TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANYCHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY V KEELING AND OTHERS

(1993) 2 Re LR 148

United States District CourtSouthern District of New York

Before District Judge John F Keenan

Jurisdiction - Casualty excess reinsurance treaties - Arbitration and service of suit clause incorporated - Disputes over asbestos claims - Whether arbitration clause subverted effect of service of suit clause - Whether service of suit clause applied to action involving determination as to whether parties’ disputes were subject to arbitration - Whether Foreign Arbitral Convention precluded contractual waiver of removal rights.