Pub. 4 2014-2015 Issue 2

8 O V E R A C E N T U R Y : B U I L D I N G B E T T E R B A N K S - H E L P I N G C O L O R A D A N S R E A L I Z E D R E A M S FEATURE ARTICLE KEN DERKS EQUIAS ALLIANCE, LLC “FDIC data over the past several years shows that both the number of banks and the amount of BOLI assets held by banks continues to grow. ” FDIC Data Reveals Continued Growth of BOLI F or many financial institutions, BOLI has become an attractive and prudent invest - ment tohelpoffset and recover the costs of employee benefit programs such as health care and retirement. It is not surprising, therefore, when the data released earlier this year by the FDIC showed that the BOLI holdings by Colorado and U.S. banks, once again, increased last year.