AMERICAN SHARE INSURANCE: THE SOLE SURVIVING PRIVATE DEPOSIT INSURER IN THE UNITED STATES

Founded in 1974, American Share Insurance (ASI) is an insurer for deposits in credit unions and it is the sole surviving private primary deposit insurer in the US. We assess reasons why ASI survived when numerous other deposit insurance systems did not. These reasons include ASI’s policy of insurin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stephanie Crofton, Luis Dopico, James Wilcox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economic & Business History Society 2010-06-01
Series:Essays in Economic and Business History
Online Access:http://ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/204