Lincoln Benefit Life Company, Nebraska Domestic Insurance Corporation, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Robert R. Edwards, Appellee/cross-Appellant

These cross-appeals arise from a dispute between an insurance company and its former agent over amounts due under several contracts. We affirm.

Robert R. Edwards began working for Lincoln Benefit Life (“LBL”) in December 1980 as a general agent. LBL agents earned commissions based on a percentage of the first year premium on any new business written. Those responsible for overseeing agents earned “overwriting commissions” on new business written by agents subordinate to them. LBL did not require agents to await a subscriber’s entire first year’s payment before drawing the commission. Rather,…