Insurer Says Court Should Decide If Dispute Can Be Arbitrated

Mealey's (January 9, 2017, 10:52 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — An insurer told a federal court in New York on Jan. 6 that the issue of whether a workers’compensation claim dispute can be arbitrated and what parties should participate in the arbitration is up to the court and not up to a panel of arbitrators to decide (In the Matter of the Arbitration Between National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA v. Federal Insurance Company, No. 16-cv-08821, S.D. N.Y.)....