Agency Management

Medical costs per workers' compensation claim increased in Florida in 2005 and 2006, new study reveals.

Chicago-based insurance broker Aon Corp. said Inpoint, its new insurance consulting firm subsidiary, has acquired Futurity Group consulting firm. Financial terms were not released.

Responding to the earthquake in Haiti, insurance industry firms are arranging to provide the devastated nation with millions in financial aid from their companies and employees.

A property and casualty insurance industry initiative has been launched nationwide to increase independent insurance agencies' use of the real time system.

Florida CFO Alex Sink has appointed John Askins the new director of the Division of Insurance Fraud.

It feels insensitive to focus on the "good" news about little insured losses in Haiti, says Editor Sam Friedman, who is seeking out stories about how the industry might be helping the quake-ravaged island at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.