MOVING PARTY: Amie Blackman
RESPONDING PARTY: Progressive Select Insurance Co.
Motion to Appoint a Neutral Arbitrator and to Compel Arbitration

The court considered the moving papers and declaration in opposition.
BACKGROUND
On February 22, 2018, petitioner Progressive Select Insurance Company filed a petition against respondent Amie Blackman for assignment of case number for an uninsured/underinsured motorist claim.
DISCUSSION
Amie Blackman requests that the court appoint an arbitrator and to compel the matter to arbitration within 60 days.
Under CCP § 1281.6, “[i]f the arbitration agreement provides a method of appointing an arbitrator, that method shall be followed. If the arbitration agreement does not provide a method for appointing an arbitrator, the parties to the agreement who seek arbitration and against whom arbitration is sought may agree on a method of appointing an arbitrator and that method shall be followed. In the absence of an agreed method, or if the agreed method fa