Judge Orders Granite State to Produce Reserves Information to Clearwater

NEW YORK - A New York federal judge has upheld a magistrate judge's order requiring Granite State Insurance Co. to produce information relating to the adequacy of its reserves for asbestos exposures in a $44 million reinsurance dispute with Clearwater Insurance Co. Granite State Insurance Co. v. Clearwater Insurance Co., No. 09-10607 (S.D. N.Y.).

On March 30, Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered Granite State to produce "copies of any final reviews, analyses or studies, conducted by any consultants or other third parties, on the principal subject of the …