Actuarial Firm: No Federal Question In High Court Petition From Insurer’s Liquidators

Mealey's (October 29, 2020, 12:36 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An actuarial firm argues in an Oct. 28 brief that there is no federal question for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider over an Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling compelling an insolvent health insurer’s liquidator and special deputy liquidator to arbitrate common-law tort claims against the firm based upon an arbitration provision in a preinsolvency agreement between the insurer and the firm (Doug Ommen, et al. v. Milliman, Inc., et al., No. 20-249, U.S. Sup.)....