Alliant Insurance Develops Risk Program for Carbon Credit Projects.
ENERGY RESOURCE-9 April 2008-Alliant Insurance Develops Risk Program for Carbon Credit Projects(C)2008 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Alliant Insurance Services, one of the nation's largest specialty insurance brokerage firms, has developed an insurance program to mitigate political and counterparty default risk in carbon credit projects, an area of concern...

Power brokers: entertainment-media.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joe Addison CEO Aon Atlanta At the ripe young age of 40, Joe Addison last year was named CEO of Aon Entertainment Group. In his new role, Atlanta-based Addison handles all his previous responsibilities as managing director...

Gallagher Bassett case grinds on: is the company being mean to school children, or being abused by a Catholic diocese?
A legal battle between a Roman Catholic diocese in Western Pennsylvania and a third-party administrator headquartered outside of Chicago is entering its fifth year. The argument has ground on to the point that Itasca, Ill.-based Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., a division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.,...

Specialty Risk Services.
Specialty Risk Services, a Hartford, Conn.-based property-casualty third-party administrator for workers' compensation and liability claims, has named JAMES P. RYAN to the position of senior vice president of Field Operations, reporting to SRS president Joe Boures. Ryan joined SRS in 1998 and most recently served as regional vice president....

Hands Across the Water.
The herb-grilled chicken and succulent filet were in lavish supply, but it was the cock tail trays tilting under the weight of so many dark and stormies--the classic Bermudian mix of ginger beer and rum--that turned a recent after-hours reception in center-city Philadelphia into something of an offshore celebration....

Save money: discounts and privileges for members.
Four new member benefits help ANA/ GNA full members save more money every day! NEW: Crocs shoes--ANA members please enjoy 25% off of your purchase of select models of Crocs. NEW: Wyndham Hotel Group--ANA members now save on rooms at over 6000 participating hotels across...

Business briefs.
COLUMN: BUSINESS BRIEFS TELEGRAM & GAZETTE Bloomberg Index Central Massachusetts -3.06 192.26 Volume: 94,964,930 Up: 8 Down: 16 Unchanged: 6 Gainer: L.S. Starrett Co. $18.30 +$.30 (volume...

Save money: discounts and privileges for members.
Bank of America products--enjoy all of the benefits of banking with Bank of America through the GNA-branded checking accounts and GNA credit card programs NEW: Crocs shoes--ANA members please enjoy 25% off of your purchase of select models of Crocs NEW: Wyndham Hotel Group--ANA members...

Difficulties with laborist system.
Many large single-specialty groups, including Kaiser Permanente, assign a physician to cover only labor and delivery for 12- or 24-hour blocks in house ("'Laborists' Branching Off From Hospitalist Trend," July 1, 2005, p. 80). Such a system does offer patients prompt, continuous, and efficient care. The only...

Gathering clout: program specialists were lost in the expansive sea of insurance until the TMPAA reeled them in.
Until fairly recently, program administrators might have felt as if they were swimming upstream to get business. Now carriers are paying more attention to this segment of insurance intermediaries--particularly thanks to the help of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association. The TMPAA was established in 2001 to...