These information collections are required under section 305 of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, Public Law No. 106-102. This section requires the Federal banking agencies to prescribe joint consumer protection regulations that apply to retail sales practices, solicitations, advertising, and offers of any insurance product by the depository institution or by other persons performing these activities at an office of the institution or on behalf of the institution. The section requires those performing such activities to disclose certain information to consumers and to obtain consumers' acknowledgements.
The OTS is citing a decrease in the inventory due to a decrease in the number of respondents and responses.
Consumers will use the disclosures to understand the risks of buying insurance products or annuities and to understand that the FDIC does not insure such products. Institutions and others will use the consumers acknowledgment to verify that consumers received the disclosures.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.