Health In Tech, Inc. v. lronshore Indemnity Inc.

Background

Ironshore Indemnity Inc. asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for permission to file limited portions of its motion to compel arbitration and stay proceedings, and certain exhibits, under seal or in redacted form. The request concerned information from two ongoing arbitrations involving Ironshore and Health In Tech, Inc. and/or related entities.

The letter states that International Captive Exchange and Roscommon Insurance Company, described at the time as affiliates of Health In Tech, entered contracts with Ironshore. One contract concerned reinsurance coverage for Roscommon’s stop-loss insurance policies. Another made International Captive Exchange Ironshore’s agent for soliciting, underwriting, binding, and issuing employer stop-loss policies and administering claims. Ironshore commenced two arbitrations alleging contractual breaches by Health In Tech, International Captive Exchange, and Roscommon.

Requested Sealing and Redactions

Ironshore said the documents it wanted to redact contained confidential arbitration information covered by confidentiality agreements and protective orders entered in the two arbitrations. The information included deposition testimony, proprietary claims data, financial statements, internal communications, and documents exchanged during the proceedings. The requested redactions were described as limited to removing this information from the public record.

The confidentiality orders permitted disclosure of arbitration information when necessary for court proceedings, but provided that submissions to a court would be sealed or redacted subject to court approval. Ironshore also cited the arbitration rules and procedures governing the two arbitrations, which addressed confidentiality and the protection of trade secrets and confidential information.

Ironshore argued that the public-access presumption for court documents was outweighed by the parties’ interest in maintaining the confidentiality of ongoing arbitrations. The letter states that Ironshore, Health In Tech, International Captive Exchange, and Roscommon had submitted to depositions and produced tens of thousands of confidential documents in reliance on the confidentiality orders. Health In Tech did not oppose the request after the parties met and discussed its scope.

Ruling

The document ends with “SO ORDERED” and is dated September 12, 2025. Accordingly, the court approved Ironshore’s request to file the identified materials under seal or in redacted form. The provided text does not contain a separate order using the word “granted” or specifying the individual documents covered beyond the description in Ironshore’s letter.

Classification

This is a procedural order because it concerns sealing and redacting court filings, not the merits of the parties’ contractual or arbitration dispute.