Latest Mexico Headlines

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Citigroup’s Mexico Unit, Chubb Announce Bancassurance Distribution Agreement

Jun 29 2018 // Citibanamex, a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., and Chubb Seguros México, an affiliate of Chubb Ltd., announced a definitive long-term agreement where Chubb will provide a range of non-life insurance products to...

XL Catlin Launches Specialty Aviation Insurance in Mexico

Jun 22 2018 // XL Catlin announced the launch of specialty aviation insurance in Mexico. The new product suite will initially focus on general aviation hull and liability risks.With an established presence in Latin America and aviation...

Nuclear Contamination Found on Worker at New Mexico Weapons Lab

Jun 20 2018 // Reports from an independent safety panel show radioactive contamination was found on a worker’s hands and other places at a nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico, the latest safety lapse at the facility as it ramps up...

New Mexico County Suing over Opioid Crisis

Jun 8 2018 // A northwestern New Mexico county is the latest to sue over the opioid crisis.Lawyers for San Juan County filed the challenge late last week against numerous pharmaceutical companies and distributors. The county is seeking...

Oil Firms Using Robots, Drones for Dangerous Offshore Work

Jun 4 2018 // At BP’s massive Thunder Horse oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a dog-sized robot called Maggie uses magnetic tracks to creep along pipes connecting the giant oil facility to the sea floor. Before MaggHD,...

Unsafe Conditions in Mexico Scaring Off Businesses

May 30 2018 // Canada’s Pan American Silver Corp. said it is cutting back operations at its mine in northern Mexico due to safety concerns, the latest in a series of major businesses that have been frightened off by unsafe...

What NOAA Forecasts for 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season

May 25 2018 // On the heels of the costliest hurricane year on record, the Atlantic is expected to produce five to nine of the mighty storms during the six-month season that starts June 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Woman Awarded $1.2M in New Mexico Stolen Car Crash

May 22 2018 // A Santa Fe County, N.M. jury has awarded an 80-year-old woman more than $1.2 million after she was injured in a crash involving a stolen car chased by Santa Fe police.The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the jury decided that...

Robots, Drones Changing How Oil Firms Handle Dangerous Offshore Work

May 13 2018 // At BP’s massive Thunder Horse oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a dog-sized robot called Maggie uses magnetic tracks to creep along pipes connecting the giant oil facility to the sea floor. Before MaggHD,...

4.6M Quake Shakes Gulf of Mexico Near Louisiana Coast

May 8 2018 // A light earthquake has shaken the Gulf of Mexico south of the Louisiana coast. The United State Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 struck around noon Sunday. The quake happened about...

Asbestos Found Throughout Giant New Mexico Apartment Complex

Apr 30 2018 // Testing has found that there’s asbestos nearly everywhere in an abandoned Alamogordo, N.M. apartment complex, a finding that complicates the city’s desire to demolish the dilapidated property.The Alamogordo...

SBA Loans Made Available in New Mexico, Arizona for Drought Economic Injury

Apr 23 2018 // The Small Business Administration says disaster loans are available to small nonfarm businesses in 13 counties in New Mexico and one in Arizona to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in two...

New Mexico Utility Says Insurance to Help Pay for Coal Silo Failure

Apr 16 2018 // The investigation into the cause of a structural failure of a coal silo at a power plant in northwestern New Mexico is ongoing, but the plant’s operator says repairs are underway.Officials with Public Service Co. of...

Red Flag Warnings Point to High Fire Danger for Parts of New Mexico

Apr 12 2018 // Forecasters with the National Weather Service are warning that parts of New Mexico are in for more windy conditions later this week and that means higher fire danger.They say a deep low pressure system in the Great Basin...

Family Files Suit Over Teen’s Death After New Mexico Rodeo Competition

Mar 28 2018 // The family of a teenager who died after a bull riding competition is suing the organizers of the 2016 event.Brandon Charley died in Fruitland, N.M., while riding a bull named WhooWee. The lawsuit filed in state district...

Ocean International Reinsurance Opens Representative Office in Mexico

Mar 26 2018 // Ocean International Reinsurance Co. Ltd. has opened a representative office in Mexico to be headed by Rebecca Peña.The office was opened in Feb. 19, 2018, after receiving regulatory approval from Mexico’s National...

DWI Fatalities New Mexico Fell 16 Percent in a Year

Mar 21 2018 // New Mexico’s DWI fatalities dropped 16 percent in 2017 from the previous year.Gov. Susana Martinez announced the decrease of alcohol-related fatalities from 173 in 2016 to 145 in 2017 on Friday as she said law...

New Markets

Mar 5 2018 // Market Detail: Rockwood Brokerage (www.rockwoodbrokerage.com) serves as the exclusive national administrator of an errors & omissions (E&O) product designed to address the unique professional liability exposures...

New Mexico Appeals Court Upholds Ruling in $165M Suit Against FedEx

Feb 19 2018 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has upheld the ruling in a $165 million lawsuit against FedEx filed after a deadly accident involving a contracted FedEx truck.The 2011 crash west of Las Cruces killed three people including...

New Mexico Appeals Court Upholds Ruling in $165M Suit Against FedEx

Feb 12 2018 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has upheld the ruling in a $165 million lawsuit against FedEx filed after a deadly accident involving a contracted FedEx truck.Las Cruces Sun-News reports the 2011 crash west of Las Cruces...