Federal Bankruptcy Judge Strikes Foreign Specialty Reinsurer’s $15M Bond

Mealey's (July 19, 2017, 12:18 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A foreign specialty reinsurer must post a new $15 million bond as part of its attempt to arbitrate a coverage dispute in Bermuda, a New York federal bankruptcy judge ruled July 17, granting a defunct brokerage company’s motion to strike the current bond as defective (In re:  MF Global Holdings Ltd., et al., MF Global Holdings Ltd. as plan administrator, and MF Global Assigned Assets LLC v. Allied World Assurance Company Ltd., et al., Chapter 11 No. 11-15059, Adv. Proc. No. 16-01251, S.D. N.Y. Bkcy.)....