Higginbotham & Associates, Inc. v. Greer

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This case presents the issue of an insurance agent’s liability when he places a client’s insurance with a company which later becomes insolvent and unable to pay the client’s claim. Based on jury findings of negligence on the part of the agent, the district court rendered judgment for the client. Because we find no evidence of negligence, we reverse and render a take nothing judgment.

In 1980, Jack Greer purchased a bowling center in Marshall, Texas. He insured the center by a multi-peril insurance policy written by Proprietors Insurance Corporation (PIC), an Ohio…