All the headlines from our New Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 19 2007 // The New Mexico legislature has passed a bill that would establish a file and use rate regulatory system for most personal lines of insurance. The Insurance Rate Regulation Law, SB 483, applies to all kinds and lines of...
Mar 16 2007 // Dallas-based GAINSCO Auto Insurance, which insures drivers across the Southern United States, has expanded its operations into New Mexico and will sell its personal auto policies through a network of independent insurance...
Mar 8 2007 // New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission is asking why former Insurance Superintendent Eric Serna did not investigate a title insurance company that admitted giving more than $300,000 to a builder in what a state...
Feb 26 2007 // Regulator committed to restoring ethicsAfter replacing two insurance superintendents in less than a year over allegations of questionable activities, New Mexico’s Insurance Department seems to sorely need some ethics...
Feb 26 2007 // Attorneys Fees State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Lestenkof (Alaska, Sept. 29, 2006)Ruling: In this case, the court considered whether an auto insurer must pay unlimited (Alaska Civil Rule 82) attorney’s...
Feb 25 2007 // After replacing two insurance superintendents in less than a year over allegations of questionable activities, New Mexico’s Insurance Department seems to sorely need some ethics training. The latest appointed...
Feb 25 2007 // Attorneys FeesState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Lestenkof (Alaska, Sept. 29, 2006) Ruling: In this case, the court considered whether an auto insurer must pay unlimited (Alaska Civil Rule 82) attorney’s...
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
Feb 11 2007 // After replacing two insurance superintendents in less than a year over allegations of questionable activities, New Mexico’s Insurance Department seems to sorely need some ethics training.The latest appointed...
Jan 18 2007 // New Mexico Auditor Hector Balderas wants to send a message to the public and would-be whistleblowers in state and local government: alert his office to potential fraud, corruption or mismanagement.Balderas, a lawyer and...
Jan 9 2007 // New Mexico drivers now can compare personal auto insurance rates on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s Web site: www.nmprc.state.nm.us. The guide to compare premiums can be accessed by clicking on the...
Nov 6 2006 // Rates are being cut for New Mexico workers’ compensation insurance premiums.The state Insurance Department has approved overall workers’ compensation rate reductions of 4.2 percent for the voluntary market and...
Nov 5 2006 // Rates are being cut for New Mexico workers’ compensation insurance premiums.The state Insurance Department has approved overall workers’ compensation rate reductions of 4.2 percent for the voluntary market and...
Oct 30 2006 // The New Mexico Insurance Fraud Bureau, a bureau of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Insurance Division, is hosting the 2006 National Insurance Fraud Directors Conference in Santa Fe, N.M., on Oct. 30- Nov. 1.New...
Oct 23 2006 // Back on track“With these new appointments, the Commission is committed to a new focus for the Division of Insurance, making New Mexico a more friendly place to do insurance business, while making the industry...
Oct 23 2006 // The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has given unanimous consent to the appointment of Morris Chavez as the superintendent of insurance. He replaces former Superintendent Eric Serna, who retired in May amidst...
Oct 23 2006 // Alcohol-related crashes increased 29 percent and alcohol-related crash fatalities rose 42 percent on Sundays after New Mexico approved Sunday package liquor sales, a new study found.The increase translates to an additional...
Oct 18 2006 // Rates are being cut for New Mexico workers’ compensation insurance premiums.The state Insurance Department has approved overall rate reductions of 4.2 percent for the voluntary market and 1.3 percent for the assigned...
Oct 9 2006 // New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission has chosen a finalist to replace former Insurance Superintendent Eric Serna, but regulators won’t say who that person is.Following a closed meeting on Sept. 26, the PRC...
Oct 9 2006 // More than 2,200 auto claims and approximately 950 homeowner claims have been filed due to a hailstorm in southern New Mexico, an insurance industry association said.Pea to golf ball sized-hailstones battered Las Cruces,...