US REINS. CORP. v. HUMPHREYS


205 A.D.2d 187 (1994)

U. S. Reinsurance Corporation, Appellant, v. Loic R. Humphreys, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 3, 1994


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Gottlieb of counsel, New York City (John F. Finnegan and James P. Tenney on the brief; Rosenman & Colin, attorneys), for appellant.

Blair C. Fensterstock of counsel, New York City (Daniel F. Markham and Christopher R. Alger on the brief; Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, attorneys), for respondent.

MURPHY, P. J., ROSENBERGER, ROSS and RUBIN, JJ., concur.


WALLACH, J.

Plaintiff is a reinsurance intermediary, brokering over $70 million worth of such contracts in 1992, from which it earned commissions and fees of nearly $9.9 million. Reinsurance is a device which matches a primary (or "ceding") insurer with a secondary (or "assuming") insurer. The reinsurer becomes an indemnitor of the primary insurer, allowing the latter to reduce the amount of its cash reserves...

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