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Eighth Circuit: broad service of suit provision in insurance policy endorsement precludes arbitration
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- May 7 2013
In a prior post, we reported the district court's denial of the insurer's motion to compel arbitration in Union Electric Co. v. Aegis Energy
Court refuses to seal from public record arbitration award related to reinsurance of airlines involved in 911 attacks
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- October 24 2012
The court granted an unopposed petition to confirm an arbitration award that found that the 911 attacks on the World Trade center should be deemed one “event” for purposes of liability under aviation reinsurance contracts
Declaratory relief action rejected as a means to challenge interlocutory arbitration orders for lack of “ripeness”
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- February 25 2013
In an arbitration related to an uninsured motorist insurance claim, the insured twice challenged the arbitrators' discovery rulings by filing
Second Circuit orders dismissal of suit to confirm a Peruvian arbitration award in New York on forum non conveniens grounds
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- April 5 2012
The Peruvian arbitration awarded over $21 million in connection with a consulting agreement for engineering studies on water and sewage services in Peru
Court confirms reinsurance arbitration orders over timeliness and finality concerns; refuses to strike confidential facts in petition
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- February 7 2012
A court has granted two unopposed petitions to confirm two arbitration orders under the New York Convention, in what was a dispute over documentation requirements of a forty-year old asbestos claims reinsurance agreement between Century Indemnity Company and certain London market reinsurers (LMRs
Court compels arbitration of multiple plaintiffs notwithstanding “narrow” arbitration agreement
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- February 22 2012
A court compelled arbitration of a dispute between an insurer and an affiliated group of multinational companies, despite the fact that the agreement to arbitrate was “narrow,” signed by only one of the plaintiff companies, and subject to a statute of limitations defense that state law permitted to be addressed in court
Federal judge confirms reinsurance arbitration award
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- August 5 2010
After arbitration between insurers Praetorian Insurance Co. (fka Insurance Corporation of Hannover) and Clarendon Insurance Group Inc., and their reinsurer, American Constantine Insurance Co., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted an unopposed petition to confirm the $7 million arbitration award
Tenth Circuit holds post-judgment interest rate in “broad” arbitration provision trumps statutory rate
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- August 17 2010
On November 17, 2008, we reported on a Colorado district court's decision in a reinsurance dispute to alter the post-judgment interest rate provided in the arbitration panel's final award and replace it with a statutory rate
Second Circuit affirms that insurer need not provide a defense and indemnity in arbitrations
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- December 30 2010
In a summary order by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the Court affirmed the lower court's summary judgment that found that a professional liability insurer was not required to defend and indemnify its insured for certain ongoing arbitration proceedings in which the insured was a defendant
Ninth Circuit affirms attorney’s fee award for arbitration, confirmation, and collection, but not for litigation with reinsurers
- Jorden Burt LLP
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- USA
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- October 25 2010
In a dispute between providers of payroll services ("payroll providers") and the reinsurers of a movie, the Ninth Circuit, which previously held that the reinsurers were liable for the obligations of the movie's producers, affirmed an award of attorney's fees that were incurred in an arbitration between the payroll providers and the movie producers, and in the payroll providers' related efforts to confirm and collect the arbitration award
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Workarea - Insurance & Reinsurance
- Workarea - Arbitration
- Workarea - Litigation
- Firm Name - Jorden Burt LLP
- Author - Michael Wolgin