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‘I keep hearing about break-ins in my neighborhood’: Should I keep valuable items in a safe-deposit box? What are my options?

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Quentin Fottrell : Is it safe to keep valuables in a bank safe-deposit box? The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. advises consumers not to confuse safe deposit accounts with deposit accounts.

The FDIC says the contents of the box are not insured by FDIC deposit insurance if damaged or stolen.

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