(October 26, 2016, 12:26 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Parties asked the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently to determine whether a federal district court erred in denying an insurer’s motion to compel arbitration in an insurance dispute after previously ruling that the parties had properly delegated questions of arbitrability to arbitrators (Minnieland Private Day School Inc. v. Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company Inc., No. 16-1511, 4th Cir.).

Minnieland Private Day School Inc. purchased a workers’ compensation insurance policy for its education and childcare business, called the EquityComp® Program, from...