Infrassure Ltd. v. First Mutual Transportation Assurance Company

  1. February 02, 2016

    MTA Takes Sandy Damages Arbitration Fight To 2nd Circ.

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday it will appeal a decision that the agency cannot force a London arbitration for a dispute with reinsurer Infrassure Ltd. over $20 million in damages Hurricane Sandy caused the city's public transit system.

  2. January 21, 2016

    Tally No! MTA Loses Bid To Settle Insurance Tiff In London

    The insurance arm of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority can't head to London to arbitrate a dispute with reinsurer Infrassure Ltd. over $20 million in coverage for damage to the city's public transit system caused by Hurricane Sandy, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday.

  3. January 15, 2016

    MTA Says Reinsurer Is Wasting Money Fighting London Arb

    The Metropolitan Transit Authority's in-house insurance company blasted one of its reinsurers in New York federal court Thursday, saying the reinsurer's attorneys are wasting money and cluttering up the docket with redundant briefs in their effort to make it arbitrate a $20 million insurance claim in New York.

  4. January 06, 2016

    Swiss Reinsurer Fights MTA's Sandy Arbitration Push

    The Swiss reinsurer Infrassure Ltd. has asked a New York federal judge to shut down the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s effort to arbitrate Hurricane Sandy damage claims in London, saying their contract and British law force them to arbitrate in New York and disqualify the MTA’s pick for arbitrator.

  5. January 05, 2016

    MTA Insurer's Arguments Can Stand In $20M Sandy Dispute

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday said he will allow arguments made by the insurance arm of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority in favor of resolving a $20 million fight over coverage for Superstorm Sandy damage, which was allegedly wrongfully withheld by a Swiss reinsurer, in a London arbitration forum.

  6. December 23, 2015

    Reinsurer Wants Late Briefing Tossed In $20M Sandy Row

    Reinsurer Infrassure Ltd. urged a Manhattan federal court Tuesday to strike arguments made by the insurance arm of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority in favor of sending a fight over $20 million in coverage for damage caused by Superstorm Sandy to arbitration in London, saying the arguments missed a deadline.

  7. December 15, 2015

    MTA Insurer Presses For UK Arbitration In $20M Sandy Row

    The insurance arm of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority urged a Manhattan federal court to send a fight over $20 million in coverage for damage caused by Superstorm Sandy to arbitration in London on Monday, telling the judge not to let a reinsurer edit its policy in court.

  8. December 04, 2015

    Reinsurer Says $20M Sandy Coverage Row Belongs In NY

    A Swiss reinsurer said Thursday that the Metropolitan Transit Authority's insurance branch cannot force arbitration in London nor appoint a commercial litigator as arbitrator in a $20 million spat over coverage for Superstorm Sandy damage, arguing that the requests are contrary to its reinsurance certificate.

  9. November 17, 2015

    MTA Wants $20M Sandy Coverage Row Arbitrated In UK

    The agency that runs New York City's buses and subways told a New York federal court Monday a dispute over $20 million in coverage for damage incurred in Superstorm Sandy should be arbitrated in London under the policy, not in New York as the insurer contends.