1. A state credit union shall maintain a fidelity bond for state credit union employees and officials in a sufficient amount to indemnify the state credit union against losses that may be incurred by reason of any act or acts of fraud, dishonesty, forgery, theft, larceny, embezzlement, wrongful abstraction, misapplication, misappropriation, or other unlawful act committed by the employee or official directly or through connivance with others, and general insurance coverage for losses caused by persons not associated with the state credit union.

 a. The fidelity bond and general insurance coverage shall be obtained from a company authorized to do business in this state.
 b. The superintendent may require additional coverage for a state credit union if, in the opinion of the superintendent, current coverage is insufficient. The board of directors of the state credit union shall obtain the additional coverage within thirty days after written notice from the superintendent.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 533.308

  • Board: means the engineering and land surveying examining board provided by this chapter. See Iowa Code 542B.2
  • credit union: is a lso a "supervised financial organization" as that term is defined and used in chapter 537, the Iowa consumer credit code. See Iowa Code 533.102
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • State credit union: means a credit union organized pursuant to section 533. See Iowa Code 533.102
  • Superintendent: means the superintendent of credit unions appointed pursuant to section 533. See Iowa Code 533.102
 2. The superintendent may furnish to any official of an insurance plan by which the accounts of a state credit union are insured or by which its employees and officials are bonded, any information relating to examinations, investigations, and reports of the status of that state credit union or its employees and officials for the purpose of facilitating the availability or continuation of the insurance or bond of the state credit union or resolution of a claim. The superintendent and the insurance company shall, whenever possible, execute a confidentiality agreement regarding the information provided by the superintendent that imposes standards of confidentiality comparable to those required by this chapter.
 3. A state credit union may furnish to any official of an insurance plan by which the accounts of the state credit union are insured or by which its employees and officials are bonded, any information regarding transactions of the state credit union, examinations, investigations, or reports of the status of the state credit union or its employees and officials for the purpose of facilitating the availability or continuation of the insurance or bond of the state credit union or resolution of a claim. The state credit union and the insurance company shall, whenever possible, execute a confidentiality agreement regarding the information provided by the state credit union that imposes standards of confidentiality comparable to those required by this chapter.
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