As we explained in earlier posts, how an agency agreement ends may be decisive for the agent\u2019s entitlement to an indemnity. To recap:<\/p>\n
\u27a1\ufe0f If the principal terminates the agreement, the agent is generally entitled to an indemnity. We discussed the exceptions in earlier posts.
\u27a1\ufe0f If the agent terminates the agreement, an indemnity is generally not payable\u2026 Again, subject to certain exceptions discussed previously.<\/p>\n
\u2757 That is not the whole story. The Civil Code provides another way to end cooperation with a particular agent which causes them to lose their right to an indemnity: the agent transfers their rights and obligations to another person.
If the agent transfers the agency agreement \u2014 strictly speaking, the rights and obligations under it \u2014 to another person, they lose their right to an indemnity.<\/p>\n
\u26a0\ufe0f This way of ending the relationship with the outgoing agent also has significant implications for the new agent.<\/p>\n
Legal commentary recognises that customers acquired by the first agent are \u201ccredited\u201d to the new agent. When the new agent\u2019s entitlement to an indemnity is assessed later, customers acquired by their predecessor may therefore be treated as though the new agent had acquired them.<\/p>\n
How a change of agent is carried out may affect both the outgoing agent\u2019s claims and their successor\u2019s future claims.<\/p>\n
Transferring the rights and obligations under an agency agreement to a new agent causes the outgoing agent to lose their right to an indemnity. At the same time, it may result in customers acquired by the predecessor being attributed to the new agent, potentially increasing the significance of the new agent\u2019s future indemnity claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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