# 2026-22259: Retirement Transfers Get a New Back Office, Not a New Adventure

2026-22259, Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Concerning the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service Account Transfer Process for Insurance and Retirement Products, is a Federal Register notice from Securities and Exchange Commission published 2026-11-02, effective 2026-11-20; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

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- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22259
- Title: Self-Regulatory Organizations; National Securities Clearing Corporation; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Concerning the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service Account Transfer Process for Insurance and Retirement Products
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission
- Citation: 91 FR 68998
- Published: 2026-11-02
- Effective: 2026-11-20
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

Retirement Transfers Get a New Back Office, Not a New Adventure

## Summary

The National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) is updating how insurance and retirement product transfers happen through its Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (ACATS). Instead of ACATS handling some registration steps, NSCC’s Insurance & Retirement Solutions system will take over, making the process smoother for financial firms and customers. This change kicks in right away and aims to speed up transfers without extra costs.

## Effects PRIA read

- Insurance/Annuity Transfers Shifted to I&RS: benefit, low. Starting November 20, 2026, NSCC will move responsibility for re-registering and confirming insurance and retirement products (for example, annuities) from the ACATS system to NSCC's Insurance & Retirement Solutions (I&RS) system. Firms will still use ACATS to initiate transfers and for ACATS/IPS e…
- Decommissioning of ACATS Insurance Records: benefit, low. NSCC will decommission several ACATS instructions, files, and records used for insurance product transfers—examples include the Insurance Registration (IR) Record, the insurance statistics file that confirmed accepted/rejected transactions, and Receiver & Deliver (R&D) Insurance Instructions for IR…

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## Sources
- [2026-22259 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/02/2026-22259/self-regulatory-organizations-national-securities-clearing-corporation-notice-of-filing-and)
- [2026-22259 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-02/pdf/2026-22259.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22259 (as of 2026-11-04).