Latest Mexico Headlines

All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Before & NAFTA: Open Borders, Long Term Effects on Long-Haul Trucking

Feb 11 2002 // Now that Congress and the Bush administration have struck a deal to pave the way for NAFTA trucking provisions—which the U.S. had been found to be violating for most of last year—the task of actually implementing these...

Perceptions of Mexico

Feb 11 2002 // Oh, down in Mexico. I never really been so I don’t really know…. Actually I have been to Mexico, and loved it. But that line from the James Taylor song, “Mexico,” has been swirling around in my...

Investments Show Confidence in Mexican Insurance Industry

Feb 11 2002 // One key indicator of any country’s economic health is the confidence of investors in its commercial enterprises. By that standard Mexico is on a roll. Since the end of the currency crisis in 1994, and the...

GMAC Completes Acquisition of Mexico’s ABA Seguros

Jan 23 2002 // GMAC Insurance Holdings, Inc., the Insurance division of General Motors Acceptance Corp., announced that it has completed the acquisition of ABA Seguros, S.A., one of Mexico’s largest property/casualty and auto...

AEGON Sells Banamex Stakes to Citigroup

Jan 21 2002 // The Netherlands AEGON N.V. has agreed to sell its minority partnership interests in two Mexican companies to Citigroup’s Mexican subsidiary Grupo Financiero Banamex for $1.24 billion. The sale of its stakes in life...

Insurers Urge DOT to Add the ‘Nuts and Bolts’ to Operational Plan

Jan 16 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) has reiterated its support for the U.S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) call for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop a detailed, operational...

NAFTA LEGISLATION GETS APPROVAL

Jan 14 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) expressed its approval that HR 2299 (the Department of Transportation [DOT] and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 recently signed by President Bush) provides...

ALLIANCE QUESTIONS N.M. PRIVACY RULES

Jan 14 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers has questioned the legality of recently adopted privacy regulations in New Mexico. According to Rey Becker, president of property/casualty for the Alliance, “Earlier this year, the...

Alliance Says New Mexico Privacy Rules Violate State Law

Jan 3 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers has questioned the legality of recently adopted privacy regulations in New Mexico. “Earlier this year, the New Mexico Legislature directed the superintendent of insurance to adopt...

Bush Signs 2002 Transportation Bill: NAFTA Safety Mandates Meet Insurers Expectations

Dec 21 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is pleased that HR 2299, the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 recently signed by President Bush provides funding to...

NAFTA: Proceed, but with Caution

Dec 17 2001 // The problems swirling around the twin issues of safety and insurance with regards to allowing commercial trucks from Mexico free access to U.S. highways are as thorny as a prickly pear cactus. The U.S. House of...

Top 10 Stories of 2001

Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the Future This is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings hope—for a rebirth,...

COMPROMISE ON MEXICAN TRUCKS

Dec 10 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers voiced support Nov. 29 for the congressional compromise allowing Mexican trucks greater access to the U.S. with inspection and safety requirements. The provisions will require on-site...

Safety Concerns Resolved: NAFTA Proposal Gets Green Light

Dec 3 2001 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is pleased that the compromise legislation that would allow Mexican trucks into the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) addresses the...

Alliance Voices Support for Congressional Trucking Compromise

Dec 3 2001 // The Alliance of American Insurers voiced support Nov. 29 for the congressional compromise allowing Mexican trucks greater access to the U.S. with inspection and safety requirements. The fiscal 2002 Transportation spending...

A.M. Best Releases Country Risk Reports on Korea, Mexico

Nov 16 2001 // A.M. Best has released country risk reports covering the economic and risk factors for the markets in Korea and Mexico, focusing on the insurance sectors in both countries. The report notes that Korea has been especially...

ING Now Owns 99.91% of Mexico’s SCA

Nov 13 2001 // ING Group announced the successful conclusion of its tender offer for the minority 13 percent shareholdings of Mexico’s Seguros Comercial America S.A. de C.V., as it became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dutch...

Commentary: Purchasing Insurance for Mexico

Nov 12 2001 // Tourists, property owners and businesspersons who drive, own homes, or operate businesses or subsidiaries in Mexico need to properly protect their assets south of the border. It is ironic that most agents place insurance...

Commentary: Purchasing Insurance for Mexico

Nov 5 2001 // Tourists, property owners and businesspersons who drive, own homes, or operate businesses or subsidiaries in Mexico need to properly protect their assets south of the border. It is ironic that most agents place insurance...

ING Re-Brands Mexican Operations

Oct 22 2001 // Holland’s ING Group announced that it has renamed all of its subsidiaries in Mexico as “ING Comercial America.” The decision is in line with the company’s global strategy of re-branding all its...