Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds: Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, 56550 [2015-23446]

Download as PDF tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 56550 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 181 / Friday, September 18, 2015 / Notices order to inspect and photocopy comments. All 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. Additionally, please send a copy of your comments by mail to: OCC Desk Officer, 1557–0238, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., #10235, Washington, DC 20503, or by email to: oira submission@ omb.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, OCC Clearance Officer, (202) 649–5490, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, (202) 649–5597, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. 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Twelve CFR 1022.42(a) requires furnishers to establish and implement reasonable written policies and procedures regarding the accuracy and integrity of consumer information that they provide to a consumer reporting agency (CRA). Twelve CFR 1022.43(a) permits consumers to initiate disputes directly with the furnishers in certain circumstances. Furnishers are required to have procedures to ensure that disputes received directly from consumers are handled in a VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:35 Sep 17, 2015 Jkt 235001 substantially similar manner to those complaints received through CRAs. Twelve 1022.43(f)(2) incorporates the statutory requirement that a furnisher must notify a consumer by mail or other means (if authorized by the consumer) not later than five business days after making a determination that a dispute is frivolous or irrelevant. Twelve CFR 1022.43(f) incorporates the statute’s content requirements for the notices. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,464 respondents. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 185,443 hours. A 60-day Federal Register notice concerning this collection of information was published on July 7, 2015, 80 FR 38808. No comments were received. Comments continue to be 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 burden of the collection of information; (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 operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dated: September 14, 2015. Mary H. Gottlieb, Regulatory Specialist, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division. Dated: September 8, 2015. Kevin McIntyre, Manager, Financial Accounting and Services Branch, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. [FR Doc. 2015–23403 Filed 9–17–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. A Certificate of Authority as an acceptable surety on Federal bonds is hereby issued under 31 U.S.C. 9305 to the following company: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (NAIC # 22276). BUSINESS ADDRESS: 3024 Harney Street, Omaha, NE., 68131–3580. PHONE: (402) 916–3000. UNDERWRITING LIMITATION b/: $323,414,000. SURETY LICENSES c/: AL, AR, CO, FL, ID, IN, IA, ME, MD, MN, MT, NE., NJ, NC, ND, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT,WV, WI, WY. INCORPORATED IN: Nebraska. Federal bond-approving officers should annotate their reference copies of the Treasury Circular 570 (‘‘Circular’’), 2015 Revision, to reflect this addition. Certificates of Authority expire on June 30th each year, unless revoked prior to that date. The Certificates are subject to subsequent annual renewal as long as the companies remain qualified (see 31 CFR part 223). A list of qualified companies is published annually as of July 1st in the Circular, which outlines details as to the underwriting limitations, areas in which companies are licensed to transact surety business, and other information. The Circular may be viewed and downloaded through the Internet at https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/ ref/suretyBnd/surety_home.htm. Questions concerning this notice may be directed to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Surety Bond Branch, 3700 EastWest Highway, Room 6D22, Hyattsville, MD 20782. 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 181 (Friday, September 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 56550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23446]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service


Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds: Berkshire Hathaway 
Specialty Insurance Company

AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Service, Department of the 
Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 2 to the Treasury Department Circular 
570, 2015 Revision, published July 1, 2015, at 80 FR 37735.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874-6850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Certificate of Authority as an acceptable 
surety on Federal bonds is hereby issued under 31 U.S.C. 9305 to the 
following company:

    Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (NAIC # 22276).
    BUSINESS ADDRESS: 3024 Harney Street, Omaha, NE., 68131-3580.
    PHONE: (402) 916-3000.
    UNDERWRITING LIMITATION b/: $323,414,000.
    SURETY LICENSES c/: AL, AR, CO, FL, ID, IN, IA, ME, MD, MN, MT, 
NE., NJ, NC, ND, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT,WV, WI, WY.
    INCORPORATED IN: Nebraska.

    Federal bond-approving officers should annotate their reference 
copies of the Treasury Circular 570 (``Circular''), 2015 Revision, to 
reflect this addition.
    Certificates of Authority expire on June 30th each year, unless 
revoked prior to that date. The Certificates are subject to subsequent 
annual renewal as long as the companies remain qualified (see 31 CFR 
part 223). A list of qualified companies is published annually as of 
July 1st in the Circular, which outlines details as to the underwriting 
limitations, areas in which companies are licensed to transact surety 
business, and other information.
    The Circular may be viewed and downloaded through the Internet at 
https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/ref/suretyBnd/surety_home.htm.
    Questions concerning this notice may be directed to the U.S. 
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Surety Bond 
Branch, 3700 East-West Highway, Room 6D22, Hyattsville, MD 20782.

    Dated: September 8, 2015.
Kevin McIntyre,
Manager, Financial Accounting and Services Branch, Bureau of the Fiscal 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-23446 Filed 9-17-15; 8:45 am]
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