Legal Opinion
Trustmark Insurance v. John Hancock Life Insurance
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 21, 2010No. 09 C 3959PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JAMES B. ZAGEL, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
At issue in this case is whether Defendant John Hancock Life Insurance Company (“Hancock”), through certain 1997 reinsurance contracts with Plaintiff Trust-mark Insurance Company (“Trustmark”), ceded to Trustmark “retrocessional business” in addition to the “direct business” that both parties agree was part of the deal. 1 These reinsurance contracts each contain a mandatory arbitration clause for disputes relating to the interpretation or performance of the agreements, including their “formation or validity, or any…
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