[dilyevsky]

When I look at acc statement it shows a list of completely different banks each with <250K. If our bank goes bust I presume we get our first 250K that are sitting in the bank itself as soon as FDIC takes over which is enough for operations and will need to contact other banks for our money. It's more like a brokerage account than a regular deposit.

[cduzz]

I'd give those other banks a call and ask.

Also, per FDIC rules, the 250k is per party attached to the account, so at least for a married couple it seems to be $500k per account.

But hey, I'm sure it'll all be fine and we won't need to worry about the fine print.

[dragonwriter]

> Also, per FDIC rules, the 250k is per party attached to the account, so at least for a married couple it seems to be $500k per account.

Its per owner per account class, but what constitutes an owner varies by account class, and, IIRC, many class by definition have a single owner.

But, yeah, you can double your coverage in simple directly-owned accounts as a married couple by splitting funds between maxed out single accounts ($250K) for each party and a maxed out joint account ($500K) for a total of $1M in coverage, because single and joint accounts are separate categories.