Fred M. Hart v. Orion Insurance Company Limited

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that state statutes do not regulate business of insurance where they are laws of general application pertaining to the method of handling contract disputes
• laws of general applicability pertaining to methods of handling contract disputes are not laws enacted for purpose of regulating the business of insurance
• “The assent of the insurer to jurisdiction does not prevent it from raising [an arbitration] defense based on policy terms.”
• “The answer included a demand for arbitration. We find no prejudice to the insured and no waiver of arbitration.”
• “Insurance policies clearly involve interstate commerce and are subject to the [Federal Arbitration] Act”
• “In view of the overriding federal policy favoring arbitration, waiver is not lightly inferred”

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