It Figures

October 5, 2009

$1,784 billion, trillion

The amount being sought from Bank of America in a lawsuit brought by Dalton Chiscolm, who is very displeased with the customer service he has received. He also demanded an additional $200,164,000, court papers filed in Manhattan show.

64%

The percentage of insurance executives in a recent KPMG survey who said that they see only a moderate ability to increase underwriting profit over the next three years; more than a quarter (27 percent) characterized the chance of increased profit as “weak.”