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Abstract Purpose--The purpose of this paper is to look at the main empirical findings related to the bank-insurance model and to outline the market practices across the world. The market [...]

Byline: Alex J. Pollock The amended Dodd-Frank regulatory expansion bill has a new last-minute theory: Charge different banks different deposit insurance premium rates, not according to risk, but by size. [...]

Reps. Paul Gillmor, R-Ohio, and Barney Frank, D-Mass., two members of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced a bill Monday to block Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other commercial firms from [...]

The President's signing of a comprehensive deposit insurance reform bill last month capped a nearly decade-long legislative campaign by community bankers. What did they get for all the years of [...]

State regulators with the Division of Financial Reulation said last week they have approved an application from American Share Insurance of Dublin, Ohio, to offer private deposit insurance to the [...]

Interest in a revived private deposit insurance option has grown in recent months, with 42 credit unions each having kicked in $1,000 contributions towards a study of the alternative to [...]

By the time you read this, TAG--Transaction Account Guarantee program--will hove expired at yearend. We asked bankers what impact they expected to see, and if they would switch to paying [...]

Federal plan calls for 5 cent hike depending on bank, thrift health PITTSBURGH -- Last year almost 90 Western Pennsylvania community banks and thrifts together spent more than $46 million [...]

Given today's headlines, you may wonder who protects your money in case a financial institution goes under. Here's information on the entities that back up various types of accounts: Bank [...]

First Federal Bank of Arkansas at Harrison now offers a Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service that can insure bank deposits up to $10 million. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage [...]

Two top banking regulators on Wednesday attempted to quash the notion that deposit insurance gives direct bank subsidiaries an unfair advantage over nonbank competitors. 'Allowing banks to conduct financial activities [...]

London Marketing Associates is offering chargeback insurance to banks and processors. The policy covers fraudulent and excessive chargebacks and is seen as a way for financial institutions to reduce the risk of entering new merchant categories. The leading credit card companies, MasterCard International Inc and Visa International, dispute the value of the insurance coverage, claiming that there is little demand for the service., A CHARGEBACK insurance policy now being offered to banks and processors can take some of the guesswork and risk out of their relationships with merchants, the managing agent says. The [...]

The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. is offering banks protection against liabilities that may arise from their involvement with proprietary mutual funds. The Warren, N.J., company features the coverage in [...]

First National Bank of Chicago has become the first commercial bank to secure municipal deposits with 'Assurety,' a new surety bond program introduced by Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corp. ''Assurety' [...]

Despite higher insurance premiums and plummeting interest rates, Arizona banks are unlikely to raise fees for customers to make up the difference. Most local financial institutions contacted by The Business [...]