a Program Trigger Event, that is not compensated by the Federal 
Government because such losses:
    (1) Are within the insurer deductibles of insurers, or
    (2) Are within the portions of losses in excess of insurer 
deductibles that are not compensated through payments made as a result 
of claims for the Federal share of compensation.
    (ff) United States means the several states, and includes the 
territorial sea and the continental shelf of the United States, as 
those terms are defined in the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (18 U.S.C. 2280 and 2281).


Sec.  50.5   Rule of construction for dates.

    Unless otherwise expressly provided in the regulation, any date in 
these regulations is intended to be applied so that the day begins at 
12:01 a.m. and ends at midnight on that date.


Sec.  50.6   Special rules for Interim Guidance safe harbors.

    (a) An insurer will be deemed to be in compliance with the 
requirements of the Act to the extent the insurer reasonably relied on 
Interim Guidance prior to the effective date of applicable regulations.
    (b) For purposes of this section, Interim Guidance means the 
following documents, which are available from Treasury at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/fin-mkts/Pages/program.aspx:
    (1) Interim Guidance I issued by Treasury on December 3, 2002;
    (2) Interim Guidance II issued by Treasury on December 18, 2002;
    (3) Interim Guidance III issued by Treasury on January 22, 2003;
    (4) Interim Guidance IV issued by Treasury on December 29, 2005;
    (5) Interim Guidance V issued by Treasury on December 31, 2007; and
    (6) Interim Guidance VI issued by Treasury on February 4, 2015.


Sec.  50.7   Procedure for requesting determinations of controlling 
influence.

    (a) An insurer or insurers not having control over another insurer 
under Sec.  50.4(c)(2)(i) or (ii) may make a written submission to 
Treasury to rebut a presumption of controlling influence under Sec.  
50.4(c)(4)(i) through (iv) or otherwise to request a determination of 
controlling influence. Such submissions shall be made to the Terrorism 
Risk Insurance Program Office, Department of the Treasury, Room 1410, 
1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20220. The submission should 
be entitled, ``Controlling Influence Submission,'' and should provide 
the full name and address of the submitting insurer(s) and the name, 
title, address and telephone number of the designated contact person(s) 
for such insurer(s).
    (b) Treasury will review submissions and determine whether Treasury 
needs additional written or orally presented information. In its 
discretion, Treasury may schedule a date, time, and place for an oral 
presentation by the insurer(s).
    (c) An insurer or insurers must provide all relevant facts and 
circumstances concerning the relationship(s) between or among the 
affected insurers and the control factors in Sec.  50.4(c)(4)(i) 
through (iv); and must explain in detail any basis for why the insurer 
believes that no controlling influence exists (if a presumption is 
being rebutted) in light of the particular facts and circumstances, as 
well as the Act's language, structure and purpose. Any confidential 
business or trade secret information submitted to Treasury should be 
clearly marked. Treasury will handle any subsequent request for 
information designated by an insurer as confidential business or trade 
secret information in accordance with Treasury's Freedom of Information 
Act regulations at 31 CFR part 1.
    (d) Treasury will review and consider the insurer submission and 
other relevant facts and circumstances. Unless otherwise extended by 
Treasury, within 60 days after receipt of a complete submission, 
including any additional information requested by Treasury, and 
including any oral presentation, Treasury will issue a final 
determination of whether one insurer has a controlling influence over 
another insurer for purposes of the Program. The determination shall 
set forth Treasury's basis for its determination.

(Approved by the Office of Management & Budget under control number 
1505-0190.)


Sec.  50.8   Procedure for requesting general interpretations of 
statute.

    Persons actually or potentially affected by the Act or regulations 
in this Part may request an interpretation of the Act or regulations by 
writing to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Office, Room 1410, 
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20220, giving a detailed explanation of the facts and circumstances and 
the reason why an interpretation is needed. A requester should 
segregate and mark any confidential business or trade secret 
information clearly. Treasury in its discretion will provide written 
responses to requests for interpretation. Treasury reserves the right 
to decline to provide a response in any case. Except in the case of any 
confidential business or trade secret information, Treasury will make 
written requests for interpretations and responses publicly available 
at the Treasury Department

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Library, on the Treasury Web site, or through other means as soon as 
practicable after the response has been provided. Treasury will handle 
any subsequent request for information that had been designated by a 
requester as confidential business or trade secret information in 
accordance with Treasury's Freedom of Information Act regulations at 31 
CFR part 1.

Subpart B--Disclosures as Conditions for Federal Payment


Sec.  50.10   General disclosure requirements.

    (a) Content of disclosure. As a condition for Federal payments 
under section 103(b) of the Act, the Act requires that an insurer 
provide clear and conspicuous disclosure to the policyholder of:
    (1) The premium charged for insured losses covered by the Program; 
and
    (2) The Federal share of compensation for insured losses under the 
Program.
    (b) Form and timing of disclosure. The disclosure required by the 
Act must be made on a separate line item in the policy, at the time of 
offer and of renewal of the policy.


Sec.  50.11   Definition.

    For purposes of this Subpart, unless the context indicates 
otherwise, the term ``disclosure'' or ``disclosures'' refers to the 
disclosure described in section 103(b)(2) of the Act and Sec.  50.10. 
The term ``cap disclosure'' refers to the disclosure required by 
section 103(b)(3) of the Act and Sec.  50.15.


Sec.  50.12   Clear and conspicuous disclosure.

    (a) General. Whether a disclosure is clear and conspicuous depends 
on the totality of the facts and circumstances of the disclosure. See 
Sec.  50.16 for model forms.
    (b) Description of premium. An insurer may describe the premium 
charged for insured losses covered by the Program as a portion or 
percentage of a policy premium, if consistent with standard business 
practice and provided that the amount of policy premium or the method 
of determining the policy premium is also stated. An insurer may not 
describe the premium in a manner that is misleading in the context of 
the Program, such as by characterizing the premium as a ``surcharge.''
    (c) Method of disclosure. Subject to Sec.  50.10(b), an insurer may 
provide disclosures using normal business practices, including forms 
and methods of communication used to communicate similar policyholder 
information to policyholders.
    (d) Use of producer. If an insurer normally communicates with a 
policyholder through an insurance producer or other intermediary, an 
insurer may provide disclosures through such producer or other 
intermediary. If an insurer elects to make the disclosures through an 
insurance producer or other intermediary, the insurer remains 
responsible for ensuring that the disclosures are provided by the 
insurance producer or other intermediary to policyholders in accordance 
with the Act.
    (e) Demonstration of compliance. An insurer may demonstrate that it 
has satisfied the requirement to provide clear and conspicuous 
disclosure as described in Sec.  50.10 through use of appropriate 
systems and normal business practices that demonstrate a practice of 
compliance.
    (f) Certification of compliance. An insurer must certify that it 
has complied with the requirement to provide disclosure to the 
policyholder on all policies that form the basis for any claim that is 
submitted by an insurer for Federal payment under the Program.


Sec.  50.13   Offer and renewal.

    An insurer is deemed to be in compliance with the requirement of 
providing disclosure ``at the time of offer and of renewal of the 
policy'' under Sec.  50.10(b) if the insurer makes the disclosure no 
later than the time the insurer first formally offers to provide 
insurance coverage or renew a policy for a current policyholder.


Sec.  50.14   Separate line item.

    An insurer is deemed to be in compliance with the requirement of 
providing disclosure on a ``separate line item in the policy'' under 
Sec.  50.10(b) if the insurer makes the disclosure:
    (a) On the declarations page of the policy;
    (b) Elsewhere within the policy itself; or
    (c) In any rider or endorsement, or other document that is made a 
part of the policy.


Sec.  50.15   Cap disclosure.

    (a) General. Under section 103(e)(2) of the Act, if the aggregate 
insured losses exceed $100,000,000,000 during any calendar year, the 
Secretary shall not make any payment for any portion of the amount of 
such losses that exceeds $100,000,000,000, and no insurer that has met 
its insurer deductible shall be liable for the payment of any portion 
of the amount of such losses that exceeds $100,000,000,000.
    (b) Other requirements. As a condition for Federal payments under 
section 103(b) of the Act, an insurer must provide clear and 
conspicuous disclosure to the policyholder of the existence of the 
$100,000,000,000 cap under section 103(e)(2). The cap disclosure must 
be made at the time of offer, purchase, and renewal of the policy.
    (c) Offer, purchase, and renewal. An insurer is deemed to be in 
compliance with the requirement of providing disclosure ``at the time 
of offer, purchase, and renewal of the policy'' under Sec.  50.15(b) if 
the insurer:
    (1) Makes the disclosure no later than the time the insurer first 
formally offers to provide insurance coverage or renew a policy for a 
current policyholder; and
    (2) If terrorism risk coverage is purchased, the insurer makes 
clear and conspicuous reference back to that disclosure, as well as the 
final terms of terrorism insurance coverage, at the time the 
transaction is completed.
    (d) Other applicable rules. The cap disclosure is covered by the 
rules in Sec.  50.12(a), (c), (d), (e), and (f) (relating to clear and 
conspicuous disclosure).


Sec.  50.16   Use of model forms.

    (a) General. An insurer that is required to make the disclosure 
under Sec.  50.10(b) or Sec.  50.15(b) is deemed to be in compliance 
with the disclosure requirements if the insurer uses NAIC Model 
Disclosure Form No. 1 or NAIC Model Disclosure Form No. 2, as 
appropriate.
    (b) Not exclusive means of compliance. An insurer is not required 
to use NAIC Model Disclosure Form No. 1 or NAIC Model Disclosure Form 
No. 2 to satisfy the disclosure requirements. An insurer may use other 
means to comply with the disclosure requirements, as long as the 
disclosures comport with the requirements of the Act.
    (c) Definitions. For purposes of this section, references to NAIC 
Model Disclosure Form No. 1 and NAIC Model Disclosure Form No. 2 refer 
to such forms as revised in January 2015, or as subsequently modified 
by the NAIC, provided Treasury has stated that usage by insurers of the 
subsequently modified forms is deemed to satisfy the disclosure 
requirements of the Act and the insurer uses the most current forms, so 
approved by Treasury, that are available at the time of disclosure. 
These forms may be found on the Treasury Web site at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/fin-mkts/Pages/program.aspx.


Sec.  50.17   General disclosure requirements for State residual market 
insurance entities and State workers' compensation funds.

    (a) Residual market mechanism disclosure. A state residual market

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insurance entity or state workers' compensation fund may provide the 
disclosures required by this subpart B to policyholders using normal 
business practices, including forms and methods of communication used 
to communicate similar information to policyholders. The disclosures 
may be made by the state residual market insurance entity or state 
workers' compensation fund itself, the individual insurers that 
participate in the state residual market insurance entity or state 
workers' compensation fund, or its servicing carriers. The ultimate 
responsibility for ensuring that the disclosure requirements have been 
met rests with the insurer filing a claim under the Program.
    (b) Other requirements. Except as provided in this section, all 
other disclosure requirements set out in this subpart B apply to state 
residual insurance market entities and state workers' compensation 
funds.

Subpart C--Mandatory Availability


Sec.  50.20   General mandatory availability requirements.

    (a) General requirements. Under section 103(c) of the Act, an 
insurer must:
    (1) Make available, in all of its property and casualty insurance 
policies, coverage for insured losses; and
    (2) Make available property and casualty insurance coverage for 
insured losses that does not differ materially from the terms, amounts, 
and other coverage limitations applicable to losses arising from events 
other than acts of terrorism.
    (b) Compliance through 2020. Under section 108(a) of the Act, an 
insurer must comply with paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section 
through calendar year 2020.
    (c) Beyond 2020. Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(2) of this section 
and Sec.  50.22(a), property and casualty insurance coverage for 
insured losses does not have to be made available beyond December 31, 
2020, even if the policy period of insurance coverage for losses from 
events other than acts of terrorism extends beyond that date.


Sec.  50.21   Make available.

    (a) General. The requirement to make available coverage as provided 
in Sec.  50.20 applies at the time an insurer makes the initial offer 
of coverage as well as at the time an insurer makes an initial offer of 
renewal of an existing policy.
    (b) Offer consistent with definition of act of terrorism. An 
insurer must make available coverage for insured losses in a policy of 
property and casualty insurance consistent with the definition of an 
act of terrorism as defined in Sec.  50.4(b).
    (c) Changes negotiated subsequent to initial offer. If an insurer 
satisfies the requirement to make available coverage as described in 
Sec.  50.20 by first making an offer with coverage for insured losses 
that does not differ materially from the terms, amounts, and other 
coverage limitations applicable to losses arising from events other 
than acts of terrorism, which the policyholder or prospective 
policyholder declines, the insurer may negotiate with the policyholder 
or prospective policyholder an option of partial coverage for insured 
losses at a lower amount of coverage if permitted by any applicable 
state law. An insurer is not required by the Act to offer partial 
coverage if the policyholder or prospective policyholder declines full 
coverage. See Sec.  50.23.
    (d) Demonstrations of compliance. If an insurer makes an offer of 
insurance but no contract of insurance is concluded, the insurer may 
demonstrate that it has satisfied the requirement to make available 
coverage as described in Sec.  50.20 through use of appropriate systems 
and normal business practices that demonstrate a practice of 
compliance.


Sec.  50.22   No Material difference from other coverage.

    (a) Terms, amounts, and other coverage limitations. As provided in 
Sec.  50.20(a)(2), an insurer must offer coverage for insured losses 
arising from an act of terrorism that does not differ materially from 
the terms, amounts, and other coverage limitations (including 
deductibles) applicable to losses arising from events other than acts 
of terrorism. For purposes of this requirement, ``terms'' excludes 
price.
    (b) Limitations on types of risk. An insurer is not required to 
cover risks that it typically excludes or does not write to satisfy the 
requirement to make available coverage for losses resulting from an act 
of terrorism that does not differ materially from the terms, amounts, 
and other coverage limitations applicable to losses arising from events 
other than acts of terrorism. For example, if an insurer does not cover 
all types of risks, either because the insurer is outside of direct 
state regulatory oversight, or because a state permits certain 
exclusions for certain types of losses, such as nuclear, biological, or 
chemical events, then the insurer is not required to make such coverage 
available.


Sec.  50.23   Applicability of State law requirements.

    (a) General. After satisfying the requirement to make available 
coverage for insured losses that does not differ materially from the 
terms, amounts, and other coverage limitations applicable to losses 
arising from events other than acts of terrorism, if coverage is 
rejected an insurer may then offer coverage that is on different terms, 
amounts, or coverage limitations, as long as such an offer does not 
violate any applicable state law requirements.
    (b) Examples. (1) If an insurer subject to state regulation first 
makes available coverage in accordance with Sec.  50.20 and the state 
has a requirement that an insurer offer full coverage without any 
exclusion, then the requirement would continue to apply and the insurer 
may not subsequently offer less than full coverage or coverage with 
exclusions.
    (2) If an insurer subject to state regulation first makes available 
coverage in accordance with Sec.  50.20 and the state permits certain 
exclusions or allows for other limitations, or an insurance policy is 
not governed by state law requirements, then the insurer may 
subsequently offer limited coverage or coverage with exclusions.

Subpart D--State Residual Market Insurance Entities; State Workers' 
Compensation Funds


Sec.  50.30   General participation requirements.

    (a) Insurers. As defined in Sec.  50.4(o), all state residual 
market insurance entities and state workers' compensation funds are 
insurers under the Program even if such entities do not receive direct 
earned premiums.
    (b) Mandatory participation. State residual market insurance 
entities and State workers' compensation funds are mandatory 
participants in the Program subject to the rules issued in this 
Subpart.
    (c) Identification. Treasury maintains a list of state residual 
market insurance entities and state workers' compensation funds at 
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/fin-mkts/Pages/program.aspx. 
Procedures for providing comments and updates to that list are posted 
with the list.


Sec.  50.31   Entities that do not share profits and losses with 
private sector insurers.

    (a) Treatment. A state residual market insurance entity or a state 
workers' compensation fund that does not share profits and losses with 
a private sector insurer is deemed to be a separate insurer under the 
Program.
    (b) Premium calculation. A state residual market insurance entity 
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state workers' compensation fund that is deemed to be a separate 
insurer should follow the guidelines specified in Sec.  50.4(h)(1) or 
(2) for the purposes of calculating the appropriate measure of direct 
earned premium.


Sec.  50.32   Entities that share profits and losses with private 
sector insurers.

    (a) Treatment. A State residual market insurance entity or a State 
workers' compensation fund that shares profits and losses with a 
private sector insurer is deemed not to be a separate insurer under the 
Program.
    (b) Premium and loss calculation. A state residual market insurance 
entity or a State workers' compensation fund that is deemed not to be a 
separate insurer should continue to report, in accordance with normal 
business practices, to each participant insurer its share of premium 
income and insured losses, which shall then be included respectively in 
the participant insurer's direct earned premium or insured loss 
calculations.


Sec.  50.33   Allocation of premium income associated with entities 
that do share profits and losses with private sector insurers.

    (a) Servicing carriers. For purposes of this subpart, a servicing 
carrier is an insurer that enters into an agreement to place and 
service insurance contracts for a state residual market insurance 
entity or a state workers' compensation fund and to cede premiums 
associated with such insurance contracts to the State residual market 
insurance entity or State workers' compensation fund. Premiums written 
by a servicing carrier on behalf of a state residual market insurance 
entity or State workers' compensation fund that are ceded to such an 
entity or fund shall not be included as direct earned premium (as 
described in Sec.  50.4(h)(1) or (2)) of the servicing carrier.
    (b) Participant insurers. For purposes of this Subpart, a 
participant insurer is an insurer that shares in the profits and losses 
of a state residual market insurance entity or a state workers' 
compensation fund. Premium income that is distributed to or assumed by 
participant insurers in a state residual market insurance entity or 
state workers' compensation fund (whether directly or as quota share 
insurers of risks written by servicing carriers), shall be included in 
direct earned premium (as described in Sec.  50.4(h)(1) or (2)) of the 
participant insurer.

Subpart E--[Reserved]

Subpart F--Data Collection


Sec.  50.50   General.

    Treasury may request from insurers such data and information as may 
be reasonably required in support of Treasury's administration of the 
Program.


Sec.  50.51   Annual data reporting.

    (a) General. No later than May 15 of each calendar year, all 
insurers shall provide specified data and information respecting their 
Program participation.
    (b) Scope. Except as otherwise provided by Treasury, the 
information to be provided shall address: the lines of property and 
casualty insurance subject to the Program, the premiums earned for 
terrorism risk insurance within those lines and for those lines 
generally, the geographical location of exposures covered under 
terrorism risk insurance, the pricing of terrorism risk insurance, the 
take-up rate for terrorism risk insurance, the amount of private 
reinsurance obtained by participating insurers in connection with such 
policies, and other matters concerning the Program as may be identified 
by Treasury.
    (c) Method of reporting. (1) Treasury will promulgate forms 
defining the specific data and information that each insurer must 
submit and make these forms available on its Web site. Treasury may 
adopt different data reporting forms for different types of insurers 
that participate in the Program, which modify the requested information 
by each different category of participating insurer based upon the 
manner and scope of the participation of those insurers in the Program. 
Each insurer shall submit the required data and information by 
electronic submission through the forms and data portal(s) identified 
on Treasury's Web site. All data and information provided as part of 
such electronic submission shall be certified by the insurer as a full 
and true statement of the information provided to the best of its 
knowledge, information and belief.
    (2) The data and information required to be provided under this 
subsection may be modified annually by Treasury. Any modification shall 
be made during the prior calendar year, and Treasury shall provide 
insurers at least 90 days before requiring collection of any newly 
specified data or information.
    (d) Supplemental requests. Treasury may issue supplemental 
requests, to some or all participating insurers, in connection with the 
annual data request provided for under this section, to the extent 
Treasury determines that it requires additional or clarifying 
information in order to analyze the effectiveness of the Program. 
Insurers shall respond to any such supplemental requests as may be made 
within the timeframe and in the manner specified by Treasury.
    (e) Small insurer exception. The Secretary may exempt a small 
insurer that meets the definition in Sec.  50.4(z) from any or all data 
calls under this section, or may modify the requests as applicable to 
such small insurer.


Sec.  50.52   Small insurer data.

    (a) General. The Secretary may collect information relating to 
small insurers, as defined in Sec.  50.4(z), in order to conduct a 
study of small insurers participating in the Program, and identify any 
competitive challenges small insurers face in the terrorism risk 
insurance marketplace.
    (b) Scope. Information collected concerning small insurers may 
include information necessary for Treasury to identify:
    (1) Changes to the market share, premium volume, and policyholder 
surplus of small insurers relative to large insurers;
    (2) How the property and casualty insurance market for terrorism 
risk differs between small and large insurers, and whether such a 
difference exists within other perils;
    (3) The impact on small insurers of the Program's mandatory 
availability requirement under section 103(c) of the Act;
    (4) The effect on small insurers of increasing the trigger amount 
for the Program under section 103(e)(1)(B) of the Act;
    (5) The availability and cost of private reinsurance for small 
insurers; and
    (6) The impact that state workers compensation laws have on small 
insurers and workers compensation carriers in the terrorism risk 
insurance marketplace.


Sec.  50.53   Collection of claims data.

    (a) General. Subsequent to any certification by the Secretary of an 
act of terrorism, insurers shall report to Treasury information 
respecting insured losses arising from the act of terrorism.
    (b) Contents of periodic reporting. Reporting under this subsection 
shall be by a form prescribed by Treasury and made available on the 
Treasury Web site, which provides basic information about each claim 
established by an insurer that involves or potentially involves an 
insured loss. Information to be reported for any claims by or against a 
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reserved amounts associated with the claim. In the case of an 
affiliated group of insurers, the form required by this subsection 
shall be submitted by a single insurer designated within the affiliated 
group, which shall report on a consolidated basis. Data and information 
reported under this subsection will include:
    (1) A listing of each claim by name of insured, catastrophe code, 
line of business, and in the case of an affiliated group of insurers, 
the particular insurer or insurers within the group associated with 
each claim;
    (2) Amounts paid, both loss and loss adjustment expenses, in 
connection with the claim as of the effective date of the report; and
    (3) Amounts reserved, both loss and loss adjustment expenses, in 
connection with the claim as of the effective date of the report.
    (c) Timing of reporting. To the extent that an insurer has 
established one or more claims that it believes involve insured losses 
arising from an act of terrorism, the insurer shall submit its first 
report within 60 days of establishing the first of such claims. An 
updated report shall be submitted each month thereafter, reporting data 
as of the prior month, until all claims arising from the act of 
terrorism have been resolved.
    (d) Interrelationship with other reporting requirements. The 
reporting requirements under this subsection are independent of the 
Initial Notice of Deductible Erosion, Initial Certification of Loss, 
and Supplementary Certifications of Loss requirements in subpart H.
    (e) Other sources of information. Subsequent to any certification 
of an act of terrorism, Treasury may also seek information respecting 
loss estimates and projections from one or more organizations that are 
not participants in the Program, such as state insurance regulators, 
insurance modeling organizations, rating agencies, insurance brokers 
and producers, and insurance data aggregators. A data request may also 
be directed to insurers identified in connection with such inquiries. 
An insurer subject to such a data call shall respond to this request 
within the time frame specified in the request.


Sec.  50.54   Handling of data.

    (a) General. All nonpublic information submitted to the Secretary 
under subparts F and G of this part shall be considered proprietary 
information and shall:
    (1) Be handled and stored by Treasury in an appropriately secure 
manner;
    (2) Be considered, where appropriate, to be trade secrets or 
commercial or financial information obtained from a person and 
privileged or confidential; and
    (3) Not be publicly released in any unaggregated form in which a 
consumer, policyholder, or insurer is identifiable.
    (b) Use of insurance statistical aggregator. To the extent Treasury 
utilizes an insurance statistical aggregator in connection with any 
data collection under subparts F and G, such insurance statistical 
aggregator shall keep any nonpublic information that it collects 
confidential, consistent with the requirements of this section.
    (c) Confidentiality. (1) The submission of any non-publicly 
available data and information to the Secretary under subparts F and G 
of this part, and the sharing of any non-publicly available data with 
or by the Secretary among other Federal agencies, the state insurance 
regulatory authorities, or any other entities shall not constitute a 
waiver of, or otherwise affect, any privilege or immunity arising under 
Federal or state law (including the rules of any Federal or state 
court) to which the data or information is otherwise subject.
    (2) Any requirement under Federal or state law to the extent 
otherwise applicable, or any requirement pursuant to a written 
agreement in effect between the original source of any non-publicly 
available data or information and the source of such data or 
information to the Secretary, regarding privacy or confidentiality of 
any data or information in the possession of the source to the 
Secretary, shall continue to apply to such data or information after 
the data or information has been provided pursuant to this Subpart.
    (3) Any data or information obtained by the Secretary under 
subparts F or G of this part may be made available to state insurance 
regulatory authorities, individually or collectively through an 
information-sharing agreement that:
    (i) Shall comply with applicable Federal law; and
    (ii) Shall not constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect, any 
privilege or immunity under Federal or state law (including any 
privilege referred to in paragraph (b)(1) of this section and the rules 
of any Federal or State court) to which the data or information is 
otherwise subject.
    (4) Section 552 of title 5, United States Code, including any 
exceptions thereunder, shall apply to any data or information submitted 
under this Subpart by an insurer or affiliate of an insurer.

Subpart G--Certification


Sec.  50.60   Certification.

    (a) Certification decision. The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Attorney General of the United States and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, is responsible for determining whether to certify an act as 
an act of terrorism.
    (b) Timeline for eligibility. An act is eligible for certification 
as an act of terrorism at the end of the following timeline:
    (1) The Secretary commences review of whether an act satisfies the 
definition in Sec.  50.4(b);
    (2) Within 30 days of the Secretary commencing review, Treasury 
publishes the notice required by Sec.  50.61(a). During such review, 
the schedule of public notifications in Sec.  50.61(b) shall apply, as 
appropriate;
    (3) The Secretary's review finds that the act satisfies the 
elements for certification under Sec.  50.4(b)(1)(i) through (iv), and 
that it is not otherwise precluded from certification by Sec.  
50.4(b)(2); and
    (4) Within 30 days or as soon as otherwise practicable after the 
review identified in paragraph (b)(3) of this section concludes that 
the act satisfies the necessary criteria, the Secretary consults with 
the Attorney General of the United States and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security pursuant to section 102(1)(A) of the Act.
    (c) Other consultation. Nothing in this section shall prevent the 
Secretary from consulting and coordinating with the Attorney General of 
the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or any other 
government official prior to the consultation identified in paragraph 
(b)(4) of this section.
    (d) Finality. Any decision by the Secretary to certify, or 
determination not to certify, an act as an act of terrorism under this 
Subpart shall be final, and shall not be subject to judicial review.
    (e) Nondelegation. The Secretary may not delegate or designate to 
any other officer, employee, or person, the determination of whether to 
certify an act as an act of terrorism.


Sec.  50.61   Public communication.

    (a) Initial notification. After the Secretary commences review of 
whether an act may satisfy the definition in Sec.  50.4(b), Treasury 
shall publish a notice in the Federal Register within 30 days of the 
Secretary commencing review notifying the public that the act is under 
review for certification as an act of terrorism. Treasury may also 
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    (b) Update notification. Not later than 30 days following the 
publication of a notice under paragraph (a) of this section that an act 
is under review for certification, and not later than every 60 days 
thereafter until the Secretary determines whether to certify an act as 
an act of terrorism, Treasury shall publish a notice in the Federal 
Register notifying the public whether the act is still under review for 
certification as an act of terrorism.
    (c) Contents of notification. Nothing in this section shall require 
Treasury to provide any information other than whether the act is under 
review for certification as an act of terrorism (or is no longer under 
such review) or shall limit Treasury from providing further information 
of relevance.
    (d) Rules of construction. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preclude the Secretary from certifying or determining not 
to certify an act as an act of terrorism before notifying the public 
that the act is under review for certification. If, in the discretion 
of the Secretary, circumstances relating to an act render timely 
notification under this section by Treasury impracticable, Treasury 
shall provide the notification as soon as practicable, in a manner the 
Secretary determines is appropriate.
    (e) Nonbinding decision. A notification made under this section 
shall not be construed to be a final determination by the Secretary of 
whether to certify an act as an act of terrorism.


Sec.  50.62   Certification data collection.

    (a) General. (1) The Secretary, when evaluating an act for 
certification as an act of terrorism, may at any time direct one or 
more insurers to submit information regarding projected and actual 
losses in connection with an act and any other information the 
Secretary determines appropriate. The information sought by the 
Secretary shall be specified in the data request, and any insurer 
subject to the data request shall respond to the request within the 
time frame specified by the Secretary at the time of the request. The 
data requested may include actual loss reserves established by insurers 
in connection with the act under consideration, loss estimates 
generated by insurers in connection with the act under consideration 
which have not yet been established as actual loss reserves, and 
information respecting an insurer's property and casualty exposures in 
a particular geographic area associated with the act under 
consideration.
    (2) An insurer not required by Treasury to submit information under 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section may voluntarily submit information to 
the Secretary as specified in public notifications issued by Treasury.
    (b) Other sources of information. The Secretary may request 
information with respect to loss estimates and likely affected insurers 
from organizations, including state insurance regulators, insurance 
modeling organizations, rating agencies, insurance brokers and 
producers, and insurance data aggregators.


Sec.  50.63   Notification of certification determination.

    (a) Public notification. Not later than 5 business days after the 
Secretary determines whether to certify an act as an act of terrorism, 
Treasury shall publish a statement and submit a notice to the Federal 
Register notifying the public of the Secretary's decision.
    (b) Insurance supervisor notification. Not later than 5 business 
days after the Secretary determines whether to certify an act as an act 
of terrorism, Treasury shall notify in writing any relevant supervisory 
officials of the Secretary's decision.
    (c) Congressional notification. Not later than 5 business days 
after the Secretary determines whether to certify an act as an act of 
terrorism, Treasury shall notify in writing the President of the U.S. 
Senate and the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives of the 
Secretary's decision.
    (d) Rule of construction. If, in the discretion of the Secretary, 
circumstances relating to an act render timely notification by Treasury 
under this section impracticable, Treasury shall provide the 
notification as soon as practicable, in a manner the Secretary 
determines is appropriate.

Subpart H--Claims Procedures


Sec.  50.70   Federal share of compensation.

    (a) General. (1) Treasury will pay the Federal share of 
compensation for insured losses as provided in section 103 of the Act 
once a Certification of Loss required by Sec.  50.73 is deemed 
sufficient. The Federal share of compensation under the Program shall 
be:
    (i) 85 percent of that portion of the insurer's aggregate insured 
losses that exceeds its insurer deductible during calendar year 2015;
    (ii) 84 percent of that portion of the insurer's aggregate insured 
losses that exceeds its insurer deductible during calendar year 2016;
    (iii) 83 percent of that portion of the insurer's aggregate insured 
losses that exceeds its insurer deductible during calendar year 2017;
    (iv) 82 percent of that portion of the insurer's aggregate insured 
losses that exceeds its insurer deductible during calendar year 2018;
    (v) 81 percent of that portion of the insurer's aggregate insured 
losses that exceeds its insurer deductible during calendar year 2019; 
and
    (vi) 80 percent of that portion of the insurer's aggregate insured 
losses that exceeds its insurer deductible during calendar year 2020 
and any calendar year thereafter.
    (2) The percentages in paragraph (a)(1) of this section are subject 
to any adjustments described in Sec.  50.71 and to the cap of $100 
billion as provided in section 103(e)(2) of the Act.
    (b) Program Trigger amounts. Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this 
section or anything in this subpart to the contrary, Federal 
compensation will not be paid by Treasury unless the aggregate industry 
insured losses resulting from one or more certified acts of terrorism 
exceed the following amounts:
    (1) For insured losses resulting from acts of terrorism taking 
place in calendar year 2015: $100 million;
    (2) For insured losses resulting from acts of terrorism taking 
place in calendar year 2016: $120 million;
    (3) For insured losses resulting from acts of terrorism taking 
place in calendar year 2017: $140 million;
    (4) For insured losses resulting from acts of terrorism taking 
place in calendar year 2018: $160 million;
    (5) For insured losses resulting from acts of terrorism taking 
place in calendar year 2019: $180 million;
    (6) For insured losses resulting from acts of terrorism taking 
place in calendar year 2020 and any calendar year thereafter: $200 
million.
    (c) Conditions for payment of Federal share. Subject to paragraph 
(d) of this section, Treasury shall pay the appropriate amount of the 
Federal share of compensation for an insured loss to an insurer upon a 
determination that:
    (1) The insurer is an entity, including an affiliate thereof, that 
meets the requirements of Sec.  50.4(o);
    (2) The insurer's insured losses, as defined in Sec.  50.4(n) and 
limited by paragraph (d) of this section (including the allocated 
dollar value of the insurer's proportionate share of insured losses 
from a state residual market insurance entity or a state workers' 
compensation fund as described in Sec.  50.33), have exceeded its 
insurer deductible as defined in Sec.  50.4(p);
    (3) The insurer has paid or is prepared to pay an insured loss, 
based on a filed claim for the insured loss;
    (4) Neither the insurer's claim for Federal payment nor any 
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claim for an insured loss is fraudulent, collusive, made in bad faith, 
dishonest or otherwise designed to circumvent the purposes of the Act 
and regulations;
    (5) The insurer has provided a clear and conspicuous disclosure as 
required by Sec. Sec.  50.10 through 50.14 and a cap disclosure as 
required by Sec.  50.15;
    (6) The insurer offered coverage for insured losses and the offer 
was accepted by the insured prior to the act which results in the 
insured loss;
    (7) The insurer took all steps reasonably necessary to properly and 
carefully investigate the insured loss and otherwise processed the 
insured loss using practices appropriate for the business of insurance;
    (8) The insured loss is within the scope of coverage issued by the 
insurer under the terms and conditions of one or more policies for 
commercial property and casualty insurance as defined in Sec.  50.4(w); 
and
    (9) The procedures specified in this Subpart have been followed and 
all conditions for payment have been met.
    (d) Adjustments. Treasury may subsequently adjust, including 
requiring repayment of, any payment made under paragraph (c) of this 
section in accordance with its authority under the Act.
    (e) Suspension of payment for other insured losses. Upon a 
determination by Treasury that an insurer has failed to meet any of the 
requirements for payment specified in paragraph (c) of this section for 
a particular insured loss, Treasury may suspend payment of the Federal 
share of compensation for all other insured losses of the insurer 
pending investigation and audit of the insurer's insured losses.
    (f) Aggregate industry losses. Treasury will determine the amount 
of aggregate industry insured losses resulting from a certified act of 
terrorism. If aggregate industry insured losses in a calendar year 
resulting from one or more certified acts of terrorism exceed the 
applicable Program Trigger amounts specified in paragraph (b) of this 
section, Treasury will publish a document in the Federal Register of a 
Program Trigger Event.


Sec.  50.71   Adjustments to the Federal share of compensation.

    (a) Aggregate amount of insured losses. The aggregate amount of 
insured losses of an insurer in a calendar year used to calculate the 
Federal share of compensation shall be reduced by any amounts recovered 
by the insurer as salvage or subrogation for its insured losses in the 
calendar year.
    (b) Amount of Federal share of compensation. The Federal share of 
compensation shall be adjusted as follows:
    (1) No excess recoveries. For any calendar year, the sum of the 
Federal share of compensation paid by Treasury to an insurer and the 
insurer's recoveries for insured losses from other sources shall not be 
greater than the insurer's aggregate amount of insured losses for acts 
of terrorism in that calendar year. Amounts recovered for insured 
losses in excess of an insurer's aggregate amount of insured losses for 
acts of terrorism in a calendar year shall be repaid to Treasury within 
45 days after the end of the month in which total recoveries of the 
insurer, from all sources, become excess. For purposes of this 
paragraph, amounts recovered from a reinsurer pursuant to an agreement 
whereby the reinsurer's right to any excess recovery has priority over 
the rights of Treasury shall not be considered a recovery subject to 
repayment to Treasury.
    (2) Reduction of amount payable. The Federal share of compensation 
for insured losses under the Program shall be reduced by the amount of 
other compensation provided by other Federal programs to an insured or 
a third party to the extent such other compensation duplicates the 
insurance indemnification for those insured losses.
    (i) Other Federal program compensation. For purposes of this 
section, compensation provided by other Federal programs for insured 
losses means compensation that is provided by Federal programs 
established for the purpose of compensating persons for losses in the 
event of emergencies, disasters, acts of terrorism, or similar events. 
Compensation provided by Federal programs for insured losses excludes 
benefit or entitlement payments, such as those made under the Social 
Security Act, under laws administered by the Secretary of Veteran 
Affairs, railroad retirement benefit payments, and other similar types 
of benefit payments.
    (ii) Insurer due diligence. With respect to any underlying claim 
for insured losses, each insurer shall inquire of all involved 
policyholders, insureds, and claimants whether the person receiving 
insurance proceeds for an insured loss has received, expects to 
receive, or is entitled to receive compensation from another Federal 
program for the insured loss, and if so, the source and the amount of 
the compensation received or expected. The response, source, and such 
amounts shall be reported with each underlying claim on the form 
specified in Sec.  50.73(b)(1).


Sec.  50.72   Notice of deductible erosion.

    Each insurer shall submit to Treasury a Notice on a form prescribed 
by Treasury whenever the insurer's aggregate insured losses (including 
reserves for ``incurred but not reported'' losses) within a calendar 
year exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the insurer's deductible 
as specified in Sec.  50.4(p). Insurers are advised that the form for 
the Notice of Deductible Erosion will include an initial estimate of 
aggregate insured losses for the calendar year, the amount of the 
insurer deductible, and an estimate of the Federal share of 
compensation for the insurer's aggregate insured losses. In the case of 
an affiliated group of insurers, the Notice will include the name and 
address of a single designated insurer within the affiliated group that 
will serve as the single point of contact for the purpose of providing 
loss and compliance certifications as required in Sec.  50.73 and for 
receiving, disbursing, and distributing payments of the Federal share 
of compensation in accordance with Sec.  50.74. An insurer, at its 
option, may elect to include with its Notice of Deductible Erosion the 
certification of direct earned premium required by Sec.  50.73(b)(3).


Sec.  50.73   Loss certifications.

    (a) General. When an insurer has paid aggregate insured losses that 
exceed its insurer deductible for a calendar year, the insurer may make 
claim upon Treasury for the payment of the Federal share of 
compensation for its insured losses. The insurer shall file an Initial 
Certification of Loss, on a form prescribed by Treasury, and thereafter 
such Supplementary Certifications of Loss, on a form prescribed by 
Treasury, as may be necessary to receive payment for the Federal share 
of compensation for its insured losses.
    (b) Initial certification of loss. An insurer shall use its best 
efforts to file with the Program the Initial Certification of Loss 
within 45 days following the last calendar day of the month when an 
insurer has paid aggregate insured losses that exceed its insurer 
deductible. The Initial Certification of Loss will include the 
following:
    (1) Basic information, on a form prescribed by Treasury, about each 
insured loss paid (or to be paid pursuant to Sec.  50.73(b)(2)(i)) by 
the insurer. The form will include:
    (i) A listing of each insured loss paid (or to be paid pursuant to 
Sec.  50.73(b)(2)(i)) by the insurer by catastrophe code and line of 
business;
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    (iii) A calculation of the aggregate insured losses sustained by 
the insurer above its insurer deductible for the calendar year; and
    (iv) The amount the insurer claims as the Federal share of 
compensation for its aggregate insured losses.
    (2) A certification that the insurer is in compliance with the 
provisions of section 103(b) of the Act and this part, including 
certifications that:
    (i) The underlying insured losses reported pursuant to Sec.  
50.73(b)(1) either: Have been paid by the insurer; or will be paid by 
the insurer upon receipt of an advance payment of the Federal share of 
compensation as soon as possible, consistent with the insurer's normal 
business practices, but not longer than five business days after 
receipt of the Federal share of compensation;
    (ii) The underlying claims for insured losses were filed by persons 
who suffered an insured loss, or by persons acting on behalf of such 
persons;
    (iii) The underlying claims for insured losses were processed in 
accordance with appropriate business practices and the procedures 
specified in this subpart;
    (iv) The insurer has complied with the disclosure requirements of 
Sec. Sec.  50.10 through 50.14, and the cap disclosure requirement of 
Sec.  50.15, for each underlying insured loss that is included in the 
amount of the insurer's aggregate insured losses; and
    (v) The insurer has complied with the mandatory availability 
requirements of subpart C of this part.
    (3) A certification of the amount of the insurer's direct earned 
premium, together with the calculation of its insurer deductible 
(provided this certification was not submitted previously with the 
Notice of Deductible Erosion).
    (4) A certification that the insurer will disburse payment of the 
Federal share of compensation in accordance with this Subpart.
    (5) A certification that if Treasury has determined a Pro Rata Loss 
Percentage (PRLP) (see Sec.  50.112), the insurer has complied with 
applying the PRLP to insured loss payments, where required.
    (c) Supplementary certifications of loss. If the total amount of 
the Federal share of compensation due an insurer for insured losses 
under the Act has not been determined at the time an Initial 
Certification of Loss has been filed, the insurer shall file monthly, 
or on a schedule otherwise determined by Treasury, Supplementary 
Certifications of Loss updating the amount of the Federal share of 
compensation due for the insurer's insured losses. Supplementary 
Certifications of Loss will include the following:
    (1) A form as described in Sec.  50.73(b)(1); and
    (2) A certification as described in Sec.  50.73(b)(2).
    (d) Supplementary information. In addition to the information 
required in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, Treasury may 
require such additional supporting documentation as required to 
ascertain the Federal share of compensation for the insured losses of 
any insurer.
    (e) State Residual Market Insurance Entities and State Workers' 
Compensation Funds. A state residual market insurance entity or a state 
workers' compensation fund described in Sec.  50.32 shall provide the 
Certifications of Loss described in Sec.  50.73(b) and (c) for all of 
its insured losses to each participating insurer at the time it 
provides the allocated dollar value of the participating insurer's 
proportionate share of insured losses. In addition, at such time the 
state residual market insurance entity or state workers' compensation 
fund shall provide the certification described in Sec.  50.73(b)(2) to 
Treasury. Participating insurers shall treat the allocated dollar value 
of their proportionate share of insured losses from a state residual 
market insurance entity or state workers' compensation fund as an 
insured loss for the purpose of their own reporting to Treasury in 
seeking the Federal share of compensation.


Sec.  50.74   Payment of Federal share of compensation.

    (a) Timing. Treasury will promptly pay to an insurer the Federal 
share of compensation due the insurer for its insured losses. Payment 
shall be made in such installments and on such conditions as determined 
by the Treasury to be appropriate. Any overpayments by Treasury of the 
Federal share of compensation will be offset from future payments to 
the insurer or returned to Treasury within 45 days.
    (b) Payment process. Payment of the Federal share of compensation 
for insured losses will be made to the insurer designated on the Notice 
of Deductible Erosion required by Sec.  50.72. An insurer that requests 
payment of the Federal share of compensation for insured losses must 
receive payment through electronic funds transfer. The insurer must 
establish either an account for reimbursement as described in paragraph 
(c) of this section (if the insurer only seeks reimbursement) or a 
segregated account as described in paragraph (d) of this section (if 
the insurer seeks advance payments or a combination of advance payments 
and reimbursement). Applicable procedures will be posted at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/fin-mkts/Pages/program.aspx or 
otherwise will be made publicly available.
    (c) Account for reimbursement. An insurer shall designate an 
account for the receipt of reimbursement of the Federal share of 
compensation at an institution eligible to receive payments through the 
Automated Clearing House (ACH) network.
    (d) Segregated account for advance payments. An insurer that seeks 
advance payments of the Federal share of compensation as certified 
according to Sec.  50.73(b)(2)(i) shall establish a segregated account 
into which Treasury will make advance payments as well as 
reimbursements to the insurer.
    (1) Definition of segregated account. For purposes of this section, 
a segregated account is an interest-bearing separate account 
established by an insurer at a financial institution eligible to 
receive payments through the ACH network. Such an account is limited to 
the purposes of:
    (i) Receiving payments of the Federal share of compensation;
    (ii) Disbursing payments to insureds and claimants; and
    (iii) Transferring payments to the insurer or affiliated insurers 
for insured losses reported as already paid.
    (2) Remittance of interest. All interest earned on advance payments 
in the segregated account must be remitted at least quarterly to 
Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service or as otherwise prescribed in 
applicable procedures.
    (e) Denial or withholding of advance payment. Treasury may deny or 
withhold advance payments of the Federal share of compensation to an 
insurer if Treasury determines that the insurer has not properly 
disbursed previous advances of the Federal share of compensation or 
otherwise has not complied with the requirements for advance payment as 
provided in this Subpart.
    (f) Affiliated group. In the case of an affiliated group of 
insurers, Treasury will make payment of the Federal share of 
compensation for the insured losses of the affiliated group to the 
insurer designated in the Notice of Deductible Erosion to receive 
payment on behalf of the affiliated group. The designated insurer 
receiving payment from Treasury must distribute payment to affiliated 
insurers in a manner that ensures that each insurer in the affiliated 
group is compensated for its share of insured losses, taking into 
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of the group deductible among affiliated insurers. Upon payment of the 
Federal share of compensation to the designated insurer, Treasury's 
payment obligation to the insurers in the affiliated group with respect 
to any insured losses covered is discharged to the extent of the 
payment.


Sec.  50.75   Determination of affiliations.

    For the purposes of this subpart, an insurer's affiliates for any 
calendar year shall be determined by the circumstances existing on the 
date of the act which is the Program Trigger Event for that calendar 
year.


Sec.  50.76   Final netting.

    (a) General. Pursuant to section 103(e)(4) of the Act, the 
Secretary shall have sole discretion to determine the time at which 
claims relating to any insured loss or act of terrorism shall become 
final.
    (b) Final Netting Date. The Secretary may determine a Final Netting 
Date for a calendar year, which for purposes of this Part is the date 
on or before which an insurer must report to Treasury on the insurer's 
Certifications of Loss (both Initial Certification of Loss and any 
Supplemental Certifications of Loss) all insured losses that have been 
reported by its policyholders for the calendar year.
    (1) Criteria for Final Netting Date. The establishment of a Final 
Netting Date will be based on factors and considerations including:
    (i) Amounts of case reserves reported by insurers to Treasury for 
open underlying insured losses;
    (ii) The rate at which claims for the Federal share of compensation 
for insured losses are being made by insurers to Treasury;
    (iii) The rate at which new underlying insured losses are being 
added by insurers to their Supplementary Certifications of Loss and 
reported;
    (iv) The predominant lines of business for which underlying insured 
losses are being reported;
    (v) Tort and contract statutes of limitations relevant to insured 
losses and the manner in which they are being applied by the Federal 
courts;
    (vi) Common business practices;
    (vii) Issues that are delaying final resolution of insured losses;
    (viii) The application of the liability limitations and procedures 
under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 441 et seq.) that may affect final resolution of 
insured losses;
    (ix) Issues related to the cap on annual liability for insurer 
losses, including whether a projection that the cap on annual liability 
will be reached in connection with any calendar year indicates that no 
Final Netting Date should be set for that calendar year;
    (x) Treasury's claims administration costs; and
    (xii) Such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
take into account.
    (2) Notice of Final Netting Date. Treasury shall announce and 
publish in the Federal Register notice of a proposed Final Netting Date 
and its application to a specific calendar year, and will solicit 
comments from the public regarding the appropriateness of the proposed 
Final Netting Date. After receipt and evaluation of comments respecting 
its proposed Final Netting Date, Treasury will publish in the Federal 
Register a Final Netting Date, which is at least 180 days after the 
date of publication. The Secretary's determination of a Final Netting 
Date is final and not subject to judicial review.
    (c) Post-Final Netting Date claims. After the Final Netting Date, 
insurers may only make further claims for the Federal share of 
compensation for insured losses by submission of Supplemental 
Certifications of Loss with updated information on underlying insured 
losses previously reported to Treasury. Such updated information may 
reflect a decision by a court of competent jurisdiction concerning a 
limitation of liability under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering 
Effective Technologies Act of 2002. In the case of workers' 
compensation losses, the insurer may provide updated information based 
on the number of workers' compensation claimants previously reported. 
An insurer may not report any new underlying insured losses, or 
increased workers' compensation loss amounts based on an increase in 
the number of workers' compensation claimants, to Treasury after a 
Final Netting Date, except as provided in this section.
    (d) Commutation. A commutation is the payment by Treasury of a lump 
sum present value of future payments to an insurer in lieu of making 
payments in the future, as provided in this section.
    (1) In lieu of continued submission of Supplemental Certifications 
of Loss after the Final Netting Date as provided in paragraph (c) of 
this section, Treasury may require, or consider an insurer's request 
for, a commutation of an insurer's future claims for the Federal share 
of compensation based on estimates for the underlying insured losses 
reported to Treasury on or before the Final Netting Date. The payment 
by Treasury of a final commuted amount to an insurer will discharge 
Treasury from all future liabilities to the insurer for the Federal 
share of compensation for insured losses for the applicable calendar 
year. In the case of an affiliated group of insurers, the requirements 
of Sec.  50.74(f) apply, and payment of the final commuted amount to 
the designated insurer of the affiliated group discharges Treasury's 
payment obligation to the insurers in the affiliated group for insured 
losses for the applicable calendar year.
    (2) If future claims are to be commuted, Treasury may require 
additional information from the insurer, including an insurer's 
justification for a final payment amount with necessary actuarial 
factors and methodology, and pertinent information regarding the 
insurer's business relationships and other reinsurance recoverables. 
Insurers will be required to justify discount and other factors from 
which final payment amounts are derived. If Treasury notifies an 
insurer of a requirement to submit additional information to inform its 
commutation decision, the insurer will be provided (depending upon the 
complexity of the material sought) no less than 90 days from the date 
of notification to submit material required in the notice. If the 
insurer fails to provide the requested information, it will forfeit the 
right to future payments from Treasury. Treasury will evaluate such 
information in order to determine a final payment amount or (if 
applicable) an amount to be repaid to Treasury. Treasury may determine 
that it will not consider commutation until it has completed an audit 
of an insurer's insured losses pursuant to the authority set forth in 
Subpart I of these regulations.
    (3) Payments of commuted amounts are not considered to be advance 
payments requiring a segregated account as described in Sec.  50.74(d).
    (4) Notwithstanding Sec.  50.70(d), a payment by Treasury of a 
final commuted amount to an insurer is final unless:
    (i) Treasury is put on notice that an insurer's claim was 
fraudulent or that other conditions for Federal payment were not met, 
in which case the insurer will be required to repay amounts that were 
not due; or
    (ii) The exception in paragraph (e) of this section applies, in 
which case Treasury may make additional payments for insured losses, 
but only under the conditions described in paragraph (e).
    (e) Exception. If within one year after the Final Netting Date, and 
regardless of commutation, an insurer has additional underlying 
reported insured losses that, in the absence of a Final Netting Date,

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would result in an increase of the Federal share of compensation to 
that insurer by 20% of the total amount already paid to that insurer, 
the insurer may request Treasury to allow those underlying insured 
losses to be submitted as part of a certification of loss. Under such 
circumstances and provided that all other conditions for payment have 
been met, Treasury may reopen or extend the insurer's claim for the 
Federal share of compensation for insured losses for the pertinent 
calendar year.

Subpart I--Audit and Investigative Procedures


Sec.  50.80   Audit authority.

    The Secretary of the Treasury, or an authorized representative, 
shall have, upon reasonable notice, access to all books, documents, 
papers and records of an insurer that are pertinent to amounts paid to 
the insurer as the Federal share of compensation for insured losses, or 
pertinent to any Federal terrorism policy surcharge that is imposed 
pursuant to subpart J of this part, for the purposes of investigation, 
confirmation, audit, and examination.


Sec.  50.81   Recordkeeping.

    (a) Each insurer that seeks payment of a Federal share of 
compensation under subpart H of this part shall retain such records as 
are necessary to fully disclose all material matters pertinent to 
insured losses and the Federal share of compensation sought under the 
Program, including, but not limited to, records regarding premiums and 
insured losses for all commercial property and casualty insurance 
issued by the insurer and information relating to any adjustment in the 
amount of the Federal share of compensation payable. Insurers shall 
maintain detailed records for not less than five (5) years from the 
termination dates of all reinsurance agreements involving property and 
casualty insurance subject to the Act. Records relating to premiums 
shall be retained and available for review for not less than three (3) 
years following the conclusion of the policy year. Records relating to 
underlying claims shall be retained for not less than five (5) years 
following the final adjustment of the claim.
    (b) Each insurer that collects a Federal terrorism policy surcharge 
as required by Subpart J of this part shall retain records related to 
such surcharge, including records of the property and casualty 
insurance premiums subject to the surcharge, the amount of the 
surcharge imposed on each policy, aggregate Federal terrorism policy 
surcharges collected, and aggregate Federal terrorism policy surcharges 
remitted to Treasury during each assessment period. Such records shall 
be retained and kept available for review for not less than three (3) 
years following the conclusion of the assessment period or settlement 
of accounts with Treasury, whichever is later.


Sec.  50.82   Civil penalties.

    (a) General. The Secretary may assess a civil monetary penalty, in 
an amount not exceeding the amount specified under Sec.  50.83, against 
any insurer that the Secretary determines, on the record after 
opportunity for a hearing:
    (1) Has failed to charge, collect, or remit the Federal terrorism 
policy surcharge under Subpart J;
    (2) Has intentionally provided to Treasury erroneous information 
regarding premium or loss amounts;
    (3) Submits to Treasury fraudulent claims under the Program for 
insured losses;
    (4) Has failed to provide any disclosures or other information 
required by Treasury; or
    (5) Has otherwise failed to comply with provisions of the Act or 
these regulations.
    (b) Recovery of amount in dispute. A penalty under this section for 
any failure to pay, charge, collect, or remit amounts in accordance 
with the Act or under these regulations shall be in addition to any 
such amounts recovered by Treasury.
    (c) Procedure. Treasury shall notify in writing any insurer that it 
believes has committed one or more of the acts identified in paragraph 
(a) of this section. In that notification, Treasury shall identify the 
act or acts that it believes has been violated, and its basis for that 
belief, and shall set a schedule for further proceedings which shall 
include:
    (1) The opportunity for a written submission by the insurer that 
provides all relevant facts and circumstances concerning the alleged 
conduct, including any information that the insurer wishes Treasury to 
consider in connection with the alleged conduct; and
    (2) A hearing on the record, unless waived by the insurer, during 
which Treasury and the insurer may present further information 
respecting the conduct in question.
    (d) Other remedies preserved. Treasury's assessment and collection 
of a civil monetary penalty under this section shall be in addition and 
without prejudice to any other civil remedies or criminal penalties 
that may arise on account of the conduct in question under any other 
laws or regulations of the United States.


Sec.  50.83   Adjustment of civil monetary penalty amount.

    (a) Catch-up adjustment. Any penalty under the Act and these 
regulations may not exceed the greater of $1,311,850 and, in the case 
of any failure to pay, charge, collect, or remit amounts in accordance 
with the Act or these regulations such amount in dispute.
    (b) Annual adjustment. The maximum penalty amount that may be 
assessed under this section will be adjusted in accordance with the 
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 
2015, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, by January 15 of each year and the updated 
amount will be posted in the Federal Register and on the Treasury Web 
site at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/fin-mkts/Pages/program.aspx.

Subpart J--Recoupment and Surcharge Procedures


Sec.  50.90   Mandatory and discretionary recoupment.

    (a) Pursuant to section 103(e) of the Act, the Secretary shall 
impose, and insurers shall collect, such Federal terrorism policy 
surcharges as needed to recover 140 percent of the mandatory recoupment 
amount for any calendar year.
    (b) In the Secretary's discretion, the Secretary may recover any 
portion of the aggregate Federal share of compensation that exceeds the 
mandatory recoupment amount through a Federal terrorism policy 
surcharge based on the factors set forth in section 103(e)(7)(D) of the 
Act.
    (c) If the Secretary imposes a Federal terrorism policy surcharge 
as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, then the required 
amounts, based on the extent to which payments for the Federal share of 
compensation have been made by the collection deadlines in section 
103(e)(7)(E) of the Act, shall be collected in accordance with such 
deadlines:
    (1) For any act of terrorism that occurs on or before December 31, 
2017, the Secretary shall collect all required amounts by September 30, 
2019;
    (2) For any act of terrorism that occurs between January 1 and 
December 31, 2018, the Secretary shall collect 35 percent of any 
required amounts by September 30, 2019, and the remainder by September 
30, 2024; and
    (3) For any act of terrorism that occurs on or after January 1, 
2019, the Secretary shall collect all required amounts by September 30, 
2024.

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Sec.  50.91  Determination of recoupment amounts.

    (a) If payments for the Federal share of compensation have been 
made for a calendar year, and Treasury determines that insured loss 
information is sufficiently developed and credible to serve as a basis 
for calculating recoupment amounts, Treasury will make an initial 
determination of any mandatory or discretionary recoupment amounts for 
that calendar year.
    (b)(1) Within 90 days after certification of an act of terrorism, 
the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register an estimate of 
aggregate insured losses which shall be used as the basis for initially 
determining whether mandatory recoupment will be required.
    (2) If at any time Treasury projects that payments for the Federal 
share of compensation will be made for a calendar year, and that in 
order to meet the collection timing requirements of section 
103(e)(7)(E) of the Act it is necessary to use an estimate of such 
payments as a basis for calculating recoupment amounts, Treasury will 
make an initial determination of any mandatory recoupment amounts for 
that calendar year.
    (c) Following the initial determination of recoupment amounts for a 
calendar year, Treasury will recalculate any mandatory or discretionary 
recoupment amount as necessary and appropriate, and at least annually, 
until a final recoupment amount for the calendar year is determined. 
Treasury will compare any recalculated recoupment amount to amounts 
already remitted and/or to be remitted to Treasury for a Federal 
terrorism policy surcharge previously established to determine whether 
any additional amount will be recouped by Treasury.
    (d) For the purpose of determining initial or recalculated 
recoupment amounts, Treasury may issue a data call to insurers for 
insurer deductible and insured loss information by calendar year. 
Treasury's determination of the aggregate amount of insured losses from 
Program Trigger Events of all insurers for a calendar year will be 
based on the amounts reported in response to a data call and any other 
information Treasury in its discretion considers appropriate. 
Submission of data in response to a data call shall be on a form 
promulgated by Treasury.


Sec.  50.92  Establishment of Federal terrorism policy surcharge.

    (a) Treasury will establish the Federal terrorism policy surcharge 
based on the following factors and considerations:
    (1) In the case of a mandatory recoupment amount, the requirement 
to collect 140 percent of that amount;
    (2) The total dollar amount to be recouped as a percentage of the 
latest available annual aggregate industry direct written premium 
information;
    (3) The adjustment factors for terrorism loss risk-spreading 
premiums described in section 103(e)(8)(D) of the Act;
    (4) The annual 3 percent limitation on terrorism loss risk-
spreading premiums collected on a discretionary basis as provided in 
section 103(e)(8)(C) of the Act;
    (5) A preferred minimum initial assessment period of one full year 
and subsequent extension periods in full year increments;
    (6) The collection timing requirements of section 103(e)(8)(E) of 
the Act;
    (7) The likelihood that the amount of the Federal terrorism policy 
surcharge may result in the collection of an aggregate recoupment 
amount in excess of the planned recoupment amount; and
    (8) Such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
take into account.
    (b) The Federal terrorism policy surcharge shall be the obligation 
of the policyholder and is payable to the insurer with the premium for 
a property and casualty insurance policy in effect during the 
assessment period established by Treasury. See Sec.  50.94(c).


Sec.  50.93  Notification of recoupment.

    (a) Treasury will provide notifications of recoupment through 
publication of notices in the Federal Register or in another manner 
Treasury deems appropriate, based upon the circumstances of the 
certified act(s) of terrorism under consideration.
    (b) Treasury will provide reasonable advance notice to insurers of 
any initial Federal terrorism policy surcharge effective date. This 
effective date shall be January 1 of the calendar year following 
publication of the notice, unless such date would not provide for 
sufficient notice of implementation while meeting the collection timing 
requirements of section 103(e)(8)(E) of the Act.
    (c) Treasury will provide reasonable advance notice to insurers of 
any modification or cessation of the Federal terrorism policy 
surcharge.
    (d) Treasury will provide notification to insurers annually as to 
the continuation of the Federal terrorism policy surcharge.


Sec.  50.94   Collecting the surcharge.

    (a) Insurers shall collect a Federal terrorism policy surcharge 
from policyholders as required by Treasury.
    (b) Policies subject to the Federal terrorism policy surcharge are 
those for which direct written premium is reported on commercial lines 
of business on the NAIC's Exhibit of Premiums and Losses of the NAIC 
Annual Statement (commonly known as Statutory Page 14) as provided in 
Sec.  50.4(w)(1), or equivalently reported.
    (c) For policies subject to the Federal terrorism policy surcharge, 
the surcharge shall be imposed and collected on a written premium basis 
for policies that become effective or renew during the assessment 
period. All new, renewal, mid-term, and audit premiums for a policy 
term are subject to the surcharge in effect on the policy term 
effective date. Notwithstanding this paragraph, if the premium for a 
policy term that would otherwise be subject to the surcharge is revised 
after the end of the reporting period described in Sec.  50.95(e), then 
any additional premium attributable to such revision is not subject to 
the Surcharge. For purposes of this Subpart:
    (1) Written premium basis means the premium amount charged a 
policyholder by an insurer for property and casualty insurance, 
including all premiums, policy expense constants and fees defined as 
premium pursuant to the Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles 
established by the NAIC, as adopted by the state for which the premium 
will be reported.
    (2) In the case of a policy providing multiple insurance coverages, 
if an insurer cannot identify the premium amount charged a policyholder 
specifically for property and casualty insurance under the policy, 
then:
    (i) If the insurer estimates that the portion of the premium amount 
charged for coverage other than property and casualty insurance is de 
minimis to the total premium for the policy, the insurer may impose and 
collect from the policyholder a surcharge amount based on the total 
premium for the policy, but
    (ii) If the insurer estimates that the portion of the premium 
amount charged for coverage other than property and casualty insurance 
is not de minimis, the insurer shall impose and collect from the 
policyholder a Surcharge amount based on a reasonable estimate of the 
premium amount for the property and casualty insurance coverage under 
the policy.
    (3) The Federal terrorism policy surcharge is not considered 
premium.
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surcharge when due. The insurer shall have such rights and remedies to 
enforce the collection of the surcharge that are the equivalent to 
those that exist under applicable state or other law for nonpayment of 
premium.
    (e) When an insurer returns an unearned premium, or otherwise 
refunds premium to a policyholder, it shall also return any Federal 
terrorism policy surcharge collected that is attributable to the 
refunded unearned premium. Notwithstanding this paragraph, if the 
written premium for a policy is revised and refunded after the end of 
the reporting period described in Sec.  50.95(e), then the insurer is 
not required to refund any Surcharge that is attributable to the 
refunded premium.
    (f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section, 
if the expense of collecting the Federal terrorism policy surcharge 
from all policyholders of an insurer during an assessment period 
exceeds the amount of the Surcharges anticipated to be collected, such 
insurer may satisfy its obligation to collect by omitting actual 
collection and instead remitting to Treasury the amount otherwise due.
    (g) The Federal terrorism policy surcharge is repayment of Federal 
financial assistance in an amount required by law. No fee or commission 
shall be charged on the Federal terrorism policy surcharge.


Sec.  50.95   Remitting the surcharge.

    (a) Each insurer shall report direct written premium and Federal 
terrorism policy surcharges to Treasury on a monthly and annual basis 
during the assessment period. Reporting will be on a form prescribed by 
Treasury and will be due according to the following schedule:
    (1) Monthly: From the beginning of the assessment period through 
November, on the last business day of the calendar month following the 
month for which premium is reported, and
    (2) Annually: March 1 for the prior calendar year.
    (b) The monthly statements provided to Treasury will include the 
following:
    (1) Cumulative calendar year direct written premium adjusted for 
premium not subject to the Federal terrorism policy surcharge, 
summarized by policy year.
    (2) The aggregate Federal terrorism policy surcharge amount 
calculated by applying the established surcharge percentage to the 
insurer's adjusted direct written premium by policy year.
    (3) Insurer certification of the submission.
    (c) The annual statements to be provided to Treasury will include 
the following:
    (1) Direct written premium, adjusted for premium not subject to the 
Federal terrorism policy surcharge, summarized by policy year and by 
commercial line of insurance as specified in Sec.  50.4(w).
    (2) The aggregate Federal terrorism policy surcharge amount 
calculated by applying the established surcharge percentage to the 
insurer's adjusted direct written premium by policy year.
    (3) In the case of an insurer that has chosen not to collect the 
Federal terrorism policy surcharge from its policyholders as provided 
in Sec.  50.94(f), a certification that the expense of collecting the 
Surcharge during the assessment period would have exceeded the amount 
of the surcharges collected over the assessment period.
    (4) Insurer certification of the submission.
    (d) The calculated aggregate Federal terrorism policy surcharge 
amount, as described in paragraphs (b)(2) and (c)(2) of this section, 
shall be remitted to Treasury upon submission of each monthly and 
annual statement. Through its submitted statements, an insurer obtains 
credit for a refund of any Federal terrorism policy surcharge 
previously remitted to Treasury that was subsequently returned by the 
insurer to a policyholder as attributable to refunded premium under 
Sec.  50.94(e). A negative calculated amount in a monthly or annual 
statement indicates payment from Treasury is due to the insurer.
    (e) Reporting shall continue for the one-year period following the 
end of the assessment period established by Treasury, unless otherwise 
permitted by Treasury.


Sec.  50.96   Insurer responsibility.

    Notwithstanding Sec.  50.4(o), for purposes of the collection, 
reporting and remittance of Federal terrorism policy surcharges to 
Treasury, the definition of insurer shall not include any affiliate of 
the insurer.

Subpart K--Federal Cause of Action; Approval of Settlements


Sec.  50.100   Federal cause of action and remedy.

    (a) General. If the Secretary certifies an act as an act of 
terrorism pursuant to Subpart G of this Part, there shall exist a 
Federal cause of action for property damage, personal injury, or death 
arising out of or resulting from such act of terrorism, pursuant to 
section 107 of the Act, which shall be the exclusive cause of action 
and remedy for claims for property damage, personal injury, or death 
arising out of or relating to such act of terrorism, except as provided 
in paragraph (d) of this section.
    (b) Jurisdiction. For each determination described in paragraph (a) 
of this section, not later than 90 days after the Secretary certifies 
an act as an act of terrorism, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 
Litigation shall designate a single district court or, if necessary, 
multiple district courts of the United States that shall have original 
and exclusive jurisdiction over all actions for any claim (including 
any claim for loss of property, personal injury, or death) relating to 
or arising out of an act of terrorism subject to section 107 of the 
Act.
    (c) Effective period. The exclusive Federal cause of action and 
remedy described in paragraph (a) of this section shall exist only for 
causes of action for property damage, personal injury, or death that 
arise out of or result from acts of terrorism during the effective 
period of the Program.
    (d) Rights not affected. Nothing in section 107 of the Act or this 
Subpart shall in any way:
    (1) Limit the liability of any government, organization, or person 
who knowingly participates in, conspires to commit, aids and abets, or 
commits any act of terrorism;
    (2) Affect any party's contractual right to arbitrate a dispute; or
    (3) Affect any provision of the Air Transportation Safety and 
System Stabilization Act (Pub. L. 107-42; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note).


Sec.  50.101   State causes of action preempted.

    All State causes of action of any kind for property damage, 
personal injury, or death arising out of or resulting from an act of 
terrorism that are otherwise available under state law are preempted, 
except that, pursuant to section 107(b) of the Act, nothing in this 
section shall limit in any way the liability of any government, 
organization, or person who knowingly participates in, conspires to 
commit, aids and abets, or commits the act of terrorism certified by 
the Secretary.


Sec.  50.102   Advance approval of settlements.

    (a) Mandatory submission of settlements for advance approval. 
Pursuant to section 107(a)(6) of the Act, an insurer shall submit to 
Treasury for advance approval any proposed agreement to settle or 
compromise any Federal cause of action for property damage, personal 
injury, or death, asserted by a third-party or parties against an 
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the insurer intends to include in its aggregate insured losses for 
purposes of calculating the insurer deductible or the Federal share of 
compensation of its insured losses under the Program, when:
    (1) Any portion of the proposed settlement amount that is 
attributable to an insured loss or losses involving personal injury or 
death in the aggregate is $2 million or more per third-party claimant, 
regardless of the number of causes of action or insured losses being 
settled; or
    (2) Any portion of the proposed settlement amount that is 
attributable to an insured loss or losses involving property damage 
(including loss of use) in the aggregate is $10 million or more per 
third-party claimant, regardless of the number of causes of action or 
insured losses being settled.
    (b) Discretionary review of other settlements. Notwithstanding 
paragraph (a) of this section, Treasury may require that an insurer 
submit for review and advance approval any proposed agreement to settle 
or compromise any Federal cause of action for property damage, personal 
injury, or death, asserted by a third-party or parties against an 
insured, involving an insured loss, all or part of the payment of which 
the insurer intends to include in its aggregate insured losses for 
purposes of calculating the insurer deductible or the Federal share of 
compensation of its insured losses where the settlement amounts are 
below the applicable monetary thresholds identified in paragraphs 
(a)(1) and (2) of this section.
    (c) Factors. In determining whether to approve a proposed 
settlement, Treasury will consider the nature of the loss, the facts 
and circumstances surrounding the loss, and other factors such as 
whether:
    (1) The proposed settlement compensates for a third-party's loss, 
the liability for which is an insured loss under the terms and 
conditions of the underlying commercial property and casualty insurance 
policy, as certified by the insurer pursuant to Sec.  50.103(d)(2);
    (2) Any amount of the proposed settlement is attributable to 
punitive or exemplary damages intended to punish or deter (whether or 
not specifically so described as such damages);
    (3) The settlement amount offsets amounts received from the United 
States pursuant to any other Federal program;
    (4) The settlement amount does not include any items such as fees 
and expenses of attorneys, experts, and other professionals that have 
caused the insured losses under the underlying commercial property and 
casualty insurance policy to be overstated; and
    (5) Any other criteria that Treasury may consider appropriate, 
depending on the facts and circumstances surrounding the settlement, 
including the information contained in Sec.  50.103.
    (d) Settlement without seeking advance approval or despite 
disapproval. If an insurer settles a cause of action or agrees to the 
settlement of a cause of action without submitting the proposed 
settlement for Treasury's advance approval in accordance with paragraph 
(a) or (b) of this section, and in accordance with Sec.  50.103 or 
despite Treasury's disapproval of the proposed settlement, the insurer 
will not be entitled to include the paid settlement amount (or portion 
of the settlement amount, to the extent partially disapproved) in its 
aggregate insured losses for purposes of calculating the Federal share 
of compensation of its insured losses, unless the insurer can 
demonstrate, to the satisfaction of Treasury, extenuating 
circumstances.


Sec.  50.103   Procedure for requesting approval of proposed 
settlements.

    (a) Submission of notice. Insurers must request advance approval of 
a proposed settlement by submitting a notice of the proposed settlement 
and other required information in writing to the Terrorism Risk 
Insurance Program Office or its designated representative. The address 
where notices are to be submitted will be available at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/fin-mkts/Pages/program.aspx following 
any certification of an act of terrorism pursuant to section 102(1) of 
the Act.
    (b) Complete notice. Treasury will review requests for advance 
approval and determine whether additional information is needed to 
complete the notice.
    (c) Treasury response or deemed approval. Within 30 days after 
Treasury's receipt of a complete notice, or as extended in writing by 
Treasury, Treasury may issue a written response and indicate its 
partial or full approval or rejection of the proposed settlement. If 
Treasury does not issue a response within 30 days after Treasury's 
receipt of a complete notice, unless extended in writing by Treasury, 
the request for advance approval is deemed approved by Treasury. Any 
settlement is still subject to review under the claim procedures 
pursuant to Sec.  50.80.
    (d) Notice format. A notice of a proposed settlement should be 
entitled, ``Notice of Proposed Settlement--Request for Approval,'' and 
should provide the full name and address of the submitting insurer and 
the name, title, address, and telephone number of the designated 
contact person. An insurer must provide all relevant information, 
including the following, as applicable:
    (1) A brief description of the claim against the insured, the 
amount of the claim, the operative policy terms, and defenses to 
coverage;
    (2) A certification by the insurer that the settlement is for a 
third-party's loss, the liability for which is an insured loss under 
the terms and conditions of the underlying commercial property and 
casualty insurance policy;
    (3) A brief description of all damages allegedly sustained and an 
itemized statement of all damages by category (i.e., actual, economic 
and non-economic loss, punitive damages, etc.);
    (4) A statement from the insurer or its attorney in support of the 
settlement;
    (5) The total dollar amount of the proposed settlement and the 
amount of the proposed settlement which is an insured loss;
    (6) Indication as to whether the settlement was negotiated by 
counsel;
    (7) The amount to be paid that will compensate for any items such 
as fees and expenses of attorneys, experts, and other professionals for 
their services and expenses related to the insured loss and/or 
settlement and the net amount to be received by the third-party after 
such payment;
    (8) The amount(s) received from the United States pursuant to any 
other Federal program(s) for compensation of insured losses related to 
an act of terrorism;
    (9) The proposed terms of the written settlement agreement, 
including release language and subrogation terms;
    (10) Other relevant agreements, including:
    (i) Admissions of liability or insurance coverage;
    (ii) Determinations of the number of occurrences under a commercial 
property and casualty insurance policy;
    (iii) The allocation of paid amounts or amounts to be paid to 
certain policies, or to a specific policy, coverage and/or aggregate 
limits;
    (iv) Any other agreement that may affect the payment or amount of 
the Federal share of compensation to be paid to the insurer; and
    (v) Any other relevant agreement requested by Treasury.
    (11) A statement indicating whether the proposed settlement has 
been approved by the Federal court or is subject to such approval and 
whether such approval is expected or likely; and
    (12) Such other information that is related to the insured loss as 
may be requested by Treasury that it deems necessary to evaluate the 
proposed settlement.

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Sec.  50.104   Subrogation.

    An insurer shall not waive its rights of subrogation under its 
property and casualty insurance policy with respect to any losses the 
payment of which the insurer intends to include in its insurer 
deductible or the aggregate insured losses for purposes of calculating 
the Federal share of compensation of its insured losses and shall, 
unless upon request the United States agrees in writing to forbear from 
exercising such right, preserve the subrogation right of the United 
States as provided by section 107(c) of the Act by not taking any 
action that would prejudice the subrogation right of the United States.

Subpart L--Cap on Annual Liability


Sec.  50.110   Cap on annual liability.

    Pursuant to section 103 of the Act, if the aggregate insured losses 
exceed $100,000,000,000 during a calendar year:
    (a) The Secretary shall not make any payment for any portion of the 
amount of such losses that exceeds $100,000,000,000;
    (b) An insurer that has met its insurer deductible shall not be 
liable for the payment of any portion of the amount of such losses that 
exceeds $100,000,000,000; and
    (c) The Secretary shall determine the pro rata share of insured 
losses to be paid by each insurer that incurs insured losses under the 
Program.


Sec.  50.111   Notice to Congress.

    Pursuant to section 103(e)(3) of the Act, the Secretary shall 
provide an initial notice to Congress within 15 days of the 
certification of an act of terrorism, stating whether the Secretary 
estimates that aggregate insured losses will exceed $100,000,000,000 
for the calendar year in which the event occurs. Such initial estimate 
may be based on insured loss amounts as compiled by insurance industry 
statistical organizations, data previously collected by the Secretary, 
and any other information the Secretary in his or her discretion 
considers appropriate. The Secretary shall also notify Congress if 
estimated or actual aggregate insured losses exceed $100,000,000,000 
during any calendar year.


Sec.  50.112   Determination of pro rata share.

    (a) Pro rata loss percentage (PRLP) is the percentage determined by 
the Secretary to be applied by an insurer against the amount that would 
otherwise be paid by the insurer under the terms and conditions of an 
insurance policy providing property and casualty insurance under the 
Program if there were no cap on annual liability under section 
103(e)(2)(A) of the Act.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, if 
Treasury estimates that aggregate insured losses may exceed the cap on 
annual liability for a calendar year, then Treasury will determine a 
PRLP. The PRLP applies to insured loss payments by insurers for insured 
losses incurred in the subject calendar year, as specified in Sec.  
50.113, from the effective date of the PRLP, as established by 
Treasury, until such time as Treasury provides notice that the PRLP is 
revised. Treasury will determine the PRLP based on the following 
considerations:
    (1) Estimates of insured losses from insurance industry statistical 
organizations;
    (2) Any data calls issued by Treasury (see Sec.  50.114);
    (3) Expected reliability and accuracy of insured loss estimates and 
likelihood that insured loss estimates could increase;
    (4) Estimates of insured losses and expenses not included in 
available statistical reporting;
    (5) Such other factors as the Secretary considers important.
    (c) Treasury shall provide notice of the determination of the PRLP 
through publication in the Federal Register, or in another manner 
Treasury deems appropriate, based upon the circumstances of the act of 
terrorism under consideration.
    (d) As appropriate, Treasury will determine any revision to a PRLP 
based on the same considerations listed in paragraph (b) of this 
section, and will provide notice for its application to insured loss 
payments.
    (e) If Treasury estimates based on an initial act of terrorism or 
subsequent act of terrorism within a calendar year that aggregate 
insured losses may exceed the cap on annual liability, but an 
appropriate PRLP cannot yet be determined, Treasury will provide 
notification advising insurers of this circumstance and, after 
consulting with the relevant state authorities, may initiate the action 
described in either paragraph (e)(1) or (2) of this section.
    (1) Hiatus in payments. Call a hiatus in insurer loss payments for 
insured losses of up to two weeks. In such a circumstance, Treasury 
will determine a PRLP as quickly as possible. The PRLP, as later 
determined, will be effective retroactively as of the start of the 
hiatus. Any insured losses submitted in support of an insurer's claim 
for the Federal share of compensation will be reviewed for the 
insurer's compliance with pro rata payments in accordance with the 
effective date of the PRLP.
    (2) Determine an interim PRLP. (i) An interim PRLP is an amount 
determined without the availability of information necessary for 
consideration of all factors listed in Sec.  50.112(b). It is a 
conservatively low percentage amount determined in order to facilitate 
initial partial claim payments by insurers after an act of terrorism 
and prior to the time that information becomes available to determine a 
PRLP based on consideration of the factors listed in Sec.  50.112(b).
    (ii) In such a circumstance, Treasury will determine a PRLP to 
replace the interim PRLP as quickly as possible. The PRLP, as later 
determined, will be effective retroactively as of the effective date of 
the interim PRLP. Any insured losses submitted in support of an 
insurer's claim for the Federal share of compensation will be reviewed 
for the insurer's compliance with pro rata payments in accordance with 
the effective date of the interim PRLP, or as later replaced by the 
PRLP as appropriate.


Sec.  50.113  Application of pro rata share.

    An insurer shall apply the PRLP to determine the pro rata share of 
each insured loss to be paid by the insurer on all insured losses in 
the absence of an agreement on a complete and final settlement as 
evidenced by a signed settlement agreement or other means reviewable by 
a third party as of the effective date established by Treasury. 
Payments based on the application of the PRLP and determination of the 
pro rata share satisfy the insurer's liability for payment under the 
Program. Application of the PRLP and the determination of the pro rata 
share are the exclusive means for calculating the amount of insured 
losses for Program purposes. The pro rata share is subject to the 
following:
    (a) The pro rata share is determined based on the estimated or 
actual final claim settlement amount that would otherwise be paid.
    (b) All policies. If partial payments have already been made as of 
the effective date of the PRLP, then the pro rata share for that loss 
is the greater of the amount already paid as of the effective date of 
the PRLP or the amount computed by applying the PRLP to the estimated 
or actual final claim settlement amount that would otherwise be paid.
    (c) Certain workers' compensation insurance policies. If an 
insurer's payments under a workers' compensation policy cumulatively 
exceed the amount computed by applying the PRLP to the estimated or 
actual final claim settlement amount

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that would otherwise be paid because such estimated or actual final 
settlement amount is reduced from a previous estimate, then the insurer 
may request a review and adjustment by Treasury in the calculation of 
the Federal share of compensation. In requesting such a review, the 
insurer must submit information to supplement its Certification of Loss 
demonstrating a reasonable estimate invalidated by unexpected 
conditions differing from prior assumptions including, but not limited 
to, an explanation and the basis for the prior assumptions.
    (d) If an insurer has not yet made payments in excess of its 
insurer deductible, the rules in this paragraph apply.
    (1) If the insurer estimates that it will exceed its insurer 
deductible making payments based on the application of the PRLP to its 
insured losses, then the insurer shall apply the PRLP as of the 
effective date specified in Sec.  50.112(b).
    (2)(i) If the insurer estimates that it will not exceed its insurer 
deductible making payments based on the application of the PRLP to its 
insured losses, then the insurer may make payments on the same basis as 
prior to the effective date of the PRLP. The insurer may also make 
payments on the basis of applying some other pro rata amount it 
determines that is greater than the PRLP, where the insurer estimates 
that application of such other pro rata amount will result in it not 
exceeding its insurer deductible. The insurer remains liable for losses 
in accordance with Sec.  50.115(c).
    (ii) If an insurer estimates that it will not exceed its insurer 
deductible and has made payments on the basis provided in paragraph 
(d)(2)(i) of this section, but thereafter reaches its insurer 
deductible, then the insurer shall apply the PRLP to any remaining 
insured losses. When such an insurer submits a claim for the Federal 
share of compensation, the amount of the insurer's losses will be 
deemed to be the amount it would have paid if it had applied the PRLP 
as of the effective date, and the Federal share of compensation will be 
calculated on that amount. However, an insurer may request an exception 
if it can demonstrate that its estimate was invalidated as a result of 
insured losses from a subsequent act of terrorism.


Sec.  50.114  Data call authority.

    For the purpose of determining initial or recalculated PRLPs, 
Treasury may issue a data call to insurers for insured loss 
information, seeking information in addition to any information 
provided to Treasury under subparts F and H of this part.


Sec.  50.115  Final amount.

    (a) Treasury shall determine if, as a final proration, remaining 
insured loss payments, as well as adjustments to previous insured loss 
payments, can be made by insurers based on an adjusted PLRP, and 
aggregate insured losses still remain within the cap on annual 
liability. In such a circumstance, Treasury will notify insurers as to 
the final PRLP and its application to insured losses.
    (b) If paragraph (a) of this section applies, Treasury may require, 
as part of the insurer submission for the Federal share of compensation 
for insured losses, a supplementary explanation regarding how 
additional payments will be provided on previously settled insured 
losses.
    (c) An insurer that has prorated its insured losses, but that has 
not met its insurer deductible, remains liable for loss payments that 
in the aggregate bring the insurer's total insured loss payments up to 
an amount equal to the lesser of its insured losses without proration 
or its insurer deductible.

    Dated: December 9, 2016.
Amias Moore Gerety,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions.
[FR Doc. 2016-29987 Filed 12-16-16; 4:15 pm]
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