Latest Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Forecasters Warn Gustav Could be Major Hurricane When It Reaches Gulf States Monday
Aug 28 2008 // Tropical Storm Gustav shifted course slightly on Thursday morning and moved toward the Jamaica, and forecasters predicted it would be a powerful hurricane by the time it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. “The re-formation...
New Mexico Court: Class Actions Can’t Be Barred in Small Claims
Aug 20 2008 // The New Mexico Supreme Court has ruled that contractual prohibitions on class actions for small consumer claims violates public policy and is therefore unenforceable. According to Robert Fiser, individually and as a...
Bush Declares Disaster for Two New Mexico Counties
Aug 18 2008 // President Bush has declared a disaster in two southern New Mexico counties due to severe flooding that killed one man, destroyed homes, washed out bridges and prompted hundreds of rescues last month. Gov. Bill Richardson...
New Mexico Governor Proposes $3.6 M Flood Recovery
Aug 11 2008 // New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is proposing $3.6 million in state aid to help the Ruidoso area recover from massive flooding in July. Richardson announced the proposed emergency relief package during a trip to Ruidoso and...
Southern Insurance Company to Act as Servicing Insurer for New Mexico FAIR Plan
Aug 7 2008 // The Republic Group announced that Southern Insurance Co. has been selected by the Governing Committee of the New Mexico Property Insurance Program to act as servicing insurer for the New Mexico FAIR Plan for a three-year...
Catlin to Use EQECAT’S Gulf of Mexico Offshore Energy Model
Aug 5 2008 // In a rather timely announcement, Oakland Calif.-based EQECAT, Inc., a subsidiary of ABSG Consulting, announced that Catlin Underwriting Agencies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Catlin Group Limited, specializing in...
AG Probe of New Mexico’s Rep. Foley Sought
Aug 5 2008 // A Chaves County, N.M., commissioner wants the state attorney general to investigate business ties between state Rep. Dan Foley and a contract the state awarded for supplemental insurance to government employees. Foley,...
Storm Edouard Shuts Gulf Coast Oil Port, Disrupts Shipping
Aug 4 2008 // Tropical Storm Edouard forced shut a huge U.S. offshore oil port, a refinery, some oil production and disrupted shipping as the storm raced toward the Texas-Louisiana coast Monday. Energy companies evacuated staff from...
Threat of Flooding Persists After Dolly Downgrades to Tropical Storm
Jul 25 2008 // Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, July 23 lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph (161 kph) and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated...
Flooding Feared Along U.S.-Texas Border from Hurricane Dolly
Jul 24 2008 // After Hurricane Dolly unleashed a fury of damaging winds and wicked rain on the U.S.-Mexico coastline and diminished to a tropical storm, widespread flooding along the populous Rio Grande Valley became the top concern...
Texas, Mexico Prepare for Dolly, Residents Board Up, Some Evacuate
Jul 23 2008 // Residents along the Texas-Mexico border kept a watchful eye on Tropical Storm Dolly, stocking up on plywood, generators and flashlights as forecasters predicted the storm would strengthen into a hurricane by later...
ING Closes Sale of Mexican Non-Core Insurance Business to AXA
Jul 22 2008 // ING Group reported that it has closed the sale of part of its Mexican business, Seguros ING SA de CV and subsidiaries, to AXA. ING announced this divestment in February as part of its strategy to focus on its core...
Forecast: Tropical Storm Dolly to Become Hurricane, Hit Southern Texas
Jul 21 2008 // Tropical Storm Dolly churned toward southern Texas Monday, and forecasters said they expected it to grow into a hurricane before hitting land near the Mexican border later this week. The storm, with sustained winds of...
Tropical Storm Dolly Enters Gulf, Texas May Be Target
Jul 21 2008 // The National Hurricane Center reported at 11 a.m. EDT on July 21 that Tropical Storm Dolly had crossed Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and entered the Gulf of Mexico. A hurricane watch was issued for the Texas coast from...
Ex-New Mexico Deputy Insurance Superintendent Sentenced
Jul 17 2008 // A federal judge sentenced former New Mexico Deputy Insurance Superintendent Joe Ruiz to 48 months in prison and ordered him to pay $103,000 in restitution and $2,000 in special penalties. Ruiz, who was accused of trying to...
Fire Forces More Evacuations in N.M.
Jun 27 2008 // A fire burning in thick trees in New Mexico’s Manzano Mountains that already forced the evacuation of a summer church camp led officials to urge people to leave Tajique and the surrounding area. Extremely erratic...
New Mexico Workers’ Comp Agency Shuts Down Las Cruces Business
Jun 20 2008 // New Mexico’s Workers’ Compensation Administration shut down a Las Cruces business, alleging it was not complying with requirements to pay workers’ compensation insurance. Agency workers, accompanied by...
Domestic Workers Organizing, Suing to Win Workplace Benefits
Jun 6 2008 // She says she crossed the border from Mexico and found work as a live-in housekeeper for a family that never let her out of their sight. At first, her employers paid her $200 a month for cooking, cleaning and care-taking...
Central American Storms Kill at Least 9 Persons, Aid Rushed to Flood Areas
Jun 5 2008 // Flash flooding carried away houses and ripped a child from his father’s grasp in Belize, while falling trees killed two people in Honduras on Tuesday, raising the death toll from Central America’s twin tropical...
AIR Releases Mexico Storm Model
Apr 28 2008 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide announced the availability of its tropical cyclone model for Mexico. “The new probabilistic model will help the industry better manage hurricane and tropical cyclone risk in the growing...
