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I listened to your podcast on how deposit insurance works with Payable on Death accounts. I’m curious to know, what if the account is a joint account with a POD beneficiary. How does deposit insurance work in that case?

Note: This podcast discusses FDIC coverage of payable on death accounts and revocable trusts. Effective September 26, 2008, the FDIC amended its rules on insurance coverage of such accounts. The former restriction of coverage to "qualified beneficiaries" (immediate family members) was lifted. Coverage continues to be capped at $100,000 per beneficiary per depositor.For depositors with more than $500,000 in POD or revocable trust accounts and more than five beneficiaries, the coverage is the greater of either $500,000 or the sum of all the named beneficiaries' proportional interests in the trusts, limited to $100,000 per different beneficiary.