All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Puerto Rico based...
May 28 2010 // Hurricanes could rupture underwater oil and natural gas pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, which is already struggling with the worst oil spill in U.S. history, according to a new study by researchers at the U.S. Naval...
May 25 2010 // The U.S. National Hurricane Center started tracking the first low pressure system of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season late Sunday, reminding energy and commodities traders of the coming storm season, which officially...
May 25 2010 // Shareholders have sued the board of BP Plc for failing to monitor safety and exposing the company to potentially enormous liability related to the Deepwater spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, according to court...
May 24 2010 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has appointed a new interim insurance superintendent, and the deputy superintendent has resigned.The PRC announced the appointmnt of Craig Dunbar’s. The 59-year-old Dunbar...
May 19 2010 // Environmentalists seeking to curb oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico have filed federal lawsuits to shut down a major BP platform and close a government loophole for new oil and gas exploration.The lawsuits, filed in...
May 18 2010 // BP’s oil spill could make for one of the highest-stakes U.S. Gulf hurricane seasons on record.Storms may scuttle clean-up efforts, force containment vessels to retreat, or propel spilled crude and tar balls over vast...
May 17 2010 // New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Morris Chavez has resigned, saying he and his family have been the targets of “sad and derogatory” online comments in the wake of a contentious health insurance rate case his...
May 13 2010 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an alliance with the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago as part of an effort to provide Mexican nationals in Illinois and...
May 13 2010 // Companies linked to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill are facing a flood of lawsuits, as legal actions from the disaster spread faster than the crude gushing from BP Plc’s blown-out undersea well.Nearly 100...
May 6 2010 // New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Morris Chavez announced he will resign, saying he and his family have been the targets of “sad and derogatory” online comments in the wake of a contentious health insurance...
May 5 2010 // Companies with exposure to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico are insured for losses totaling about $1.4 billion, according to initial reports.“The insurance losses from the sinking of...
May 4 2010 // What makes an oil spill really bad? Most of the ingredients for it are now blending in the Gulf of Mexico.Experts tick off the essentials: A relentless flow of oil from under the sea; a type of crude that mixes easily with...
Apr 30 2010 // Innovation vital for Europe’s future is at risk, because the global financial crisis has turned once-challenging emission reduction goals into easily achievable targets, the European Union’s top climate...
Apr 29 2010 // The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday five times as much oil as previously estimated was leaking from a well beneath the site of a deadly drilling rig explosion as the slick threatened wide-scale coastal damage for four U.S....
Apr 21 2010 // Up to a dozen crew members were missing and at least seven were critically injured after an explosion and fire late on April 20 hit a Transocean drilling rig that was working off the Louisiana coast, the U.S. Coast Guard...
Apr 21 2010 // Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has estimated the Easter earthquake caused about $91 million in damage in impoverished Imperial County.Schwarzenegger’s office sent a letter to the federal government with the preliminary...
Apr 7 2010 // As the international community steps up its efforts to fight money laundering, a number of countries are now requiring insurers to obtain additional information from their customers to screen out possible bad actors.For...
Apr 6 2010 // Damage estimates from Sunday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Mexico, just south of California, are not expected to exceed $1 billion, and insured losses should not exceed $300 million, according to risk modeling firm...
Mar 22 2010 // As the international community steps up its efforts to fight money laundering, a number of countries are now requiring insurers to obtain additional information from their customers to screen out possible bad actors.For...