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New Mexico Officials Say Teachers Are Safe from Legal Liability Amid Virus

Sep 10 2020 // New Mexico officials clarified this week that teachers won’t be on the hook for lawsuits that might stem from COVID-19 outbreaks as in-person classes began for some students.“In no way will teachers or school...

Hurricane Laura Expected to Slam Energy Coast; On Track for $5-12B in Losses

Aug 25 2020 // Hurricane Laura is poised to strengthen rapidly and come ashore along the Texas-Louisiana coast as a tree-snapping Category 3 storm, forcing residents to flee their homes despite the threat of Covid-19.Laura’s winds...

Gulf Coast Braces for Tropical Storm Marco; States Declare Emergencies

Aug 23 2020 // 08/22/2020 05:30 PM — Marco, one of two tropical storms headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast, was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane later on Saturday as coastal governors urged residents to prepare for the unprecedented...

‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf Much Smaller This Year Following Tropical Storms

Aug 5 2020 // Tropical weather stirred up the Gulf of Mexico, reducing this year’s dead zone off Louisiana’s coast to the third-smallest ever measured, the scientist who has measured it since 1985 said Tuesday.Marine...

New Mexico Reports 210 More Coronavirus Cases, 9 Deaths

Aug 3 2020 // The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in New Mexico increased by 210 and deaths by nine on Saturday, state health officials reported.The deaths included three residents of Bernalillo County, two in Dona Ana County, and...

Higginbotham Enters New Mexico with Pat Campbell Merger

Jul 29 2020 // Higginbotham and Pat Campbell Insurance, an independent agency in Las Cruces, N.M., have merged operations.Both firms broker commercial and personal property/casualty insurance, employee benefits and individual life and...

COVID-19 Surge in Texas Sparks Worry Amid Hurricane Hanna Cleanup

Jul 28 2020 // As recovery and cleanup efforts got underway on July 27 in South Texas in the wake of a downgraded Hurricane Hanna, worried residents confronted the prospect of undertaking the effort amid a surge in coronavirus cases that...

Walmart in New Mexico Ordered to Close After 4 Workers Test Positive

Jul 13 2020 // New Mexico work safety regulators Saturday ordered Walmart to close a store in Las Cruces, after four employees tested positive for COVID-19 in the past three weeks, the New Mexico Environment Department said.A...

Sompo Global Risk Solutions Launches Team in London to Serve UK, Europe Markets

Jul 2 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS) has formed a new team, Sompo GRS Europe, based in...

Former New Mexico Detectives File Whisteblower Lawsuit

Jun 11 2020 // A whistleblower lawsuit filed by former New Mexico police detectives says they were retaliated against for repeatedly raising concerns about the operation of their department’s sex crimes unit.Former Albuquerque...

A.M. Best Affirms North American Casualty Group Companies’ Ratings

Jun 10 2020 // Ratings issuer A.M. Best said it has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a” of five companies...

Amid Pandemic, Oil Refineries, Offshore Drillers Face Hurricane Challenges

Jun 4 2020 // As oil and gas companies began shutting offshore production before the first tropical storm of the season in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, experts said restarting wells and refineries will take longer and prove more costly this...

Some Gulf of Mexico Oil Rigs Evacuate Workers as Tropical Storm Cristobal Threatens

Jun 3 2020 // BP Plc began turning off production at three platforms in the northern Gulf of Mexico and evacuating workers because of the threat from Tropical Storm Cristobal, forecast to make landfall in Louisiana over the weekend, the...

Farm Workers Getting Sick, Spreading Coronavirus As Peak Produce Season Begins

May 29 2020 // All of the roughly 200 employees on a produce farm in Tennessee tested positive for Covid-19 this month. In New Jersey, more than 50 workers had the virus at a farm in Gloucester County, adding to nearly 60 who fell ill in...

New Mexico Hospital Paying to Settle Retaliation Claim

May 22 2020 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said a northern New Mexico hospital will pay $98,000 to settle a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the agency.The case against Christus St. Vincent Regional...

New Mexico Man’s Body Mutilated to Fit in Coffin, Lawsuit Charges

May 12 2020 // A New Mexico funeral home broke the legs of the body of a tall man so he could fit into a smaller coffin, a new lawsuit said.The family of Dakota Powell filed last week a lawsuit in state district court against French...

New Mexico Man Sues After Being Injured in Chase, Crash

May 11 2020 // A man has sued a New Mexico State Police officer who crashed into his vehicle in January 2019 while chasing a truck near Espanola.Rudy Vialpando, 62, said he suffered spinal fractures and injuries to his ribs and right...

New Mexico Forest Official Cites Rising Risk of Human-Caused Wildfires

May 11 2020 // The top administrator of a national forest in northern New Mexico says there’s an elevated risk of human-caused wildfires due to drying conditions and negligence by some forest visitors.Carson National Forest...

BRP Group Acquires Pendulum in New Mexico

May 1 2020 // A subsidiary of BRP Group Inc. has acquired the assets comprising the risk assessment and consulting business of Pendulum LLC, an Albuquerque, N.M.-based firm. The business acquired from Pendulum generated annual revenues...

New Mexico Mom Suing Company for Overturned Bounce House That Trapped Children

Apr 17 2020 // A Santa Fe, N.M., woman is suing Meow Wolf after she says her children were injured when wind overturned the arts and entertainment company’s rented-bounce house.The Santa Fe New Mexican reports attorneys for Anita...