IN RE MOR-BEN INS. MARKETS CORP.

BAP Nos. SC 86-1311-AsJV, SC-86-1354-AsJV, SC 86-1943-AsJV and SC 86-2164-AsJV, Bankruptcy No. 82-04196-P11, Adv. Nos. C85-0847-LM11, C85-0846-LM11, C86-0222-LM11.

73 B.R. 644 (1987)

In re MOR-BEN INSURANCE MARKETS CORPORATION, a California corporation, Debtor. MOR-BEN INSURANCE MARKETS CORPORATION, a California corporation, Appellant, v. TRIDENT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD, J.S. Pincham & Company and Lander Haywood, Ltd, Appellees. MOR-BEN INSURANCE MARKETS CORPORATION, a California corporation, Appellant, v. EXCESS INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD, J.S. Pincham & Company, and Lander Haywood, Ltd., Appellees. MOR-BEN INSURANCE MARKETS CORPORATION, a California corporation, Appellant, v. TRIDENT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD, J.S. Pincham & Company and Lander Haywood, Ltd, Appellees. MOR-BEN INSURANCE MARKETS CORPORATION, a California corporation, Appellant, v. INSTITUTOS DE RESIGURROS DE BRAZIL, commonly I.R.B.; J.S. Pincham & Company, Ltd; Lander Haywood, Ltd, Appellees.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panels of the Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Buchbinder, Fitzmaurice & Buchbinder, San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

Karen Ventrall, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, San Francisco, Charles A. Viviano, Viviano & Bradley, San Diego, Cal., for appellees.

Before ASHLAND, JONES, and VOLINN, Bankruptcy Judges.


OPINION

ASHLAND, Bankruptcy Judge:

The debtor in possession Mor-Ben Insurance Markets Corporation appeals from orders of the bankruptcy court staying adversary proceedings and compelling arbitration.

We affirm.

FACTS

In October 1976, Mor-Ben entered into agreements with Trident General Insurance Company, Ltd, Excess Insurance Company, Ltd, and Institutos De Resigurros De Brazil (I.R.B.), whereby Mor-Ben was given authority to bind...

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