AMERISURE MUT. INS. v. GLOBAL REINSURANCE

No. 1-09-0820.

927 N.E.2d 740 (2010)

AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Amerisure Insurance Company, Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants-Appellees, v. GLOBAL REINSURANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, f/k/a Gerling Global Reinsurance Corporation of America, Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL (Edward K. Lenci, Fritz K. Huszagh and Christine Olson McTigue, of counsel), for Appellant.

DLA Piper LLP, Chicago, IL (Stephen W. Schwab, Holly M. Spurlock and Amanda L. Fox, of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice LAMPKIN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves a dispute over attorney fees awarded by an arbitration panel pursuant to section 155 of the Illinois Insurance Code (Code) (215 ILCS 5/155 (West 2006)). Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company and Amerisure Insurance Company (Amerisure) were awarded $1,556,709.27 in damages plus interest and attorney fees for the underlying reinsurance claim against Global Reinsurance Corporation of America, f/k/a Gerling...

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