Hurricane Grace News

Mexican Insurtech Startup Offers Quick Claims Payments for Earthquake Damage

Mexican startup Super, which offers coverage for earthquake property damages, plans to expand into hurricane insurance and possibly raise a fresh funding round next year, according to chief executive officer and founder Sebastian Villarreal. The company, which launched in 2019, …

KCC Estimates Insured Loss From Hurricane Grace: $300M in Mexico, $30M in Caribbean

Catastrophe modeling firm the Karen Clark & Company (KCC) estimates that the insured loss to onshore properties from Hurricane Grace will be around $330 millionβ€”$300 million in Mexico and $30 million in the Caribbean. The estimate is based on the …

Fire on Mexico’s Pemex Offshore Oil Platform Kills at Least 5 Workers, Cuts Production

MEXICO CITY – Five workers were killed and six injured in Sunday’s fire on an offshore platform in the southern Gulf of Mexico operated by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) that cut about a quarter of Mexico’s oil production, the company said …

Hurricane Grace Crosses Mexico, Killing at Least 8 People

Hurricane Grace crossed through Mexico on Saturday, leaving at least eight people dead, causing floods and power cuts to more than half a million customers, before losing force as it swept toward the country’s Pacific coast. The storm entered Mexico …