Colorado Code § 11-103-601

Director and officer insurance and fidelity bonds - legislative declaration
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(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) (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).

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