Builders Risk Insurance Dispute Transferred To New York For Arbitration

(November 4, 2019, 9:02 AM EST) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina federal judge on Oct. 22 granted a motion to compel arbitration in a builders risk insurance dispute and transferred a suit against insurers to New York federal court after determining that the insurance policy’s arbitration provision mandates that any dispute under the policy proceed to arbitration in New York (Kiawah Island Utility Inc., v. Westport Insurance Corp. et al., No. 19-1359, D. S.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182220)....