FDIC regulations allow you to increase your family's account insurance protection to substantially more than $100,000. The following charts show you how to maximize your coverage.
A family of two can insure accounts to $500,000.
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family of three can insure accounts to $1,000,000.
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family of four can insure accounts to $1,400,000.
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single parent and one child can insure accounts to $400,000.
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single parent and two children can insure accounts to $800,000.
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family of two can insure accounts to $500,000.
| Individual Accounts | Normal Coverage |
| Wife | $100,000 |
| Husband | $100,000 |
| Joint Accounts |
| Husband and Wife | $100,000 |
| Revocable Trust Accounts |
| Husband as Trustee for Wife | $100,000 |
| Wife as Trustee for Husband | $100,000 |
| Total | $500,000 |
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family of three can insure accounts to $1,000,000.
| Individual Accounts | Normal Coverage |
| Wife | $100,000 |
| Husband | $100,000 |
| Child | $100,000 |
| Joint Accounts |
| Husband and Wife | $100,000 |
| Husband and Child | $100,000 |
| Wife and Child | $100,000 |
| Revocable Trust Accounts |
| Husband as Trustee for Wife | $100,000 |
| Husband as Trustee for Child | $100,000 |
| Wife as Trustee for Husband | $100,000 |
| Wife as Trustee for Child | $100,000 |
| Total | $1,000,000 |
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family of four can insure accounts to $1,400,000.
| Individual Accounts | Normal Coverage |
| Wife | $100,000 |
| Husband | $100,000 |
| Child 1 | $100,000 |
| Child 2 | $100,000 |
| Joint Accounts |
| Husband and Wife | $100,000 |
| Husband and Child 1 | $100,000 |
| Wife and Child 2 | $100,000 |
| Child 1 and Child 2 | $100,000 |
| Revocable Trust Accounts |
| Husband as Trustee for Wife | $100,000 |
| Husband as Trustee for Child 1 | $100,000 |
| Husband as Trustee for Child 2 | $100,000 |
| Wife as Trustee for Husband | $100,000 |
| Wife as Trustee for Child 1 | $100,000 |
| Wife as Trustee for Child 2 | $100,000 |
| Total | $1,400,000 |
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single parent and one child can insure accounts to $400,000.
| Individual Accounts | Normal Coverage |
| Parent | $100,000 |
| Child | $100,000 |
| Joint Accounts |
| Parent and Child | $100,000 |
| Revocable Trust Accounts |
| Parent as Trustee for Child | $100,000 |
| Total | $400,000 |
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single parent and two children can insure accounts to $800,000.
| Individual Accounts | Normal Coverage |
| Parent | $100,000 |
| Child 1 | $100,000 |
| Child 2 | $100,000 |
| Joint Accounts |
| Parent and Child 1 | $100,000 |
| Parent anc Child 2 | $100,000 |
| Child 1 and Child 2 | $100,000 |
| Revocable Trust Accounts |
| Parent as Trustee for Child 1 | $100,000 |
| Parent as Trustee for Child 2 | $100,000 |
| Total | $800,000 |
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