🛡️Comments on Small Insurers in Terrorism Risk Insurance Program
Comments in Aid of Analyses of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program
Summary
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) created the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (Program) to address disruptions in the market for terrorism risk insurance, to help ensure the continued availability and affordability of commercial property and casualty insurance for terrorism risk, and to allow for the private markets to stabilize and build insurance capacity to absorb any future losses for terrorism events. The Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) administers the Program, with the assistance of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO). Treasury requests comments from interested parties regarding the issues that FIO will be analyzing in connection with its upcoming study related to the participation of small insurers in the Program, including any competitive challenges such insurers face in the terrorism risk insurance marketplace.
Agencies
- Treasury Department
Business Impact
$$ - Med
The notice solicits comments regarding small insurers' participation in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, directly impacting compliance and regulatory requirements for businesses within the insurance sector. The outcomes may affect the availability and cost of terrorism risk insurance, influencing businesses reliant on these policies.