Mealey's (December 22, 2016, 10:32 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An insurer argued in a federal court in California on Dec. 20 that its reinsurer’s “first-to-file” argument is invalid because the reinsurer did not raise that defense in a previous motion to dismiss the insurer’s breach of contract suit (The American Insurance Co. v. R&Q Reinsurance Co., No. 16-3044, N.D. Calif.)....