Policy Terms, International Arbitration

Second Circuit Holds New York Convention Is “Self-Executing,” Reverses Orders Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration

Carlton Fields on 6/3/2025

In an opinion issued on May 8, 2025, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals addressed two cases: Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. 3131 Veterans Blvd LLC and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. MPIRE Properties...more

Litigation Minute: International Arbitration Clauses in Insurance Policies: Are They Valid in States With Anti-Arbitration...

K&L Gates LLP on 2/4/2022

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - The New York Convention typically requires U.S. courts to enforce written arbitration agreements covering international disputes, including arbitration clauses in contracts with...more

Arbitrator Denies Cover for Policyholders Regarding Business Interruption Losses

Morgan Lewis on 11/23/2021

A group of hospitality policyholders failed in their attempt to obtain cover under a business interruption policy as it was determined, in an ad hoc arbitration, that the UK central government did not constitute “a competent...more

XL’s injunction not “sneaky” in support of arbitration clause in UK D&O Policy

BCLP on 5/24/2019

In XL v Little (May 2019), the Commercial Court granted a final anti-suit injunction to prevent Mr Little, a US individual, from bringing his D&O claim in New York in breach of the insurance policy’s London arbitration...more

English Court Enjoins Washington State Court Action in Favor of Arbitration in London

Carlton Fields on 3/21/2019

In a dispute involving a complex, multilayered excess insurance policy, the Commercial Court of the Queen’s Bench Division enjoined Weyerhaeuser, a Washington company, from suing Catlin Syndicate Limited, a London-based...more

Boring Through The Details: U.S. District Court Declares Boring Company Dispute Not Covered by Insurance Policies

Troutman Pepper Locke on 1/8/2019

Maxum Indemnity Co. v. Robbins Co., P.C., No. 1:17-CV-01968, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57729 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 28, 2018) - On March 21, 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio granted a motion...more

Following Series Of Procedural Battles, Bankruptcy Court Sends MF Global Holdings Dispute To Arbitration In Bermuda

Carlton Fields on 9/6/2017

In the latest opinion arising from a coverage dispute following MF Global Holdings’s bankruptcy, the Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York sent the dispute to arbitration in Bermuda pursuant to the underlying...more

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