Insurer Says Bad Faith Complaint Is Mooted By Arbitration Award Payout

( October 29, 2025, 2:32 PM EDT) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An insurer claims in an Arkansas federal court that a crop insurance lawsuit filed by two farmers should be dismissed as moot, asserting it already paid the arbitration award the farmers seek to confirm and that any additional claims are barred by the arbitration proceeding; in their complaint, the farmers accuse the insurer of bad faith and breach of contract in connection with the denial of coverage for their weather-related crop losses....