Data / Bank failures / 1991 / Harbor National Bank of Connecticut
Harbor National Bank of Connecticut, Branford, CT: failed October 3, 1991
Harbor National Bank of Connecticut in Branford, Connecticut, failed on October 3, 1991. The New Haven Savings Bank of New Haven, CT, took over its deposits. It held $22.9 million in assets and $22.8 million in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $1.7 million (7.2% of its assets). By assets it was the 228th largest of 271 banks closed or assisted in 1991.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- October 3, 1991
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- The New Haven Savings Bank, New Haven, CT
- Total assets
- $22,853,000
- Total deposits
- $22,824,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $1,654,988 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- National bank (supervised by the OCC)
- Insurance fund
- BIF
- FDIC certificate
- 26815
Other bank failures in Connecticut, 1989 to 1993
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Savings Bank | New London | May 21, 1993 | $914.9 million | $720.5 million | $117 million | Citizens Savings Bank |
| Burritt Interfinancial Bancorporation | New Britain | December 4, 1992 | $523.9 million | $506 million | $79 million | Derby Savings Bank |
| Greenwood Bank of Bethel, Inc. | Bethel | November 6, 1992 | $33.3 million | $33.2 million | $9.8 million | Union SB of Danbury |
| First Constitution Bank | New Haven | October 2, 1992 | $1.57 billion | $1.35 billion | $125.6 million | First Federal Bank A FSB |
| Vernon Bank | Vernon | June 26, 1992 | $34.3 million | $34.5 million | $3.1 million | Bank of South Windsor |
| Coastal FSB | New London | June 19, 1992 | $238.2 million | $224.5 million | $5.9 million | |
| Brookfield Bank | Brookfield | May 8, 1992 | $60.7 million | $68.7 million | $41.7 million | Bristol Federal Savings |
| The Norwalk Bank | Norwalk | April 24, 1992 | $80.6 million | $77.2 million | $17.4 million | Bank of Darien |
Other failed banks The New Haven Savings Bank took over
| Bank | City | State | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saybrook Bank and Trust Company | Old Saybrook | CT | December 6, 1991 | $77.3 million | $78.4 million | $18.7 million | The New Haven Savings Bank |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-23. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.