Instituto De Resseguros Do Brasil v. First State Insurance

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.) entered August 1, 1991, which denied petitioner’s application and dismissed the petition seeking to disqualify a certain member from an arbitration panel, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Respondent entered into a reinsurance treaty with various reinsurers, including petitioner. Certain of these reinsurers suspended payment, causing respondent to demand arbitration pursuant to the treaty, which provided for creation of a tripartite panel. Petitioner objected to a certain arbitrator selected by respondent on grounds that…