Mealey's (August 19, 2021, 9:47 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. —A dispute over a federally reinsured crop insurance policy is subject to arbitration, a ranch’s failure to initiate arbitration under the policy’s terms precludes judicial review of the arbitration award and federal law preempts claims for negligence and unfair insurance practices, a California appellate panel ruled Aug. 16 in an unpublished opinion, affirming a lower court’s judgment in favor of the insurer and related parties....