# Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds—Termination and Merger; Pioneer General Insurance Company
**AGENCY:**
Financial Management Service, Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
This is Supplement No. 16 to the Treasury Department Circular 570, 2011 Revision, published July 1, 2011, at 76 FR 38892.
**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 the above-named company 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 December 31, 2011. 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”), 2011 Revision, to reflect this change.
In the event bond-approving officers have questions relating to bonds issued by the above-named company, 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: March 9, 2012.
Laura Carrico,
Director, Financial Accounting and Services Division, Financial Management Service.