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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  1592 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of 
 Rules  and  Regulations  Implementing  the  Telephone  Consumer  Protection  Act  of  1996 


 Mass  Marketing  Insurance  Group  and  National  Union  Fire  Insurance  Company  Request  to 
 Withdraw  Petition  for  Reconsideration 


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 CG  Docket  No.  02-  278 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  3,  2005  Released:  June  3,  2005 
 By  the  Acting  Chief,  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau: 
 1.  In  this  Order,  we  grant  a  request  to  withdraw  a  Petition  for  Reconsideration  of  the  Commission’s  2003  TCPA  Order  1  filed  by  the  Mass  Marketing  Insurance  Group  and  National  Union  Fire 
 Insurance  Company  (Petitioners).  2  On  August  13,  2004,  the  Petitioners  requested  that  the  Commission  “determine  that  a  bank’s  [established  business  relationship]  with  a  customer  extends  to  an  affiliated 
 insurance  agency  for  the  purpose  of  marketing  to  the  bank’s  customers  insurance  products  underwritten  by  an  unaffiliated  insurance  company.”  3  On  February  2,  2005,  the  Petitioners  requested  that  its  petition 
 for  reconsideration  in  this  matter  be  withdrawn.  4 
 2.  Accordingly,  pursuant  to  Sections  0.361  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.  361,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  request  to  withdraw  the  Petition  for  Reconsideration  filed  by  Mass  Marketing 


 Insurance  Group  and  National  Union  Fire  Insurance  Company  in  CG  Docket  No.  02-  278  IS  GRANTED  and  the  Petition  for  Reconsideration  IS  DISMISSED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Monica  S.  Desai  Acting  Chief 
 Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau 


 1  Rules  and  Regulations  Implementing  the  Telephone  Consumer  Protection  Act  of  1991,  CG  Docket  No.  02-  278, 
 Report  and  Order,  18  FCC  Rcd  14014  (2003)  (2003  TCPA  Order).  2 
 Mass  Marketing  Insurance  Company  Group,  Inc.,  and  National  Union  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Joint  Petition  for  Reconsideration,  filed  Aug.  13,  2004  (Joint  Petition). 


 3  Joint  Petition  at  3.  The  Commission’s  rules  provide  that  a  subscriber’s  established  business  relationship  with  a 
 particular  business  extends  to  affiliated  entities  only  if  “the  subscriber  would  reasonably  expect  them  to  be  included  given  the  nature  and  type  of  goods  or  services  offered  by  the  affiliate  and  the  identity  of  the  affiliate.”  47  C.  F.  R.  § 


 64.  1200(  f)(  3)(  ii).  4 
 Letter  from  Chrys  D.  Lemon,  Counsel  for  Mass  Marketing  Insurance  Group  and  National  Union  Fire  Insurance  Company,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  FCC,  filed  Feb.  2,  2005. 
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