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[Main Tabs]     [Table of Contents - 4000]     [Index]     [Previous Page]     [Next Page]     [Search] 4000 - Advisory Opinions Insurance Coverage For 457 Plans Under New Deposit Insurance Regulations FDIC-90-27 July 25, 1990 Mark A. Mellon, Attorney   This is in response to your inquiry of July 6, 1990 pertaining to federal deposit insurance. You wish to ascertain whether the grandfather provision of the new uniform deposit insurance regulations for the accounts of 457 plans (12 C.F.R. section 330.16(e)) applies to all 457 plans which are in existence as of July 29, 1990, the effective date of the new regulations, or whether it instead applies to 457 plans in existence as of July 29, 1990 which have a savings and loan option.   Under the grandfather provision for 457 plans of the new deposit insurance regulations, the funds of an existing 457 plan which are deposited in a savings association will continue to be insured on a per-participant or "pass-through" basis for eighteen months following July 29, 1990 or the earliest maturity date of any time deposit after that date. This means that for existing 457 plans (those in existence prior to July 29, 1990), any account balances, any new money deposited and any interest earned will continue to be insured on a pass-through basis until January 29, 1992, or, in the case of a time deposit, the first maturity date thereafter.   The purpose of the grandfather is to promote depositor confidence, stability of deposits and to give Plan administrators and savings associations an opportunity to adjust to the new rules. The grandfather would not serve these purposes so well if the class of 457 plans who are eligible for the provision was restricted to those who are not only in existence as of July 29, 1990 but also have a savings and loan option as of that date. The regulation does not speak in terms of 457 plans with savings and loan options, it only discusses 457 plans which exist prior to the effective date of the regulations. For these reasons, the grandfather provision for 457 plans in the new deposit insurance regulations applies to all plans which are in existence as of July 29, 1990 and not just to those plans which are in existence as of that date and have a savings and loan option.   I hope that this letter is responsive to your inquiry. Please contact me if you have any questions on this or any other matter. [Main Tabs]     [Table of Contents - 4000]     [Index]     [Previous Page]     [Next Page]     [Search]

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