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Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds Forum Selection Clause in Services Agreement Between Insurer and Reinsurance Broker to Be Valid...

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In Housing & Redevelopment Insurance Exchange v. Guy Carpenter & Co., a Pennsylvania federal court considered the enforceability of a forum selection clause in a services agreement between Pennsylvania-based insurer Housing...more

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Nebraska Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction in Suit Involving Breach of Reinsurance Participation...

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The Court of Appeals of Nebraska has affirmed the dismissal of a claim under a reinsurance participation agreement based on lack of personal jurisdiction....more

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Court Enforces Forum Selection And Choice Of Law Clauses In Worker’s Compensation Reinsurance Participation Agreement

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Plaintiff AGL Industries, Inc. (AGL), a steel fabrication and erection business, enrolled in a workers’ compensation insurance policy with Defendant Continental Indemnity Company and a reinsurance participation agreement...more

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On Reconsideration, Applied Underwriters Again Loses Argument To Enforce Mandatory Forum Selection Clause In Reinsurance Contract

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As we previously reported, the District of Connecticut in September denied a motion to transfer based on a mandatory forum selection clause in a reinsurance contract in a dispute between Applied Underwriters, Inc. and its...more

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Applied Underwriters, Inc., Loses Argument To Enforce Mandatory Forum Selection Clause In Reinsurance Contract

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On September 12, the District Court for Connecticut denied a motion to transfer predicated on a mandatory forum selection clause in a reinsurance contract. The contract was one of several entered into by Applied Underwriters,...more

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Seventh Circuit Affirms Service Of Suit Clause In Reinsurance Treaties And Grants Cedent Absolute Right To Select Forum

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Based on the plain and ordinary meaning of the service of suit clause, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found a reinsurer waived its right of removal. The service of suit clause provided...more

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Court Holds That Service-Of-Suit Clause Waives Right To Seek Removal

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The Northern District of Illinois recently granted a motion to remand filed by an insolvent insurer’s assignee because the removal contravened the forum-selection clauses of the reinsurance agreements at issue. Pine Top...more

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