Settlement Conference Scheduled in $1.7 Million Reinsurance Dispute Between Travelers, R&Q

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut federal magistrate judge has scheduled a settlement conference in a $1.7 million reinsurance dispute between Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. and R&Q Reinsurance Co., which involves underlying vaccine-related claims.

In a Sept. 1 order, Magistrate Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut explained that the purpose of the conference “is to facilitate settlement of this case, if that is appropriate.”

Travelers issued two excess insurance policies to American Cyanamid that were in effect from June 30, 1978, to June 30, 1979. The policies were allegedly reinsured under …