Ed DeWitte Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Financial Associates Midwest, Inc.

Leben, J.:

Beginning in the 1980s, Edward DeWitte, Leonard Filley, and Barbara Meador worked for Financial Associates Midwest, Inc., recruiting and managing agents who sold health-insurance policies, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City policies. In 1994, Blue Cross and Financial Associates entered an administrative-services agreement under which Blue Cross paid an override fee to Financial Associates—2% of all insurance premiums that Blue Cross collected on policies sold by Financial Associates agents. The owner of Financial Associates then promised to pay DeWitte, Filley, and…