In First State Insurance Co. v. National Casualty Co., No. 14-1644, 2015 WL 1263147 (1st Cir. Mar. 20, 2015) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit addressed a motion to vacate an arbitration award related to multiple reinsurance and retrocessional agreements. The decision was the court’s first to address the operation and effect of a so-called “honorable engagement” provision in an arbitration clause.
The case arose out of multiple agreements between First State Insurance Company and New England Reinsurance Corporation (collectively “First State”) …
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