The Corporation for National and Community Service, which includes AmeriCorps, SeniorCorps, FEMACorps and other programs, said that approximately 95 percent of staff would be furloughed, according to its Plan for Agency Operations in the Absence of Appropriations..
âAn insurance score is a statistical number that insurance companies use to determine your premium,â said Jeanne M. Salvatore, senior vice president for public affairs at the Insurance Information Institute in Manhattan.
But credit scores arenât just used by banks. Increasingly, insurance firms, landlords and even employers are using credit scores as a proxy for figuring out how responsible you are. The most widely used score, from a company called FICO, ranges from 300 to 850. On the FICO scale, the higher the number, the better.