I. Financial Results - Second Quarter 2019
Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF)
- For the six months ending June 30, 2019, the DIF's comprehensive income totaled $4.8 billion, matching comprehensive income from the same period last year. Although assessment revenue declined by $2.9 billion year-over-year, this was fully offset by an $800 million increase in negative provision for insurance losses and a $2.1 billion increase in interest and fair value adjustments on U.S. Treasury securities.
- Assessment revenue was $2.6 billion for the first half of 2019, compared to $5.4 billion for the same period last year. The $2.9 billion year-over-year decrease was primarily due to the cessation of the surcharge assessment on large institutions effective October 1, 2018, as a result of the reserve ratio exceeding the required minimum of 1.35 percent as of September 30, 2018.
- The provision for insurance losses was a negative $1.0 billion for the first half of 2019, compared to a negative $206 million for the same period last year. The negative provision for 2019 primarily resulted from a $413 million reduction of receiverships’ shared-loss liability estimates due to expirations and pending early terminations, $416 million in unanticipated recoveries from litigation settlements and professional liability claims by receiverships, and a $113 million reduction in future receivership expense estimates.
Assessments
- During June, the DIF recognized assessment revenue of $1.1 billion, representing the estimate for the second quarter 2019 insurance coverage. Gross assessment revenue of $1.4 billion was reduced by $313 million for expected small bank assessment credit usage. Additionally, the DIF recognized a $119 million adjustment for prior period amendments and a $9 million adjustment for higher-than-estimated first quarter 2019 collections, both of which increased assessment revenue.
- On June 28, 2019, the FDIC collected $1.5 billion in DIF assessments for first quarter 2019 insurance coverage.