separate customer
Separate customer
Method of allocating insurance by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Each account that is under the name of a different person or group of people is entitled to maximum protection.
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Separate Customer
The way that the Securities Investor Protection Corporation treats each account. The Securities Investor Protection Corporation is a not-for-profit organization mandated under American law to insure investors against the potential bankruptcy of a broker-dealer. According to the SIPC's rules, each account is treated as a separate customer, even if multiple accounts have the same owner. This insures each account and not just the owners personally.
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separate customer
For purposes of insurance coverage by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, an account entitled to full insurance coverage. A husband and wife, each with individual accounts and also a joint account, are viewed as three separate customers for insurance purposes. Each one of the accounts, including the joint account, is covered in full.
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