Save the date: Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association Symposium

I mentioned here the formation of the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association. MReba has now scheduled its first symposium for October 1, 2009 at the Harvard Club Back Bay on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston.

Welcome to the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association

A group of prominent reinsurance attorneys has recently formed the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association. (Reinsurance is purchased by insurers against the risk that they have to pay more than a chosen amount on policies they issue.) President Bill Erickson of Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi invited me to their meeting this week. The meeting included a very interesting discussion led by Jim Harrington, also of Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, about the unique issues faced by reinsurance litigants in the arbitration process, and the pros and cons of early mediation.

MReba is planning a symposium in the fall. Stay tuned.