AIU, TIG Battle Over Production Of Commutation Info

NEW YORK - AIU Insurance Co. is urging a New York federal magistrate judge to compel a reinsurer to disclose commutation information in a $12.3 million lawsuit over reinsurance coverage for AIU's settlement with Foster Wheeler Co. AIU Insurance Co. v. TIG Insurance Co., No. 07-CIV-7052 (S.D. N.Y.).

The reinsurer, TIG Insurance Co., opposed the motion on May 20, arguing that AIU did not fulfill the meet-and-confer requirements pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and therefore its motion to compel should be denied.

The motion is pending before Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman of …