Judge Orders European Reinsurer To Proceed With Arbitration Of Dispute

(February 9, 2017, 11:43 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Feb. 7 granted an insurer’s motion to stay a $5.4 million reinsurance dispute and compel a European reinsurer to the arbitration table, holding that the reinsurer cannot avoid an arbitration clause in a reinsurance agreement by arguing that the reinsurance agreement is void (HDI Global SE v. Lexington Insurance Company, No. 16-cv-07241, S.D. N.Y.)....