National Credit Union
Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF)
The share insurance at OFCU is similar to deposit insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC). Share accounts in federally insured credit unions are insured up to $100,000, an amount equal to the insurance protection offered by the FDIC and FSLIC. Generally, if a credit union member has more than one account in the same insured credit union, those accounts are added together and are insured up to $100,000. There are exceptions, however. If a member has a regular share account and an Individual Retirement Account in the same credit union, the share account is insured up to $100,000 and the IRA is insured up to $250,000. The NCUA Insurance booklet gives a more detailed explanation of insurance coverage.
Not one penny of insured savings has ever been lost by a member of a federally insured credit union. The federal insurance fund has several programs to help insured credit unions which may be experiencing problems, and liquidations or failures are usually done only as a last resort. If a federally insured credit union does fail, however, the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) will normally make any necessary payouts within two weeks of the time the credit union closes its doors.
Insured credit unions are required to deposit and maintain 1% of their insured shares in the NCUSIF. The fund is currently at the strongest and best reserved level in its history. Historically, deposit insurance funds strive for a ratio of equity to insured savings of a least 1%. NCUSIF ratio of equity to insured savings ranges from 1.25% to 1.30%.
As a member of Omaha Federal Credit Union, you do not pay directly for your share insurance protection. And no tax dollars are used to fund NCUSIF. Omaha Federal Credit Union pays into the NCUSIF a deposit based on the total amount of insured shares in the Credit Union.
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