From time to time, we are asked about the prevalence of arbitration over litigation as a forum for resolving reinsurance disputes.  Vince Vitkowsky recently conducted a survey of the attorneys at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP,  in both the US and England, as to to their experience.  The survey established that out of a total of approximately 280 reinsurance disputes handled by EAPD attorneys in the last ten years, 85% were arbitrated, 15% litigated.  (In the U.S., 87% were arbitrated, and in England, 82% were arbitrated.)  These numbers include disputes that were settled, as well as those that proceeded through award or judgment.