Frontier Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance

McAllister, j.

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding to determine the relative rights and liabilities between Hartford Fire Insurance Company, its agent, Frontier Insurance Agency, Inc., and its alleged insured, Gillespie Decals, Inc. The basic issue is whether Hartford is liable to Gillespie on an oral contract of insurance made by Frontier as Hartford’s agent. The trial court found that Hartford was liable to Gillespie and that Hartford was not entitled to indemnity from Frontier. Hartford appeals. We affirm.

The controversy arose out of the following circumstances. Gillespie was in the…