Section 103 of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (the Act), as amended by the Reauthorization Act, sets a limit on the annual liability for insured losses at $100 billion. This section requires the Secretary of the Treasury to notify Congress not later than 15 days after the date of an act of terrorism as to whether aggregate insured losses are estimated to exceed the cap. The Act, as amended, also requires the Secretary to determine the pro rata share of insured losses under the Program when insured losses exceed the cap, and to issue regulations for carrying this out. In order to meet these requirements, Treasury may need to obtain loss information from involved insurers. This would be accomplished by the issuance of a "data call" to ascertain insurer losses. In the event of the imposition on insurers of a "pro rata loss percentage", it will be necessary to determine compliance when processing insurer claims for payment of the Federal share of compensation. This would be accomplished by nominal revision to the currently approved Treasury form TRIP 02C, "Bordereau" or "Schedule C".
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.