"Arbitration Should Play a Key Role in Resolving COVID-19 Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes," by Larry P. Schiffer

[Editor's note: Larry P. Schiffer is a senior partner in the New York office of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, practicing commercial, insurance, and reinsurance litigation, arbitration, and mediation. This article first appeared in the ARIAS•U.S. Quarterly, Q2 and is reprinted here with permission. Copyright 2020, Larry P. Schiffer.]

By the time you read this, the COVID-19 pandemicⁱ has eased or the world has changed as we know it. Regardless, the massive disruption from the pandemic and the losses caused directly and indirectly by COVID-19 will result in insurance and reinsurance disputes. Many of these disputes, of …