Topic: Arbitration

FAA’s Time Limitations Do Not Apply to Non-Party to Arbitration Agreement

Jul 6, 2007 | Arbitration, Reinsurance | United States

In R&Q Reins. Co. v. Rapid Settlements, Ltd., and Gwendolyn Sands Brown, No. 06-14329 (S.D. Fla. May 14, 2007), R&Q Reinsurance Company (“R&Q”) was obligated to make periodic payments to an underlying insured, Gwendolyn Brown (“Brown”), under the terms of a structured settlement agreement entered into to resolve a personal injury claim.

Third Circuit Rules that Consolidation is Issue for Arbitrators

Jun 21, 2007 | Arbitration, Asbestos, New Jersey Developments, Reinsurance | United States

On June 12, 2007, the Third Circuit affirmed a New Jersey district court’s ruling that arbitrators, and not the court, should determine whether a reinsurance dispute involving numerous asbestos claims should be arbitrated in a single, consolidated proceeding.