Insurance companies were slow paying out on claims for flood damage.

【pay】保险公司在赔付洪水损害时拖拖拉拉。

The $720m MBIA is seeking from Citigroup, UBS and seven other banks matches the value of claims it has paid out on Puerto Rican contracts.

MBIA向花旗集团、瑞银和其它7家银行寻求的7.2亿美元赔款，与该公司对波多黎各合同的索赔金额相当。

Net interest income, a measure of the difference between the interest banks earn on loans and that which they pay out on deposits, seems to have peaked.

净利息收入(衡量银行从贷款中赚取的利息与支付给存款的利息之间的差额)似乎已经见顶。