6th Circuit: Court Correctly Affirmed Arbitration Award In Crop Insurance Dispute

Mealey's (July 21, 2021, 8:27 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 20 held that a lower federal court properly affirmed an arbitration award to reimburse a crop insurer for its overpayment of an indemnity claim, finding that the arbitrator’s award respected a federal agency’s finding that a crop insurer may reject a claim based on the insured’s poor record-keeping alone and may obtain retroactive reimbursement for the overpaid claim on that basis....