Legal Opinion
Century Indemnity Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 15, 2009No. 08-2924PublishedCited by 343 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION.518
II. BACKGROUND.519
A. Insurance, Reinsurance, and Retrocession.519
B. The Dispute .519
III. JURISDICTION AND STANDARD OF REVIEW.521
IV. DISCUSSION.522
A. Whether the District Court Properly Compelled Arbitration Based on the Retrocessional Agreements’ Incorporation of the Reinsurance Treaties.522
1. The Federal Arbitration Act.522
2. Compelling Arbitration.523
3. Whether the Retrocessional Agreements’ Incorporation-by-Reference Language Effected a Valid Agreement to Arbitrate Between Century and Lloyd’s.524
a. Two Threshold Issues…
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