If you or your family has deposits at one insured bank totaling more than $250,000, you should know that different ownership categories of accounts are separately insured.
You may qualify for more than $250,000 in coverage at one insured bank if you own deposit accounts in different ownership categories. The most common ownership categories are: Single Accounts, Self-Directed Retirement Accounts, Joint Accounts and Revocable-Trust Accounts (Payable-on-death (POD) Accounts).