6th Circuit Rejects Insurer’s Liquidator’s Reverse-Preemption Argument In Arbitration Suit

Mealey's (February 12, 2018, 11:45 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — In a dispute between an insolvent insurer’s liquidator and an administrative services provider over whether work for the insurer should be arbitrated, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Feb. 9 that the McCarran-Ferguson Act does not reverse-preempt the enforcement of a contractual arbitration clause under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) (Nancy G. Atkins, liquidator of Kentucky Health Cooperative Inc. v. CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc., No. 17-5506, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 3130)....