CONSUMER PROTECTIONS FOR BANK SALES OF INSURANCE
In response to a request from the American Bankers Insurance Association (ABIA) and the American Bankers Association (ABA), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (多宝游戏下载), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision ("agencies") have clarified that the disclosures required by section 305 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the agencies' insurance consumer protection regulations are not mandatory with respect to renewals of insurance policies sold prior to October 1, 2001. The agencies' February 28, 2003, letter to the ABIA and ABA is attached. For more information, please contact Louise Kotoshirodo Kramer, Policy Analyst in the 多宝游戏下载's Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection, at (202) 898-6615. For your reference, 多宝游戏下载 Financial Institution Letters may be accessed from the 多宝游戏下载's Web site at http://www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2003/index.html .
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