Insurer Seeks Conference Before Filing Motion To Arbitrate Reinsurers’ Claims

Mealey's (August 1, 2018, 11:12 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — An insurer in a letter to a New York federal court on July 19 asks for a pre-motion conference ahead of its motion to stay and compel arbitration of a declaratory judgment lawsuit brought by two reinsurers regarding claims asserted under facultative reinsurance contracts for losses of $2.5 million (Continental Insurance Company of New Jersey, et al. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, No. 18-4715, S.D. N.Y.)....