Latest Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Geographer Recreates ‘The Great Louisiana Hurricane of 1812’
Feb 3 2011 // Nearly 200 years before Hurricane Katrina, a major storm hit the coast of Louisiana just west of New Orleans. Because the War of 1812 was simultaneously raging, the hurricane’s strength, direction and other...
New Mexico Considers Stricter Regs for Older Drivers
Jan 31 2011 // New Mexico’s Legislature is considering a bill that would impose stricter monitoring and license renewal standards on older drivers. In addition to a vision exam, Senate Bill 125 would subject drivers 75 years and...
United States Proposes to Open Roads to Mexican Trucks
Jan 24 2011 // The Obama administration on Jan. 6 proposed a new inspection and monitoring regime to permit long-haul trucks from Mexico on U.S. highways after years of delays over safety concerns and political wrangling. The...
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Expands Reinsurance in Mexico
Jan 14 2011 // Global wholesale, reinsurance and specialist retail insurance broker Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford has agreed to move to a 100 percent shareholding in its Mexican reinsurance broker, Cooper Gay Martinez del Rio, by...
Ratings Recap: InterGlobal, B&B Insurance, Grupo Nacional
Jan 13 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb+” of UK-based InterGlobal Insurance Company Limited, both...
Intoxicated New Mexico Worker Still Entitled to Workers’ Comp Benefits
Dec 29 2010 // A New Mexico Court of Appeal has ruled that a Las Cruces city employee who fell off a garbage truck while intoxicated is still eligible to collect workers’ compensation insurance benefits for his injuries. According...
New Mexico Town Could Be Liable for Residents’ Flood Damage
Dec 2 2010 // More than a dozen Farmington, N.M., residents and businesses have put the city on notice that they want reimbursement for damages caused by flooding in August. Some 14 claims have been filed, meeting a 90-day deadline to...
AXA Sues ING in New York over 2008 Mexican Insurance Sale
Nov 30 2010 // A unit of French insurer AXA has sued an arm of Dutch insurer ING in New York state court, alleging ING misrepresented the financial health of a Mexican insurance company it sold to AXA in 2008. AXA said it has suffered...
Republicans Gain Control in State Houses, Governor Offices
Nov 14 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. The new GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression,...
BrokersLink Appoints Casanueva to Board of Directors
Nov 12 2010 // BrokersLink, a major independent insurance broker alliance whose members manage premium volumes in excess of $10 billion, has appointed Juan Ignacio Casanueva, Chairman of the Casanueva Perez Group in Mexico, to its board...
Ratings Roundup: Dah Sing, Qualitas, Nissan Global
Oct 28 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Bermuda-based Dah Sing Insurance Company Limited (DSI), both with stable outlooks....
Hurricane Richard Hits Belize; Could Reach Mexico’s Oil Fields
Oct 25 2010 // Hurricane Richard struck the tiny Central American nation of Belize Sunday, blowing roofs off houses and knocking out electricity as tourists and residents huddled in emergency shelters. Richard, which made landfall just...
TS Richard Set to Become Hurricane; Hit Yucatan
Oct 22 2010 // Tropical Storm Richard headed toward Central America Friday, triggering a hurricane watch along the Honduras-Nicaragua border, a region already hit by months of heavy rains. The 17th named storm in the Atlantic so far this...
New Mexico Insurance Division Receives Consumer Assistance Grant
Oct 21 2010 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Division of Insurance will get $226,000 in federal funds to bolster consumer assistance efforts at the regulatory agency. The grant, which was made available through the...
Mexican Coast, Cancun on Alert for Hurricane Paula
Oct 13 2010 // Hurricane Paula, the ninth hurricane of the busy 2010 Atlantic season, churned toward the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, putting the tourist hub of Cancun on high alert. A hurricane warning was in...
Hurricane Paula Spares Mexico’s Coast, Heads for Cuba
Oct 13 2010 // Category 2 Hurricane Paula passed 60 miles east of the resort town of Cancun, Mexico this morning, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. With hurricane force...
Hurricane Paula Heads for Mexico’s Tourist Coast
Oct 12 2010 // Hurricane Paula, the ninth hurricane of the busy 2010 Atlantic season, churned toward the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula Tuesday, putting the tourist hub of Cancun on high alert. A hurricane warning was in...
BP Gulf Oil Disaster Legacy Includes Higher Risk, Insurance Costs
Oct 12 2010 // The Gulf of Mexico oil spill will push up costs and reduce the number of offshore oil and gas operators in U.S. waters for a long time to come, oil company executives told an industry conference in London on Tuesday. More...
U.S. Avoids Major Landfall So Far in Active Hurricane Season
Oct 7 2010 // The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season has been very active in the number of storms but is likely to go down as a non-event for most people in the United States, which has so far dodged a major landfall, the top official U.S....
Mexico Could Join Lawsuits Over Gulf Oil Disaster
Oct 1 2010 // Mexico’s federal government could join a list of its states suing the companies blamed for the disastrous Gulf oil spill, claiming damage to fishing and tourism, the plaintiffs’ attorney said this week. Earlier...
