Swiss Reinsurance America Corp. v. SUPERVALU, INC.

OPINION AND ORDER

JEFFREY J. KEYES, United States Magistrate Judge.

INTRODUCTION

In this insurance dispute, Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation (“Swiss Re”) seeks to recover $106,617.53, plus $53,180.07 in attorneys’ fees and expenses from SuperValu, Inc. (“SuperValu”) for payments that Swiss Re made to resolve an underlying litigation against an affiliate of SuperValu. Swiss Re invokes an Indemnity Agreement that SuperValu entered into with the now-defunct Amwest Surety Insurance Company (“Amwest”). Swiss Re argues that it alternatively is subrogated to or was assigned Amwest’s rights under…