Bond insurers go after banks for $10 billion in bad mortgage backed securities

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Bank of America(BAC), Citigroup(C), JPMorgan(JPM) and other U.S. banks face claims of $10 billion from bond insurers, which allege misrepresentation and fraud.

Bond insurers including Ambac Financial Group(ABK), Assured Guarantee(AGO) and MBIA(MBI) anticipate recovering more than twice as much as they did in 2008, when the financial crisis triggered insurance payments to units of the largest commercial and investment banks, which received bailouts from the government.  

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