Southern Pioneer Life Insurance Co. v. Thomas

KAREN R. BAKER, Justice.

|,Appellant Southern Pioneer Life Insurance Co. (“Southern Pioneer”) appeals the Greene County Circuit Court’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration. An order denying a motion to compel arbitration is an immediately appealable order. Ark. R.App. P.-2(a)(12) (2011); Ark.Code Ann. § 16-108-201 (Repl.2006); see IGF Ins. Co. v. Hat Creek P’ship, 349 Ark. 133, 76 S.W.3d 859 (2002). The circuit court denied Southern Pioneer’s motion to compel arbitration after finding that the dispute was governed by Arkansas Code Annotated section 16-108-201(b), thereby preventing…