Commentary on insurance and reinsurance disputes and related issues and the website of Schiffer Law & Consulting PLLC
Recently, I wrote a reinsurance commentary for IRMI.com on reinsurance issues with captive, pools and other risk-sharing entities. Coincidentally, in January 2023, a Washington federal court had to deal with a risk-sharing pool’s claims of breach of a reinsurance contract and a reinsurer’s motion to compel arbitration.
Continue reading “Washington Federal Court Grants Motion to Compel Arbitration”
The continuing controversy between national and international support and enforcement of arbitration provisions in commercial contracts, including insurance contracts, and US state anti-arbitration statutes that preclude enforcement of arbitration provisions in insurance policies has a new case that falls into the pro-enforcement camp.
Continue reading “No Reverse Preemption Leads to Arbitration Under the New York Convention”
