Endurance Specialty Insurance Limited v. Horseshoe Re Limited

  1. July 06, 2023

    NY Judge Rejects Bias Concerns In Reinsurance Arbitration

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday declined to disqualify a retired English high court judge who is presiding over a Bermuda reinsurance arbitration, ruling that an argument asserted by an affiliate of Japanese insurer Sompo International that the arbitrator was biased fell "far short."

  2. March 06, 2023

    Sompo Affiliate Says Ex-UK Judge Can't Oversee Arbitration

    An affiliate of property and casualty insurer Sompo International Holdings has taken aim at a retired English high court judge who was appointed to serve as tribunal chair in arbitration stemming from a reinsurance contract, saying he can't be impartial due to a previous run-in with its counsel.