Underwriters Oppose Arbitration In Dispute Over Reinsurance Contract

Mealey's (January 15, 2019, 11:28 AM EST) -- BALTIMORE — Underwriters subscribing to a facultative reinsurance certificate in a Jan. 11 filing oppose a request to compel arbitration or dismiss their Maryland federal court lawsuit seeking a declaration that a reinsurance contract is void ab initio based on insurers’ failure to disclose certain information in their application (Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, subscribing to the facultative reinsurance certificate 2017100003409 v. American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa., et al., No. 18-02972, D. Md.)....