Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Permit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism

DATE: October 11, 2001 RE: Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Permit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism NOTE: This bulletin was only addressed to Alabama-domiciled Insurers. In response to the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon committed on September 11, 2001, President Bush issued an Executive Order, effective September 24, 2001, which provides that property and interests in property of those persons and entities listed in the Annex to the Executive Order (a copy of the list is attached to this Bulletin) that are either in the United States or come into the United States are blocked. This includes the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit of those persons or entities listed in the Annex to the Order or otherwise determined to be subject to the Order. The purpose of this Bulletin is to advise all insurers and licensees to become familiar with their obligations under the Executive Order. All insurers and licensees should review their records for any information that may be relevant to the Executive Order. Insurers and licensees should also review the United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, website, www.treas.gov/ofac , which will provide additional updated information regarding these requirements. Questions regarding the Executive Order should be directed to the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Entities found to have violated this Executive Order may be subject to sanction. Insurers and licensees reporting information to federal authorities should also notify the Alabama Department of Insurance, Attention: Michael A ments. Questions regarding the Executive Order should be directed to the Office of Foreign Assets Control. Entities found to have violated this Executive Order may be subject to sanction. Insurers and licensees reporting information to federal authorities should also notify the Alabama Department of Insurance, Attention: Michael A. Bownes, General Counsel, at P.O. Box 303351, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3351. ALL INSURERS MUST INFORM THEIR AGENTS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS BULLETIN. Annex to Executive Order Al Qaida/Islamic Army Abu Sayyaf Group Armed Islamic Group (GIA) Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM) Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) Asbat al-Ansar Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI) Islamic Army of Aden Usama bin Laden Muhammad Atif (aka, Subhi Abu Sitta, Abu Hafs Al Masri) Sayf al-Adl Shaykh Sai'id (aka, Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad) Abu Hafs the Mauritanian (aka, Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, Khalid Al-Shanqiti) Ibn Al-Shaykh al-Libi Abu Zubaydah (aka, Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, Tariq) Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi (aka, Abu Abdallah) Ayman al-Zawahiri Thirwat Salah Shihata Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad (aka, Fathi, Amr al-Fatih) Muhammad Salah (aka, Nasr Fahmi Nasr Hasanayn) Makhtab Al-Khidamat/Al Kifah Wafa Humanitarian Organization Al Rashid Trust Mamoun Darkazanli Import-Export Company