Mais v. Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America

OPINION

ROBERT J. JONKER, District Judge.

Jerry Mais has been an Allianz customer since 2005. Joseph Fabian was his Allianz agent. Allianz terminated Fabian’s agency in 2007 because Fabian failed to renew his insurance license. The termination was “without cause,” meaning that Fabian could no longer open or accept checks for new accounts but could continue to collect commissions and new customer money on existing Allianz accounts. But Mais did *759not know about the change in agency authority — and Allianz never told him. After Fabian’s initial termination, Mais gave Fabian two large checks made…