Share Insurance Coverage
The basic insured amount for a credit union member under current law is $100,000. Share accounts maintained in different rights or capacities, or forms of ownership, may each be separately insured up to $100,000. Thus, a member may hold or have an interest in more than one separately insured share account in the same insured credit union.
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All types of member share accounts and deposits received by the credit union in its usual course of business, including regular shares, share certificates, and share draft accounts are insured. Investment products offered by a credit union to its members, such as mutual funds, annuities, and other non-deposit investments are not insured by the NCUSIF.
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No. NCUSIF share insurance is not increased merely by dividing funds owned by the same person or persons into one or more of the different kinds of share accounts available. For example, a regular share account, a share draft account and a share certificate account owned by the same member are added together and insured up to $100,000. Insurance can be increased by opening a different type of account - one that is held in a different right and capacity. For example, insurance on a single ownership account is separate from insurance on a joint account.
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No. The maximum insurance of $100,000 is applicable to share accounts in each insured credit union. A member who has share accounts in two or more different insured credit unions would have up to $100,000 insurance in each credit union. In the case of a credit union having one or more branches, the main office and all branch offices are considered as one credit union.