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Oklahoma Governor Signs Firefighter Training Incentive Legislation

Legislation signed into law by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will improve on a current training incentive for firefighters, according to the bill’s author. House Bill 1835 “changes the firefighter training incentive to an earned performance-based training system. Our rural firefighters …

LMA Highlights Training Academy Role with Baker Appointment

Ben Baker, the Lloyd’s Market Association’s (LMA) former Senior Underwriting Executive, has been promoted to the role of the organization’s Professional Standards Manager. He will take over from Terry Hayday, the LMA’s Head of Professional Standards, when he retires next …

Rio-Paris Crash Probe Finds Air France Pilots Ignored Warnings

French investigators said on Friday that the crew of Air France’s Rio-Paris flight which crashed into the Atlantic two years ago ignored repeated stall warnings and failed to follow textbook procedures. France’s BEA authority issued 10 new safety recommendations aimed …

Jon Palmquist Joins NARS as General Counsel and Director of Field Operations

Altamonte Springs, Fl, 6/27/11 – North American Risk Services (NARS) has appointed Jon Palmquist to the newly created role of General Counsel and Director of Field Operations. Palmquist has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance and claims …

Special Report: As Pirate Attacks Increase, Ship Owners Take Arms

Upstairs in a public house in the town of Poole on the English south coast, 18 men are preparing to take on the pirates of the Indian Ocean. Around antique polished wooden tables scattered with laminated charts, handouts and smart …