Judge Rejects Consolidation, Tells Reinsurer, Insurer To Appoint Umpires To Dispute

Mealey's (December 5, 2018, 1:25 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — Rejecting an insurer’s petition to proceed with a single arbitrator and a single umpire, a California federal judge on Dec. 3 ordered a reinsurer and the insurer to name umpires in accordance with a reinsurance treaty’s arbitration clause (Employers Insurance Company of Wausau v. The Hartford, No. 18-07240, C.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 205345)....