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FDIC Consumer News - Fall 2001

Special Report on FDIC Insurance

1. If you picked "False" you are correct.

PAYABLE-ON-DEATH (POD) AND OTHER REVOCABLE TRUST ACCOUNTS. The insurance rules
governing these types of deposit accounts where funds pass to specific beneficiaries when the owner
dies (sometimes also called testamentary, Totten trust or In-Trust-For accounts) can provide for
expanded insurance coverage, but the rules also can be complicated. Each beneficiary's share of a POD
account can be insured up to $100,000 ($200,000 if there are two beneficiaries, $300,000 if there are
three, and so on) but the beneficiary must be a "qualifying" beneficiary. That is, the beneficiary must be
the grantor/depositor's spouse, child, grandchild, parent or sibling. Other relatives, such as nieces,
nephews, cousins or in-laws, as well as friends, do not qualify the account for the additional insurance
coverage provided to other POD accounts. What happens if you name a non-qualifying beneficiary? The
portion payable to that person would be added to any accounts you have at the bank in the single (or
individual) account category and the total will be insured to $100,000. See full story...

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