C.R.S. Section 11-103-601
Director and officer insurance and fidelity bonds

  • legislative declaration

(1)

The directors of a state bank shall require good and sufficient fidelity bonds on all active officers and employees, whether or not they draw salary or compensation, which bonds shall provide for indemnity to such bank on account of any losses sustained by it as the result of any dishonest, fraudulent, or criminal conduct by them acting independently or in collusion or combination with any person. Such bonds may be in individual, schedule, or blanket form, and the premiums therefor shall be paid by the bank.

(2)

The said directors shall also require suitable insurance protection to the bank against burglary, robbery, theft, and other insurable hazard to which the bank may be exposed in the operations of its business on the premises or elsewhere.

(3)

The directors shall be responsible for prescribing, at least once in each calendar year, the amount or penal sum of the bonds and policies specified in this section and the sureties or underwriters thereon after giving due and careful consideration to all known elements and factors constituting such risk or hazard. Such action shall be recorded in the minutes of the board of directors.

(4)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the following is enforceable and in conformity with the public policy of this state, as expressed in this code, including the provisions of section 11-101-102:

(I)

Any insurance policy, form, contract, endorsement, or certificate in effect or issued on or after April 30, 1993, that provides insurance coverage to directors or officers, or both, of a bank but that does not grant coverage or that excludes coverage for claims made by any depository insurance organization or any other state or federal corporation, organization, or entity acting as receiver, conservator, or liquidator of such bank, whether in its own name or on behalf of any other person or entity; or

(II)

Any fidelity bond, financial institution bond, or depository institution bond in effect or issued on or after April 30, 1993, that provides for termination of such bond upon the taking over of the bank by a receiver or other liquidator or by state or federal officials.

(b)

No provision of part 8 of this article shall be construed to contravene or modify the expressed public policy set forth in this subsection (4).

Source: Section 11-103-601 — Director and officer insurance and fidelity bonds - legislative declaration, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-11.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

11‑103‑101
General corporate powers 11‑103‑102
Trust, fiduciary, and agency powers - when authorized 11‑103‑103
State bank organized as a limited liability company 11‑103‑201
Capital 11‑103‑202
Inadequacy of capital - assessments 11‑103‑203
Liability of shareholders 11‑103‑301
Incorporators 11‑103‑302
Application fees 11‑103‑303
Application for de novo charter or charter conversion 11‑103‑304
Procedure for granting or denying charter 11‑103‑401
Subscription calls 11‑103‑402
First meetings of stockholders - director’s oath - bylaws 11‑103‑403
Stockholders’ meetings - voting trusts - preemptive right - transfer of stock 11‑103‑404
Waiver of notice - meeting or vote 11‑103‑405
Amendment of articles - change of location - authorized but unissued stock 11‑103‑406
Dividends - when payable 11‑103‑501
Directors and officers 11‑103‑502
Directors’ meetings - duties 11‑103‑503
Waiver of notice - meeting or vote 11‑103‑601
Director and officer insurance and fidelity bonds - legislative declaration 11‑103‑602
Indemnification and personal liability of directors, officers, employees, and agents 11‑103‑603
Deposit insurance - membership in federal reserve system - federal national mortgage association 11‑103‑701
Merger or conversion 11‑103‑702
Approval of merger by directors 11‑103‑703
Approval by banking board 11‑103‑704
Approval by stockholders - rights of dissenters 11‑103‑705
Effective date of merger - certificate 11‑103‑706
Continuation of corporate entity 11‑103‑707
Conversion from state bank to national and vice versa 11‑103‑708
Nonconforming assets 11‑103‑709
Sale of all assets of bank, branch, or department 11‑103‑801
Voluntary liquidation and dissolution 11‑103‑802
Involuntary liquidation by banking board - reorganization 11‑103‑803
Reorganization plan 11‑103‑804
Liquidation by commissioner - procedure 11‑103‑805
Federal deposit insurance corporation or successor as liquidator 11‑103‑806
Assets sold or pledged as security 11‑103‑807
Enforcement of directors’ liability 11‑103‑808
Emergency grant of new charter 11‑103‑809
Emergency grant of branch facility - legislative declaration 11‑103‑810
Preapproved shelf charter
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 11-103-601’s source at colorado​.gov