Insurer Refutes Application Of New York Law Over Reinsurance Billings Dispute

Mealey's (August 1, 2019, 11:42 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — In a dispute over outstanding reinsurance billings for settlement payments made over sexual molestation allegations, an insurer argues in a July 19 surreply that a Massachusetts federal court should reject underwriters’ arguments regarding application of New York law and the parties’ intention to have a court rule on disputes that billings are barred by prior arbitration awards, which were raised for the first time in their reply brief to a motion to dismiss (Century Indemnity Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, No. 19-11056, D. Mass.)....