Van Robinson Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance

Lewis, Chief Justice:

Appellant is engaged in the sale of property, casualty and life insurance as an independent agent for several insurance companies licensed to do business in South Carolina, including the respondent, with whom it entered into an agency agreement on July 26, 1974. The agreement between appellant and respondent was entered into subsequent to the enactment of the Automobile Reparation Act of 1974 (Act No. 1177 of the 1974 Acts of the General Assembly, codified as Section 38-37-10 et seq. of the 1976 Code of Laws). On March 3, 1976, respondent notified appellant of…