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Reinsurance Redux - April 2013

by Braden A. Borger, Amy S. Kline, Patrick Nugent, Sean T. O'Neill, Brian Simons, Matthew Smith | Saul Ewing LLP on 4/24/2013

In This Issue: - Assignment of Right to Collect on Reinsurance Treaty Held Not to Include Underlying Arbitration Clause: On February 25, 2013, the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter - March 2013: A Brief Review of Reinsurance Trends in 2012: Mccarran-Ferguson Act

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/25/2013

Though the McCarran-Ferguson Act did not receive significant treatment from the courts in 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit weighed in on the Act in the past year. In ESAB Group, Inc. v. Zurich...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter - March 2013: A Brief Review of Reinsurance Trends in 2012: Disqualification of Counsel

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/22/2013

As we observed in last year's reinsurance review, 2011 was marked by a notable amount of litigation over the disqualification of counsel. At that time, it appeared that disqualification of counsel was one of the few areas of...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter - March 2013: A Brief Review of Reinsurance Trends in 2012: Choice of Law

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/20/2013

An Illinois state court held that a contractual provision for choice of law in arbitration has no bearing on a choice of law determination outside of the arbitration context. In Amerisure Mut. Ins. Co. v. Global Reinsurance...more

Reinsurance Redux - March 2013

by Braden A. Borger, Amy S. Kline, Patrick Nugent, Sean T. O'Neill, Brian Simons, Matthew Smith | Saul Ewing LLP on 3/19/2013

In This Issue: - New York Court of Appeals Reverses Decision Requiring Reinsurers to Follow the Fortunes on Asbestos Settlement Where There Were Questions of Fact With Respect to Reasonableness of Reinsured’s...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter - March 2013: A Brief Review of Reinsurance Trends in 2012: Arbitration

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/18/2013

Federal courts almost uniformly confirmed reinsurance arbitration awards in 2012, continuing the trend of deference to arbitral decisions. Where the motion courts granted motions to vacate, the appellate courts often reversed...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter- March 2013: English High Court Affirms Arbitration Award Finding That World Trade Center...

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/18/2013

The English High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court) has handed down a decision affirming an arbitral award holding that the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center arose out of two...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter- March 2013: Ohio Federal Court Transfers Reinsurance Dispute to Florida

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/13/2013

An Ohio federal court has transferred a reinsurance dispute to Florida, where another related action was pending. The cedent, commencing with its predecessor, underwrote an automobile dealership awards program. Reinsurance...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter- March 2013: Wisconsin Federal Court Remands Arbitration Counsel Disqualification Action to...

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/11/2013

The popularity of attorney disqualification applications in reinsurance disputes continues with this dispute venued in Wisconsin. Several reinsurance contracts were entered into, all of which had arbitration provisions. The...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter- March 2013: Minnesota Federal Court Stays Litigation Pending Arbitration

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/8/2013

A Minnesota federal court granted motions by the successor to a group of off-shore producer-owned reinsurance companies and their owners to stay an action brought by a cedent pending arbitration of the cedent's claims against...more

Reinsurance Redux - January 2013

by Braden A. Borger, Amy S. Kline, Patrick Nugent, Sean T. O'Neill, Brian Simons, Matthew Smith | Saul Ewing LLP on 1/29/2013

In This Issue: Federal Court in Wisconsin Holds That It Lacks Jurisdiction to Address Disqualification of Counsel in Arbitration The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin declined to...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter - December 2012: Illinois State Court Dismisses Cedent’s Post-Arbitration Complaint Seeking...

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/21/2013

Amerisure Mut. Ins. Co. v. Global Reinsurance Corp. of Am., No. 10 L 012665 (Ill. Cir. Ct. Nov. 7, 2012). An Illinois state court dismissed a cedent’s complaint seeking attorney fees for a reinsurer’s alleged...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter - December 2012: Texas Federal Court Denies Security Application for De Minimis and Premature...

by Patton Boggs LLP on 12/19/2012

In a dispute between a reinsurer and a managing agent, a Texas federal court declined to award security in aid of arbitration under a Texas statue that permits a party to file a security application with a court either during...more

Reinsurance Redux - December 2012

by Braden A. Borger, Andrea P. Brockway, Amy S. Kline, Sean T. O'Neill, Caitlin M. Piccarello | Saul Ewing LLP on 12/18/2012

In This Issue: - Southern District of New York Orders Arbitration Panel to Proceed with Umpire Selection: Finding the Federal Arbitration Act mandates that a provision in a reinsurance agreement establishing a...more

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