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State court rules that Liquidation Act does not force payment of IBNR claims or avoid arbitration agreements

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A New Jersey Appellate Court has agreed with arguments made by the Reinsurance Association of America, holding that a court could not, under the authority of New Jersey's Insurer Liquidation Act, adopt a plan that forced reinsurers to pay claims based upon IBNR estimates, and could not abrogate arbitration provisions contained in reinsurance agreements to force that disputes be litigated in the liquidation court. In re Liquidation of Integrity Insurance Company, Case No., C-7022-86, 2006 WL 2795343 (N.J. Super. A.D. Oct. 2, 2006).