The FDIC only insures accounts with up to $100,000. If you need to, you can always open up multiple accounts. Take into consideration how much interest that you will be earning so as not to go above that limit.
The maximum FDIC insured amount TOTAL for any individual is $250,000, so you have to consider all of your bank savings and bank CDs. Remember that stocks are not covered and other investments are not necessarily FDIC insured.
Any bank can give you information about FDIC insured savings accounts. Most deposit accounts are insured. Check at your local bank or online to see if there is a fee involved.
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It's the new savings amount that is insured by the FDIC. This was changed in the bailout bill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Deposit_Insurance_Corporation
If you have under $100,000 in all combined accounts at one particular FDIC-insured bank, you are covered.
CD's or certificates of Deposit just like savings accounts are FDIC insured, regardless of maturity period. If a bank were to go out of business, the FDIC would step in and cover any and all FDIC products, including CD's.
The FDIC will cover your cash balance in your brokerage/investment account- but only if you signed up for an FDIC-insured cash account. If your cash balance is stored in a cash account as opposed to a money market account, the cash is stored in an account that counts as a savings account. This way, your cash balance can be insured by the FDIC while your invested amount is riding the stock market wave...
The amount has increased to $250,000.
All of Yvette's money in both her checking account and savings account is FDIC insured. The FDIC insures up to $250,000 per depositor, per account category in the event of a bank failure. Therefore, the entire amount of Yvette's combined deposits of $257,371 is covered by FDIC insurance.
All types of traditional bank accounts such as checking accounts, savings accounts, CDs (Certificates of Deposit), etc. are insured by the FDIC.
Yes, Iberiabanks' cd s are FDIC insured.
They are FDIC insured up to $100,000.