Latest Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mexican trucks to travel deeper into U.S. roadways
Mar 12 2007 // Safety advocates say move will endanger motorists and could threaten national security The news that Mexican trucks will be allowed to haul freight deeper into the United States drew an angry reaction from labor leaders,...
News Currents
Mar 12 2007 // Mexican trucks to travel deeper into U.S. roadways Safety advocates say move will endanger motorists and could threaten national security The news that Mexican trucks will be allowed to haul freight deeper into the United...
EQECAT to Unveil New ‘Offshore Energy Model’ for Gulf of Mexico
Mar 9 2007 // EQECAT Inc. plans to unveil a “state-of-the-art Offshore Energy Model” during its March Catastrophe Management Conference. “The driving factors behind EQECAT’s effort were the 2004 and 2005...
New Mexico PRC Asking Why Former Superintendent Didn’t Investigate
Mar 8 2007 // New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission is asking why former Insurance Superintendent Eric Serna did not investigate a title insurance company that admitted giving more than $300,000 to a builder in what a state...
The Commissioners: Morris Chavez
Feb 26 2007 // Regulator committed to restoring ethics After replacing two insurance superintendents in less than a year over allegations of questionable activities, New Mexico’s Insurance Department seems to sorely need some...
CaseLaw Watch
Feb 26 2007 // Attorneys Fees State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Lestenkof (Alaska, Sept. 29, 2006) Ruling: In this case, the court considered whether an auto insurer must pay unlimited (Alaska Civil Rule 82) attorney’s...
Morris Chavez, New Mexico, State Insurance Superintendent
Feb 25 2007 // After replacing two insurance superintendents in less than a year over allegations of questionable activities, New Mexico’s Insurance Department seems to sorely need some ethics training. The latest appointed...
Case Law Watch
Feb 25 2007 // Attorneys Fees State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Lestenkof (Alaska, Sept. 29, 2006) Ruling: In this case, the court considered whether an auto insurer must pay unlimited (Alaska Civil Rule 82) attorney’s...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
New Mexico – Morris “Mo” Chavez
Feb 11 2007 // After replacing two insurance superintendents in less than a year over allegations of questionable activities, New Mexico’s Insurance Department seems to sorely need some ethics training. The latest appointed...
QBE Acquires Cumbre Seguros
Feb 2 2007 // QBE the Americas, the North American subsidiary of Australia’s QBE Group, announced that it has acquired 100 percent of Cumbre Seguros, a specialized insurer in Mexico from a group of private investors. The...
New Mexico Auditor Proposes to Conduct More Fraud Investigations
Jan 18 2007 // New Mexico Auditor Hector Balderas wants to send a message to the public and would-be whistleblowers in state and local government: alert his office to potential fraud, corruption or mismanagement. Balderas, a lawyer and...
New Mexico Insurance Division Offers Auto Premium Comparision Guide
Jan 9 2007 // New Mexico drivers now can compare personal auto insurance rates on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Web site: www.nmprc.state.nm.us. The guide to compare premiums can be accessed by clicking on the...
Mexican truck travel still limited
Jan 8 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...
Ark. starts insurance plan for low-income workers
Jan 7 2007 // Enrollment began Dec. 20, 2006, in Arkansas for a program partly paid by Medicaid dollars that will eventually offer insurance to 80,000 low-income workers. The Associated Press reported that health officials hope the...
Study: La. Slipping Very Slowly Into the Gulf of Mexico
Jan 3 2007 // A new report by scientists studying Louisiana’s sinking coast says the land is not just sinking, it’s sliding ever so slowly into the Gulf of Mexico. The new findings may add a kink to plans being drawn up to...
Despite 2004 Ruling, Mexican Truck Travel Still Limited
Jan 2 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...
New Mexico workers compensation rates are cut an average of 4.2 percent
Nov 6 2006 // Rates are being cut for New Mexico workers’ compensation insurance premiums. The state Insurance Department has approved overall workers’ compensation rate reductions of 4.2 percent for the voluntary market and...
New Mexico workers compensation rates are cut an average of 4.2 percent
Nov 5 2006 // Rates are being cut for New Mexico workers’ compensation insurance premiums. The state Insurance Department has approved overall workers’ compensation rate reductions of 4.2 percent for the voluntary market and...
1991 Honda Most Stolen Vehicle
Nov 1 2006 // For 2005, the most stolen vehicle in the nation was the 1991 Honda Accord, according to Hot Wheels, the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s companion study to its annual Hot Spots auto theft report. The study examines...
