# Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds—Termination and Merger: Surety Company of the Pacific
**AGENCY:**
Financial Management Service, Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is Supplement No. 12 to the Treasury Department Circular 570, 2006 Revision, published June 30, 2008, at 73 FR 37644.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874-6850.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Notice is hereby given that the Certificate of Authority issued by the Treasury to Surety Company of the Pacific (NAIC# 12793) under 31 U.S.C. 9305 to qualify as acceptable surety on Federal bonds has been terminated. The above-named company merged with and into American Contractors Indemnity Company (NAIC# 10216) effective March 2, 2009. The surviving corporation of the merger activity is American Contractors Indemnity Company (NAIC# 10216), a California domiciled corporation. Federal bond-approving officials should annotate their reference copies of the Treasury Department Circular 570 (“Circular”), 2008 Revision, to reflect this change.
In the event bond-approving officers have questions relating to bonds issued by the Surety Company of the Pacific (NAIC# 12793) that has merged with and into American Contractors Indemnity Company (NAIC# 10216), they should contact American Contractors Indemnity Company at (310) 649-0990.
The Circular may be viewed and downloaded through the Internet at *www.fms.treas.gov/c570.*
Questions concerning this notice may be directed to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service, Financial Accounting and Services Division, Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East-West Highway, Room 6F01, Hyattsville, MD 20782.
Dated: April 28, 2009.
Rose M. Miller,
Acting Director, Financial Accounting and Services Division, Financial Management Service.