Ark. Federal Judge Schedules Dispute Over Broker Authorization Agreement for Trial

LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansas federal judge has scheduled for trial a dispute over whether a broker authorization agreement required Aetna Global Benefits Ltd. to make brokerage payments to Global Risk Intermediary LLC after Aetna terminated the related reinsurance contract.

In an April 29 scheduling order, Judge J. Leon Holmes of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas set trial for Sept. 29 and ordered that discovery should be completed by July 17.

Aetna asserts it is not responsible under the parties’ broker authorization agreement for payments to Global Risk on a reinsurance contract issued by …