Latest Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Issues Cease & Desist Order
Jan 24 2014 // The New Mexico Superintendent of Insurance has officially notified TraffiCare International LLC to cease and desist all New Mexico operations due to their failure to obtain the required licenses and certificate of...
Officials Suspect 2 Nabbed in Texas Linked to Target Fraud Case
Jan 22 2014 // Two Mexican citizens who were arrested at the border used account information stolen during the Target security breach to buy tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise, according to a South Texas police...
Senate Re-Election Politics Boosts Flood Insurance Delay Proposals
Jan 16 2014 // Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will do just about anything to help Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu. He arranged the chamber’s floor agenda this week so Landrieu could lead debate on a flood insurance rate reprieve...
2 New Mexico Cities Opening Car Charging Stations
Jan 13 2014 // Two New Mexico cities are preparing to begin operating public charging stations for electric vehicles. In late December 2013 Gallup opened a Tesla Motors supercharger station and Farmington is scheduled to open one this...
Texting While Driving Ban Again in New Mexico Lawmaker’s Sights
Jan 7 2014 // Another attempt is being made at the New Mexico Legislature to prohibit texting while driving. Democratic Sen. Peter Wirth of Santa Fe has pre-filed a bill, marking the fifth time a version of a texting-while-driving ban...
Qualitas Aided by Pena Nieto Car Insurance Law: Corporate Mexico
Jan 7 2014 // Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto is giving the car insurance market a boost with a plan to mandate policies on federal highways in the country, where almost three in four drivers lack coverage. Congress approved...
Appeals Court to Fast-Track BP’s Bid to Halt Gulf Oil Spill Payments
Jan 3 2014 // BP Plc’s bid to block economic-loss payments tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill unless the claims can be directly linked to the disaster won fast-track consideration by an appeals court. The London-based...
Judge Rejects BP Complaint Over Proof of Economic Losses from Gulf Oil Spill
Dec 27 2013 // BP Plc lost a bid to require businesses to provide proof their economic losses were caused by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill under a $9.2 billion settlement over the disaster. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New...
2 New Mexico Cities Opening Car Charging Stations
Dec 24 2013 // Two New Mexico cities are preparing to begin operating public charging stations for electric vehicles. Last week, Gallup opened a Tesla Motors supercharger station and Farmington is scheduled to open one next month, The...
BP Seeks Halt to Oil Spill Payments to Seafood Firms, Alleges Attorney Fraud
Dec 18 2013 // BP Plc asked a U.S. judge to stop payments in the $2.3 billion seafood-industry portion of its settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill pending an investigation of fraud claims against a plaintiffs’...
Poms Names Valencia Vice President In New Mexico
Dec 12 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Andrew Valencia in the firm’s New Mexico office as vice president of employee benefits. He specializes in the development and implementation of group health, dental,...
New Mexico Suffocation: Nearly $80M Award
Dec 11 2013 // A judge has awarded nearly $80 million to the estate and family of an Albuquerque woman who suffocated in 2002 when her car was buried by sand after being struck by a tractor-trailer truck. District Judge Shannon Bacon...
Anadarko, BP Seek Reversal of Oil Spill Clean Water Act Ruling
Dec 5 2013 // Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and BP Plc asked an appeals court to throw out a judge’s finding that both companies were liable under the U.S. Clean Water Act for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl...
New Mexico Governor Appoints Workers’ Compensation Director
Dec 4 2013 // Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed a state government lawyer from Albuquerque to run a regulatory agency overseeing New Mexico’s workers’ compensation program. Darin Childers becomes director of the...
Weak 2013 Hurricane Season Coming to a Close
Nov 27 2013 // The 2013 Atlantic season has delivered the fewest hurricanes since 1982, U.S. forecasters said, despite their predictions in May that it would be a busier than normal year. Forecasters had predicted 13 to 20 named Atlantic...
Watchdog Sues For Sandia Nuke Safety Records In New Mexico
Nov 25 2013 // A watchdog group has filed a lawsuit seeking the release of nuclear safety records for Sandia National Laboratories. The suit filed Friday in federal court in Albuquerque alleges the National Nuclear Security...
New Mexico County, Navajo Nation Added To Declaration
Nov 25 2013 // One New Mexico county and the Navajo Nation have been added to a federal disaster declaration that stemmed from severe storms and flooding this past summer. Federal officials say Sierra County and the Navajo Nation are now...
Past, Future Collide As Mexico Battles Over GMO Corn
Nov 19 2013 // After pioneering the cultivation of corn thousands of years ago, Mexico must overcome the weight of history to give the go-ahead to allow genetically modified strains into its fields. Religion, culture and science are...
Liberty Mutual to Enter Mexico with Acquisition of Surety Company
Nov 13 2013 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it will acquire Mexican surety company Primero Fianzas from Grupo Valores Operativos Monterrey, a private investor group. The company said the acquisition will enable Liberty Mutual Surety, a...
Insurance Equality Ordered For Gay Marriage in New Mexico
Nov 8 2013 // Insurance companies in New Mexico must provide same-sex married couples with the same discounts and benefits offered to opposite-sex married couples, the state insurance regulator announced Wednesday. Insurance...
