Latest Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Homeowners of America Rolling out in New Mexico
Jan 14 2022 // Homeowners of America, a property/casualty insurance provider and subsidiary of Porch Group, Inc., launched its service in New Mexico. New Mexico marks HOA’s 13th state of operation and the first expansion of...
OSHA, Mexican Consulate Renew Alliance Protecting Workers in Kansas, Missouri
Jan 6 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Consulate General of Mexico in Kansas City have renewed an alliance – first signed in 2013 – to continue their collaborative...
Lawsuits, Insurance at Heart of New Mexico Archdiocese’s Bankruptcy Case
Dec 30 2021 // The Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy efforts have plodded along for three years with no end visible in the case involving more than 400 clergy abuse victims. Lawyers say three years is a comparatively...
New Mexico Should Brace For Worsening Drought, Forecasters Say
Dec 28 2021 // The last three months have been very dry in New Mexico and it’s only going to get worse. That’s the word from forecasters with the National Weather Service and other climate experts in the state. They said...
New Mexico Sees Lower Costs Worker’s Comp Insurance
Dec 1 2021 // New Mexico insurance regulators are reducing a key component in rates for workers’ compensation coverage that should help employers spend less, starting next year. The Superintendent of Insurance Office announced a...
U.S. Gunmakers Claim Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Shows ‘Clash of National Values’
Nov 24 2021 // Gun makers including Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. on Monday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the Mexican government accusing them of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels,...
Lawsuit Says Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire in New Mexico Movie Set Shooting
Nov 19 2021 // A lawsuit alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called for in the script when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the New Mexico set of the...
Assistant Director in Fatal New Mexico Movie Set Shooting Hopes for Industry Changes
Nov 3 2021 // The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer says he hopes the tragedy prompts the film industry to “reevaluate its values and practices” to ensure no one is harmed...
Inside the New Mexico Movie Set Where Baldwin’s Gun Fired
Oct 29 2021 // Light from a high afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows of the weathered wooden church, catching on the plank floorboards and illuminating the stained glass. Outside, the arid ground of the northern New Mexico...
Repairing Mexico City’s Collapsed Metro Could Cost $40M: Grupo Carso
Oct 27 2021 // MEXICO CITY – Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s Grupo Carso said the cost of repairing a collapsed section of a Mexico City metro rail that caused a fatal accident earlier this year could amount to some 800 million...
Man Who Fell From Sports Skybox in New Mexico, Son Get Payouts
Oct 20 2021 // A man who fell from a luxury suite at a university sports arena in Albuquerque onto concrete stairs below has been awarded $144,000 under a state-negotiated settlement, according to settlement documents obtained...
Mexican Insurtech Startup Offers Quick Claims Payments for Earthquake Damage
Sep 27 2021 // Mexican startup Super, which offers coverage for earthquake property damages, plans to expand into hurricane insurance and possibly raise a fresh funding round next year, according to chief executive officer and founder...
New Mexico Cattle Ranchers Suffer Losses from Western Drought
Sep 14 2021 // State Sen. Pat Woods saw a lot of it over this past year – cows culled from a herd and sent to the slaughterhouse because their owners couldn’t afford to feed them anymore. “It was awfully dry,” said...
KCC Estimates Sept. 7 Mexico Earthquake Insured Losses at $200M
Sep 13 2021 // The impact from the the strong (magnitude 7.0) earthquake that occurred Sept. 7 near Acapulco City, Mexico is expected to be moderate, with insured losses of about $200 million, according to catastrophe modeling firm Karen...
New Mexico AG Takes More Steps to Intervene in Conservation of California Insurance Co.
Aug 26 2021 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has retained California legal counsel on behalf of the state and filed for leave to submit an amicus curiae brief in the conservation proceedings over California Insurance...
KCC Estimates Insured Loss From Hurricane Grace: $300M in Mexico, $30M in Caribbean
Aug 26 2021 // Catastrophe modeling firm the Karen Clark & Company (KCC) estimates that the insured loss to onshore properties from Hurricane Grace will be around $330 million—$300 million in Mexico and $30 million in the...
Fire on Mexico’s Pemex Offshore Oil Platform Kills at Least 5 Workers, Cuts Production
Aug 24 2021 // MEXICO CITY – Five workers were killed and six injured in Sunday’s fire on an offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico operated by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) that cut about a quarter of Mexico’s oil...
Hurricane Grace Crosses Mexico, Killing at Least 8 People
Aug 23 2021 // Hurricane Grace crossed through Mexico on Saturday, leaving at least eight people dead, causing floods and power cuts to more than half a million customers, before losing force as it swept toward the country’s...
New Mexico Lawsuit Says Guards Mistook Dentures for Contraband, Beat Inmate
Aug 10 2021 // A man was brutally beaten by corrections officers and denied medical treatment at a county jail in a small New Mexico community after guards mistook dentures in the inmate’s mouth for contraband, according to a...
Mexico Seeks $10 Billion in Damages in Liability Suit Against U.S. Gun Makers
Aug 4 2021 // Mexico sued several gun makers in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday, accusing them of reckless business practices that supply what it called a “torrent” of illegal arms to violent Mexican drug cartels, leading...
