[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56150-56151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24495]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection 
Renewal; Comment Request; Consumer Protections for Depository 
Institution Sales of Insurance

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing 
information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (PRA).
    In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not 
conduct or sponsor, and respondents are not required to respond to, an 
information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
    The OCC is soliciting comment concerning renewal of its information 
collection titled ``Consumer Protections for Depository Institution 
Sales of Insurance.''

DATES: Comments must be received by January 8, 2019.

ADDRESSES:  Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if 
possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail: Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-0220, 400 
7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, 
Washington, DC 20219.
     Fax: (571) 465-4326.
    Instructions: You must include ``OCC'' as the agency name and 
``1557-0220'' in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish 
comments on www.reginfo.gov without change, including any business or 
personal information that you provide, such as name and address 
information, email addresses, or phone numbers. Comments received, 
including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the 
public record and subject to public disclosure. Do not include any 
information in your comment or supporting materials that you consider 
confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure.
    You may review comments and other related materials that pertain to 
this information collection beginning on the date of publication of the 
second notice for this collection \1\ by any of the following methods:
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    \1\ Following the close of the 60-Day comment period for this 
notice, the OCC will publish a notice for 30 days of comment for 
this collection.
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     Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov. 
Click on the ``Information Collection Review'' tab. Underneath the 
``Currently under Review'' section heading, from the drop-down menu, 
select ``Department of Treasury'' and then click ``submit.'' This 
information collection can be located by searching by OMB control 
number ``1557-0220'' or ``Consumer Protections for Depository 
Institution Sales of Insurance.'' Upon finding the appropriate 
information collection, click on the related ``ICR Reference Number.'' 
On the next screen, select ``View Supporting Statement and Other 
Documents'' and then click on the link to any comment listed at the 
bottom of the screen.
     For assistance in navigating www.reginfo.gov, please 
contact the Regulatory Information Service Center at (202) 482-7340.
     Viewing Comments Personally: You may personally inspect 
comments at the OCC, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC. For security 
reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect 
comments. You may do so by calling (202) 649-6700 or, for persons who 
are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY, (202) 649-5597. Upon arrival, 
visitors will be required to present valid government-issued photo 
identification and submit to security screening in order to inspect 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, 
(202) 649-5490 or, for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY, 
(202) 649-5597, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of 
the Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal 
agencies must obtain approval from OMB for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. ``Collection of information'' is 
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) to include agency 
requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, 
keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 
3506(c)(2)(A) of part 44 requires federal agencies to provide a 60-day 
notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information, including each proposed extension of an existing 
collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for 
approval. To comply with this requirement, the OCC is publishing notice 
of the collection of information set forth in this document.
    Title: Consumer Protections for Depository Institution Sales of 
Insurance.
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0220.
    Type of Review: Extension, without revision, of a currently 
approved collection.
    Description: This information collection is required under section 
305 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act), 12 U.S.C. 1831x. Section 
305 of the GLB Act requires the OCC, the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
(collectively, the Agencies) to prescribe joint consumer protection 
regulations that apply to retail sales practices, solicitations, 
advertising, and offers of any insurance product by a depository 
institution or by other persons performing these activities at an 
office of the institution or on behalf of the institution (other 
covered persons). Section 305 also requires those performing such 
activities to disclose certain information to consumers (e.g., that 
insurance products and annuities are not FDIC-insured).

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    This information collection requires national banks, federal 
savings associations, and other covered persons involved in insurance 
sales, as defined in 12 CFR 14.20(f), to make two separate disclosures 
to consumers. Under 12 CFR 14.40, a national bank, federal savings 
association, or other covered person must prepare and provide orally 
and in writing: (1) Certain insurance disclosures to consumers before 
the completion of the initial sale of an insurance product or annuity 
to a consumer and (2) certain credit disclosures at the time of 
application for the extension of credit (if insurance products or 
annuities are sold, solicited, advertised, or offered in connection 
with an extension of credit).
    Consumers use the disclosures to understand the risks associated 
with insurance products and annuities and to understand that they are 
not required to purchase, and may refrain from purchasing, certain 
insurance products or annuities in order to qualify for an extension of 
credit.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Burden:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 527.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 2,635 hours.
    Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be 
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the OCC, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the OCC's estimate of the information 
collection burden;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology; and
    (e) Estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of the 
operation, maintenance, and purchase of services necessary to provide 
the required information.

    Dated: November 5, 2018.
Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2018-24495 Filed 11-8-18; 8:45 am]
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