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Jan 1 2006 // Crump Insurance Services of Texas Inc. appointed three new members to the Dallas property/casualty brokerage team: Brent Jenkins, Stephanie Murillo and Matt Sheehan. Additionally, Elizabeth Wafer has joined the P/C team at...
Insurance Helps Santa Fe Museums with Art Acquisitions
Dec 29 2005 // New Mexico’s Museum of Fine Arts has acquired a 1923 Stuart Davis painting, while the private Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has announced it has acquired another O’Keeffe painting and works by eight other...
New Mexico Capitol Building Evacuated After Pipe Break
Dec 12 2005 // New Mexico’s Capitol will remain closed this weekend because of a broken pipe that sent water dripping from the top floor to the basement. There was no immediate estimate of the damage, which Legislative Council...
National Assoc. of Insurance Commissioners Elects Officers
Dec 8 2005 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected regulators from Maine, Alabama, Kansas and New Mexico as the organization’s 2006 officers during the Association’s Winter National...
ING Comercial América Wins Mexican Appeal in Fertinal Claims Case
Dec 2 2005 // Dutch insurance and financial services giant ING got some welcome news from Mexico, when an Appellate court struck down a local court ruling that the insurer’s Mexican subsidiary ING Comercial América was liable to...
New Mexico Man Guilty in Crash that Killed Navajo Man
Nov 14 2005 // A former insurance claims adjuster has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a crash that killed a Navajo man south of Farmington, N.M., last November. Gregory LaDue’s attorney claimed the crash that killed...
PartnerRe Estimates Wilma Claims
Oct 26 2005 // Bermuda’s PartnerRe Ltd. has given the first estimations of its expected claims relating to Hurricane Wilma, following the hurricane’s passage through Mexico and south Florida over the last week. The estimates...
Wilma Ravages Yucatan for 2 days; Cuba Evacuates Coast
Oct 24 2005 // Hurricane Wilma lingered over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula for over 48 hours, lashing the resort areas of Cancun, Playa del Carmen and the island of Cozumel with 140 mph (225 km/hr) winds, torrential rains and a...
S.W. Florida Anxiously Watching As Hurricane Wilma Approaches Cancun
Oct 21 2005 // Floridians living in the south tier of the state, in the Keys, on the southern west coast as far north as Tampa, and in Miami, are closely watching Hurricane Wilma slow its forward speed to 5 mph, and wind-speed drop to...
Floridians Prepare for Hurricane Wilma to Make Landfall Sunday; Could Veer Across the Peninsula to Other Coast
Oct 20 2005 // Floridians along the southwestern coast of the peninsula are closely watching as Hurricane Wilma slowly move along the southwestern Caribbean. National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami predict after Wilma crosses...
Prime to Write N.M. Surplus Lines
Oct 12 2005 // The Prime Insurance Syndicate Inc. has received approval to write surplus lines insurance business in the state of New Mexico effective as of Oct. 6. Prime, which offers solutions for hard-to-place risks, will offer lines...
Best Affirms Seguros Inbursa Rating
Oct 11 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) of Mexican insurer Seguros Inbursa, S.A. with a stable outlook. “The rating reflects Seguros Inbursa’s...
More than 70 Dead as Hurricane Stan Bashes Mexico, Surrounding Areas
Oct 5 2005 // Parts of Mexico and surrounding regions witnessed major destruction from Hurricane Stan earlier this week, with more than 70 people reported dead in Central America. Formerly a Category 1 storm, the storm was reportedly...
Hurricane Rita, Packs 100 mph Winds, Passes Key West; Forecasters Predict Texas Track
Sep 20 2005 // Preliminary reports suggest only moderate damage occurred as Hurricane Rita threaded the needle between the Florida Keys and the northern coast of Cuba Tuesday afternoon flooding roads and beaches with seawater. As...
New Mexico, Washington State Associations Honored with L.P. McCord Education Award
Sep 15 2005 // Independent Insurance Agents in New Mexico and Washington state were recognized for their outstanding commitment to education as the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America presented the three state...
Sherman Joins Burns & Wilcox, New Mexico as an Underwriter
Sep 9 2005 // Burns & Wilcox, the nation’s largest independently-owned specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent, appointed Sandy Sherman as an underwriter for the company’s New Mexico...
Best Affirms Mexico’s Reaseguradora Patria’s ‘B++’ Ratings
Sep 7 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “B++” (Very Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb+” of Mexican reinsurer Reaseguradora Patria, S.A. with a stable...
RMS: Katrina Could be Even More Devastating than Hurricanes Camille and Betsy
Aug 28 2005 // Based on the current track and forecast intensity (as of Sunday afternoon), insured losses from Hurricane Katrina’s second landfall on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. could be even more devastating than previous...
Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Acts and Their Impact on Insurance Coverage: A Comparative Analysis
Aug 22 2005 // In the oilfield, operators typically enter into Master Service Agreements with various contractors who supply services and materials needed in connection with the many and varied oilfield operations. The Master Service...
Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Acts and Their Impact on Insurance Coverage
Aug 22 2005 // In the oilfield, operators typically enter into Master Service Agreements with various contractors who supply services and materials needed in connection with the many and varied oilfield operations. The MSAs usually...
