Brickman Group, Ltd. v. CGU Insurance Co.

¶ 1 In this case, we are called upon to review the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to CGU Insurance Company (CGU, the insurer) and its concomitant dismissal of the suit brought by the Brick-man Group Limited (Brickman, the insured). The action turns on Briekman’s contention that CGU, by way of an oral and/or written agreement made outside the scope of the various insurance policies issued Brickman by CGU, promised to freeze rates for six years, and that when CGU attempted to raise premiums or “nonrenew” policies subject to that agreement during this six-year period it breached that…