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Published on: 3/13/2006
Last Visited: 8/26/2009
Submitted by: John R. Cashin*
In Patten v. Signator Insurance Agency the Fourth Circuit held that where an arbitrator disregarded the plain and unambiguous language of the governing arbitration agreement, the arbitrator failed to draw his award from the essence of the agreement and acted in manifest disregard of the law.
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*John R. Cashin is General Counsel - Group Reinsurance at Zurich Financial Services, Zurich, Switzerland.
He is an ARIAS Certified Arbitrator.
At Zurich his responsibilities include insurance regulation, reinsurance claims, reinsurance arbitrations and contract wording.
He joined Zurich in 2004 from the law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in New York City.
Prior to his law firm practice he served as Deputy Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department.