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 Home  > Deposit Insurance > The Deposit Insurance Funds > History of Deposit Insurance**A Brief History of Deposit Insurance**

	


This document provides information on the state deposit insurance programs that existed in the 1800s and early 1900s, the banking crisis of 1930s, and the establishment of the FDIC. It describes the FDIC's early years, its experience during and after World War II, the turbulent decades of the 1970s and 1980s, and the recovery achieved in the 1990s. Major legislative changes and economic influences are noted. Finally, deposit insurance issues are discussed that were current at the time of the FDIC-sponsored International Conference on Deposit Insurance in 1998. The document does not fully address the savings-and-loan crisis of the 1980s because the FDIC did not receive deposit insurance responsibility for S&Ls until 1989.
 
A Brief History of Deposit Insurance (315Kb PDF File)

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**Deposit Insurance: An Annotated Bibliography**
  *Annotated Bibliography of Deposit Insurance* contains citations and abstracts for books, journal articles, working papers, dissertations, conference proceedings, congressional hearings, and government and international agency reports on deposit insurance published between 1989 and 1999. The on-line version of this bibliography is updated annually. Please refer to the Introduction for more details concerning the purpose, scope, and sources of the Bibliography.

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Deposit Insurance: An Annotated Bibliography 1989-1999 (1,118kb PDF File)
   Update: 2000-2003 (465k) Text versionStrengthening Financial Risk Management at the FDIC (2003)

**Roundtable on Deposit Insurance, April 25, 2000**
  On April 25, 2000, the FDIC hosted the first of a series of roundtable discussions. The session has been transcribed and the meeting material is available below.

Transcript of Roundtable Discussion (Hard Copy)
 Video of Roundtable Discussion: Order Form ($20.00 per copy).
 FDIC Charts & Graphs: Supporting Data for FDIC Roundtable Presentations
 Position Papers
	American Bankers Association (29Kb PDF file - PDF help or hard copy)
		Association for Financial Professionals (28Kb PDF file - PDF help or hard copy)
		Independent Community Bankers (40Kb PDF file - PDF help or hard copy)
		Kenneth H. Thomas, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (67Kb PDF file - PDF help or hard copy)**Additional Links � Testimonies and Speeches**
  Remarks by Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Before the New York Bankers Association; Washington, D.C. July 19, 2006. Statement of Acting Chairman Gruenberg on the passage of deposit insurance reform
legislation February 1, 2006Statement of Donald E. Powell Chairman Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Deposit Insurance Reform Before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer
Credit of the Committee on Financial Services U.S. House of Representatives March 17, 2005Chairman Powell's testimony on deposit insurance reform to the House March 4, 2003Chairman Powell's testimony on deposit insurance reform to the Senate February 26, 2003Chairman Powell's testimony on deposit insurance reform to the Senate April 23, 2002FDIC Chairman Tanoue speaks before the Annual Convention Of the Independent Community Bankers of America March 7, 2000


**Additional Articles on Pricing Deposit Insurance**
Options for Pricing Federal Deposit Insurance (115kb PDF file - PDF help or hard copy) 
FDIC Banking Review, Vol 15, No 4, December 2003

Reform of Deposit Insurance: State of the Debate (250Kb PDF file - PDF help or hard copy) 
FDIC Banking Review, December 1999

Recommendations for Deposit Insurance Reform, April 2001
On April 5, the FDIC issued recommendations for strengthening the deposit insurance system, including merging the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) and the
Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF), and adopting a more risk-based system for charging insurance premiums.

Recommendations for Deposit Insurance Reform (PDF Version)
		 (106 KB File - PDF Help or Hard Copy)
	Press Release
	Chairman's Remarks: April 5, 2001, Press ConferenceHousehold Survey on Deposit Insurance Awareness, April 2001A report on responses to a survey by the Gallup Organization in November - December 2000.

Reform of Deposit Insurance: A Report to the FDIC, March 2001
A paper that reviews the basic principles undergirding deposit insurance, that summarizes the perceived problems with deposit insurance today, and that
outlines an approach to reforming deposit insurance.

Options Paper, August 2000 
The FDIC has issued an Options Paper that summarizes alternatives for pricing, funding, and coverage of deposit insurance (PDF version: 482Kb PDF file - PDF help or hard copy).Last Updated
	5/12/2010
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