Johnson v. GEORGE TENUTA & COMPANY

PARKER, Judge.

“It is very generally held that where an insurance agent or broker undertakes to procure a policy of insurance for another, affording protection against a designated risk, the law imposes upon him the duty, in the exercise of reasonable care, to perform the duty he has assumed and within the amount of the proposed policy he may be held liable for the loss properly attributed to his negligent default.” Elam v. Realty Co., 182 N.C. 599, 602, 109 S.E. 632, 633. Accord: Wiles v. Mullinax, 267 N.C. 392, 148 S.E. 2d 229. “To enforce such liability the plaintiff, at his election, may…