Florida authorities have been raking in fines from a new Web site for whistleblowers to report employer workers' compensation law infractions, the state's chief financial officer said.

ORLANDO, FLA.--Unconventional threats to the workers' compensation system, ranging from Medicare system red tape to recession problems to employers liability difficulties, are multiplying, experts said at an industry conference here.

ORLANDO, FLA.--A trio of experts here explaining predictive modeling said that while it won't replace knowledgeable insurance adjusters and underwriters, it is the wave of the future for the workers' compensation industry.

ORLANDO, FLA.--Terry Fleming, Risk and Insurance Management Society vice president, told an industry conference here that federal legislation is needed to standardize the payment of workers' comp awards.

Edward Liddy, before he stepped down as AIG's embattled chair and chief executive last week, wrote company employees to tell them that despite liquidations to repay government loans, the company is undergoing a rebirth, not a breakup.

The U.S. property and casualty insurance market remains soft overall, with prices down by an average of 6 percent in July--unchanged from the previous month, according to the latest "Market Barometer" survey by an electronic insurance exchange.

Australian auto insurers last week reported that kangaroos are mostly responsible for 20 or more animal-vehicle collisions a day.

Federal authorities clashed publicly with Maurice Greenberg over the significance of his agreement to pay $15 million in settling charges of fraudulent accounting while he headed up American International Group.