Latest Mexico Headlines
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ACE Appoints Martinez to Lead Latin America Surety Operations
Jun 14 2013 // The ACE Group announced the appointment of Arturo Martínez as Vice President of Surety in Latin America and Director General of ACE Fianzas Monterrey, the second-largest surety writer in Mexico and the third-largest in...
5 Considered For New Mexico Insurance Regulator Post
Jun 11 2013 // Five government, insurance and health care officials are in the running to manage New Mexico’s newly independent insurance regulatory agency. Among the candidates are state Insurance Superintendent John Franchini and...
Aon Risk Inks Deal with Mexico’s QET Tech Aerospace for Liability Coverage
Jun 11 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced that it has been selected by QET Tech Aerospace to provide liability coverage for the Mexico-based aviation company. Aon said its...
Thompson Ridge Fire in New Mexico Still Growing
Jun 7 2013 // The Thompson Ridge fire in northern New Mexico continues to grow even as firefighters make progress mopping up hot spots and clearing lines around the fuel. The fire has burned 22.5 square miles in the Valle Caldera...
Tougher Fire Restrictions Planned In 7 New Mexico Counties
Jun 6 2013 // The Bureau of Land Management plans to impose tougher fire restrictions across seven counties in central New Mexico starting Monday. The restrictions will affect BLM lands in Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval,...
Panel Solicits Applicants for New Mexico Insurance Regulator
Jun 3 2013 // Former State Insurance Superintendent Chris Krahling has been named to a panel that will select New Mexico’s top insurance regulator. A nine-member committee will select the next superintendent of insurance who,...
Ex-Chivas USA Employees File Discrimination Suit in California
May 31 2013 // Two former Chivas USA youth coaches have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Major League Soccer team, claiming they were fired because they aren’t Mexican or Latino. The suit was filed Tuesday by Daniel...
Hurricane Barbara Wind, Rain, Flood Damages in Mexico: AIR Analysis
May 31 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has released a preliminary analysis of the damages caused by Hurricane Barbara, when it came ashore in the state of Chiapas on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Wednesday, May 29, at...
Hurricane Barbara Hits Southern Mexico; at Least Two Killed
May 30 2013 // Hurricane Barbara hit Mexico’s southern Pacific coast on Wednesday, flooding roads, toppling trees and killing two men before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved inland. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said...
NHC: TS Barbara Nears Mexico’s Southwest Coast; Hurricane Watch Issued
May 29 2013 // A bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, issued at 2:00 AM PDT, locates the center of Tropical Storm Barbara, which is approaching the southwest coast of Mexico, as “moving toward the northeast near 5...
New Mexico To Keep Administering High-Risk Insurance
May 28 2013 // A panel of New Mexico regulators has voted to continue coverage for more than 1,500 people who are part of a federal high-risk health insurance pool despite a likely shortfall in payments from the federal government. The...
New Mexico Setting New Records With Drought
May 23 2013 // New Mexico is slipping further into drought, having marked the driest two-year period in nearly 120 years of record-keeping. National weather forecasters and water managers shared the latest statistics on New...
Panel Solicits Applicants For New Mexico Insurance Regulator
May 20 2013 // Former State Insurance Superintendent Chris Krahling has been named to a panel that will select New Mexico’s top insurance regulator. A nine-member committee will select the next superintendent of insurance, who...
Report: New Mexico Facing Medical Access Difficulties
May 16 2013 // New Mexicans could have longer waits for a doctor or specialist as demand grows for medical services because of an aging population and expanded insurance coverage under a federal health care law, legislative auditors said...
New Mexico Nursing Students Sue School Over Accreditation Issue
May 14 2013 // Dona Ana Community College is being sued by eight current and former nursing students over the school’s failure last year to maintain national accreditation. The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that the lawsuit was...
Marsh & McLennan Offers Organized Crime Insurance in Mexico
May 14 2013 // The Mexican unit of insurer Marsh & McClennan Companies Inc said on Monday it is launching a policy that will cover terrorism, organized crime and sabotage, the first such policy available in a country wracked by...
Lawsuit: New Mexico Intel Worker Subjected to ‘Kick Me’ Prank
May 9 2013 // Intel workers secretly taped a “Kick Me” sign to the back of a co-worker as a prank, then kicked the confused man a number of times as employees at the Rio Rancho, N.M. Intel plant laughed hysterically at the...
ACE Acquires Mexico Personal Lines Insurer ABA Seguros
May 3 2013 // ACE Limited announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mexican personal lines insurer ABA Seguros from Ally Financial Inc. for approximately $690 million in cash, after a $175 million pre-closing dividend taken by...
New Mexico Applebee’s Sued Over Drunk Pedestrian’s Death
May 2 2013 // A Taos, N.M. restaurant is facing a lawsuit over allegations that it overserved a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a pickup. The Albuquerque Journal reported Julian Varela had a blood alcohol level four times the...
World’s Hot Spots for Cargo Theft
Apr 30 2013 // Cargo theft rates in Europe increased 24 percent on average last year from 2011, and were on the rise in Asia as well, while rates in North, Central and South Americas remained consistent with prior years. The greatest...
