Latest Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The CHANGING FACE of Surplus Lines Brokers
Sep 24 2007 // The surplus lines industry is never boring, never plain and certainly never black and white. Often dubbed as the innovator of new insurance products, the industry could even be considered colorful when it comes to the...
News Currents
Sep 24 2007 // Santa Rosa diocese to pay $5 million in priest sex abuse settlement The Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa has agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle a sex abuse lawsuit involving fugitive priest Xavier Ochoa and 10...
Declarations
Sep 24 2007 // Declarations A gateway crime “Research indicates that auto theft is a gateway crime that potentially leads adolescents to more destructive behavior. … This program explores the relationship among the parties...
New Mexico Man Dies from Botulism Poisoning
Sep 24 2007 // Botulism has killed a 52-year-old Sandoval County, N.M., man, according to the state Health Department. State officials have not linked the man’s case to this summer’s recall of Castleberry’s Food Co....
Declarations
Sep 24 2007 // A gateway crime “Research indicates that auto theft is a gateway crime that potentially leads adolescents to more destructive behavior. … This program explores the relationship among the parties involved when...
Santa Rosa Diocese to Pay $5 Million in Priest Sex Abuse Settlement
Sep 14 2007 // The Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa has agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle a sex abuse lawsuit involving fugitive priest Xavier Ochoa and 10 alleged victims, lawyers and the diocese said. The diocese will pay the...
Sens. Dorgan, Specter Move to Halt Mexican Trucks in U.S.
Sep 11 2007 // Two senators want to ban Mexican trucks from U.S. roads, saying not enough has been done to make sure they are safe. Sens. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and Arlen Specter, R-Pa., want to strip funding for a program launched last...
Henriette Reaches Hurricane Strength; Threatens Baja Calif.
Sep 4 2007 // Felix has a little sister in the Pacific Ocean that has already caused the deaths of 8 people from landslides triggered by heavy rains near Acapulco. The storm first formed last Thursday, Aug. 30, and has been steadily...
Former N.M. Insurance Regulator Pleads Not Guilty
Aug 28 2007 // Former New Mexico insurance regulator Joe Ruiz on Monday pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges that arose from allegations he misused his office by soliciting payments from insurance companies in exchange for...
Former New Mexico Insurance Regulator Indicted
Aug 27 2007 // Former New Mexico state insurance regulator Joe Ruiz has been indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly misusing his office by soliciting payments from insurance companies in exchange for reducing regulatory...
EQECAT Puts Dean Mexico Losses at ‘Less than $250 Million’
Aug 23 2007 // EQECAT, Inc announced that preliminary estimates of cumulative insured losses from Hurricane Dean in two landfalls in Mexico would not “likely exceed $250 million.” EQECAT indicated that “overall,...
AIR Estimates Dean Mexico Losses ‘Unlikely To Exceed $400 Million’
Aug 23 2007 // AIR Worldwide’s provisional assessment of the losses in Mexico from Category 5 Hurricane Dean indicated that they are “unlikely to exceed $400 million.” AIR said its estimate “covers insured losses...
RMS Estimates Dean Losses around $1.5 Billion
Aug 22 2007 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions announced that it estimates losses from Hurricane Dean are likely to range between $750 million and $1.5 billion. RMS’ preliminary indications show around $300 million...
Cat Five Dean Slams Yucatan
Aug 21 2007 // Hurricane Dean joined a small but devastating group of Category five hurricanes with winds in excess of 160 mph (255 kp/hr) as it slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula near the border of Mexico and Belize. News reports (BBC,...
Bank of Albuquerque awarded New Mexico insurance contract
Jun 18 2007 // The Bank of Albuquerque will be the custodian of more than $380 million in deposits from about 1,400 insurance companies doing business in New Mexico. The bank has been awarded a one-year contract, beginning July 1, to...
Hurricane forecasters agree: busy season ahead
Jun 4 2007 // Weather forecasters differ somewhat in their methodologies and numbers but appear to agree on one matter: the 2007 hurricane season looks to be a busy one along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. They predict that anywhere from...
Hurricane forecasters agree: busy season ahead
Jun 4 2007 // Weather forecasters differ somewhat in their methodologies and numbers but appear to agree on one matter: the 2007 hurricane season looks to be a busy one along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. They predict that anywhere from...
Hurricane forecasters agree: busy season ahead
Jun 4 2007 // Weather forecasters differ somewhat in their methodologies and numbers but appear to agree on one matter: the 2007 hurricane season looks to be a busy one along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. They predict that anywhere from...
Hurricane forecasters agree: busy season ahead
Jun 4 2007 // Weather forecasters differ somewhat in their methodologies and numbers but appear to agree on one matter: the 2007 hurricane season looks to be a busy one along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. They predict that anywhere from...
Mexican Court Ruling Upholds ING’s $94 Million Fertinal Settlement
May 17 2007 // Seguros ING S.A. de C.V., the Mexican insurance subsidiary of The Netherlands’ ING Group has received official notification from a federal appellate court in Mexico City that its claims dispute with the Mexican...
