Judge Lifts Stay So New Arbitration Panel Can Decide Issue In Reinsurance Dispute

Mealey's (January 8, 2020, 2:06 PM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Jan. 7, “effective immediately,” lifted a stay in a reinsurance dispute over lead paint losses so that an insurer and its reinsurer can select a new arbitration panel to decide whether the arbitration should be consolidated with another arbitration involving two other reinsurers (Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. v. Everest Reinsurance Co., No. 18-mc-653, M.D. Pa.)....