Blue Grass Savings Bank pays $16,250 for flood violations

The FDIC has issued an order to BLUE GRASS SAVINGS BANK, Blue Grass, Iowas, to pay a $16,250 civil money penalty for a pattern or practice of violations of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. § 4104a, and Part 339 of the FDIC’s Rules and Regulations, 12 C.F.R. Part 339, because the Bank:

• made, increased, extended, or renewed loans secured by a building or mobile home located or to be located in a special flood hazard area without requiring that the collateral be covered by flood insurance;
• made, increased, extended, or renewed a loan secured by a building or mobile home located or to be located in a special flood hazard area without providing timely notice to the borrower and/or the servicer as to whether flood insurance was available for the collateral; and/or
• failed to comply with proper procedures for force-placing flood insurance in instances where the collateral was not covered by flood insurance at some time during the term of the loan.