Judge Orders Arbitration Of Coverage Dispute Over Hurricane Ida Damages

(July 16, 2024, 10:45 AM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana federal judge granted a group of insurers’ motion to compel arbitration of claims brought against them by a commercial property owner seeking payment for damages from Hurricane Ida, finding under principles of equitable estoppel that the arbitration agreement is enforceable as to the domestic insurer as well as the foreign insurers....