The credit union-owned American Share Insurance in Dublin, Ohiohas announced a specialpremium assessment of nine basis points, or 9% of 1% of totalshares, for 2012.
|ASI said this week that the premium will be assessed for allprimary insured member credit unions on record as of Sept. 30. Theassessment will be based on total shares reported as of June 30,subject to final regulatory approvals, and is expected to beinvoiced on or around Sep. 30, the company said.
|ASI added the assessment doesn't apply to excess share insurance policyholder credit unions insured by Excess ShareInsurance Corp. or ASI.
|“Record-low investment yields, combined with the need for ASI tocontinue funding loss reserves in light of the slow recovery inselect markets, is what drove the ASI Board of Directors to makethis decision,” said Dennis Adams, president/CEO for ASI.
|“The ASI Board of Directors closely monitored ASI's earnings andreserves throughout the year and reviewed its options for anassessment with ASI's Primary Insured Credit Union Advisory Councilbefore arriving at nine basis points,” Adams said.
|The company said as a result of this assessment's payment, itexpects to sustain its equity ratio of 1.6% at the end of 2012.
|Chartered in 1974 to insure credit union members' savings up to$250,000 per individual member account, ASI currently serves 143state-chartered credit unions. The company said 20 CEOs from ASI'sprimary insured member credit unions sit on its Primary InsuredCredit Union Advisory Council.
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