Panel: Reinsurers Have Burden To Show Impartiality In Insolvent Insurer’s Award

Mealey's (June 8, 2018, 11:30 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In a reinsurance dispute between an insolvent insurer and underwriters, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held June 7 that a party seeking to vacate an award “must sustain a higher burden to prove evident partiality on the part of an arbitrator who is appointed by a party and who is expected to espouse the view or perspective of the appointing party” (Certain Underwriting Members of Lloyds of London, et al. v. Florida, et al., No. 17-1137, 2nd Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15377)....