Legal Opinion
Matter of Monarch Consulting, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 11, 2014No. 652366/10 651960/11 102187/11PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Moskowitz, J.
In this appeal, we are called on to decide whether three insureds are compelled to arbitrate their disputes with their workers’ compensation insurance carrier even though the carrier failed to file the arbitration agreements, contained in side agreements to the insurance policies, with the California Department of Insurance as California law requires.
We find that, in light of the strong policy under California law of regulating insurance carriers and their agreements with their insureds, the side agreements, along with the arbitration clauses contained in…
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