Last week Aon announced plans to start taking contingent commissions once again, right after one of its biggest rivals blasted the controversial practice.

Hybrid vehicles overall have higher collision claim frequencies and a 6.5 percent, or $182, higher average claim severity than gas-powered vehicles, according to a Mitchell International Inc. study.

Eugene R. Anderson, the founding member of the law firm Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., died Friday from complications from pneumonia. He was 82.

Insured losses for the U.S. in June totaled about $200 million because of hail and flooding in the Northern Plains and tornado damage in the Midwest and Ohio Valley, Aon Benfield said.

The Travelers Companies, Inc., reported net income of $670 million for the quarter ending June 30, 2010, compared to $740 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.

HealthPlan Holdings, Inc., of Tampa has acquired GEMGroup, a service company that specializes in providing administrative services to large and medium-sized employee benefit plans.

Fort Lauderdale-based PEO Alpha-Staff Group, Inc., has named Joseph G. De Rosa executive vice president of traditional sales.

The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation has a new tool that allows injured employees to estimate their wage replacement benefits when injured on the job.