5th Circuit: No Jurisdiction Over Insurers’ Bid To Arbitrate Hurricane Claims

( January 28, 2026, 2:35 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over an appeal brought by domestic insurers against a Louisiana political subdivision that brought claims for hurricane insurance coverage, citing a Louisiana Supreme Court ruling arising out of certified questions from the same case and recent Fifth Circuit precedents holding that state law prohibits arbitration of such disputes....