Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Merling

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case concerns the rights of an independent insurance agent, whose agency was lawfully terminated by the insurer, with respect to insurance policies which the agent had originally produced but which were renewed by the insurer after the termination of the agency.

The plaintiff Bernard W. Merling is an independent insurance agent, and, as such he may place his clients with one of several insurance companies, depending upon the best interests of those clients. Merling had entered into an agency agreement with the defendant insurance companies, who are the Travelers Indemnity…