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The umpire selection process is often the cause of additional expense, delay, mistrust, and general dissatisfaction in the arena of insurance and reinsurance arbitrations. Since its founding in 1994, ARIAS\u2022U.S. has worked to promote the integrity of the arbitration process in many important ways and provides in-depth training in the skills necessary for effective service on arbitration panels.<\/p>\n

Umpire Selection Procedure<\/h3>\n

In 2000, ARIAS\u2022U.S. continued its service to the insurance and reinsurance industry with its promulgation of\u00a0the ARIAS\u2022U.S. Umpire Selection Procedure. The ARIAS\u2022U.S. Umpire Selection Procedure (“Procedure”) is available for use in insurance or reinsurance arbitrations. Under the Procedure, umpires will be selected from the ARIAS\u2022U.S. Certified Umpire List, unless the parties to the arbitration specifically request selection from the ARIAS\u2022U.S. Certified Arbitrator List. The ARIAS\u2022U.S. Certified Umpire List consists of those ARIAS\u2022U.S. Certified Arbitrators who have provided ARIAS\u2022U.S. with satisfactory evidence of having served as a panel member on at least five (5) insurance or reinsurance arbitrations that made a final award and included at least three days of evidentiary hearings. The Procedure has been designed by ARIAS\u00b7U.S. to be administered by the parties.<\/p>\n

ARIAS\u2022U.S.<\/strong> Umpire Selection at-a-Glance<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Procedure is quite simple. It starts with a random selection from the ARIAS\u00b7U.S. Certified Umpire List (or Certified Arbitrator list), and then follows a series of steps that assure an unbiased final choice. Following is a summary of basic steps:<\/p>\n

STEP ONE –\u00a0<\/strong>Obtain a random list of umpire candidates from ARIAS\u00b7U.S. using the Procedure sample letter\u00a0or the\u00a0Enhanced Program sample letter <\/strong>below<\/p>\n

STEP TWO –\u00a0<\/strong>Qualify ten candidates through the\u00a0ARIAS\u2022U.S. Umpire Questionnaire<\/strong> below.<\/p>\n

STEP THREE –\u00a0<\/strong>Select and exchange five names with the opposition.<\/p>\n

STEP FOUR –\u00a0<\/strong>Select and exchange three names from the opposition’s list of five.<\/p>\n

STEP FIVE –\u00a0<\/strong>A single match on both lists is the umpire.<\/p>\n