April 23, 2014
Meadowbrook Insurance Group units pressed the Sixth Circuit to rethink its reversal of a ruling that froze an ongoing reinsurance arbitration with an American International Group Inc. subsidiary, arguing Wednesday that the appeals court's take conflicted with U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
April 09, 2014
The Sixth Circuit on Wednesday said that a lower court judge had no authority to halt arbitration between Meadowbrook Insurance Group and an American International Group Inc. unit over a reinsurance treaty that covered Meadowbrook's workers' compensation business.
March 21, 2014
Making an impassioned plea to the Sixth Circuit during oral argument, an attorney for Meadowbrook Insurance Group members insisted Friday that courts can halt ongoing arbitrations under exceptional circumstances, defending an unusual preliminary injunction in its reinsurance fight with an American International Group Inc. unit.
January 10, 2014
An American International Group Inc. unit argued Thursday that documents detailing an arbitrator's demand for reimbursement of attorneys' fees should play no role in a Sixth Circuit appeal of an order that halted an ongoing reinsurance arbitration with Meadowbrook Insurance Group members.
January 03, 2014
Meadowbrook Insurance Group recently urged the Sixth Circuit to uphold an unusual ruling that halted reinsurance arbitration proceedings before a final award was made, claiming that problems with the arbitration panel were valid reasons for the lower court to cut short the proceedings.
December 10, 2013
An American International Group Inc. unit recently pressed the Sixth Circuit to throw out a rare ruling that halted a reinsurance arbitration before a final award was made, claiming the lower court stepped out of bounds and ignored binding precedent.