Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – Insurance Broker – Written Agreement

Where an insurance broker who worked with various insurance carriers to develop a company’s employee benefit plan sought to recover unpaid commissions from the company as compensation for his services after he was replaced as broker of record, in a case of first impression the appellate court finds that Section 375.116.3 prohibits such compensation for brokers unless there is a written agreement.

Judgment is affirmed.

Evans v. Panera, LLC (MLW No. 67084/Case No. ED101212 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis County, DePriest Jr., J. (William J. Foland Jr. and Luke R. Hertenstein for appellant) (Jessica L. Liss and Amy White for respondent).

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