One relatively frequent area of controversy is the right to commissions on routine policy renewals. Both agents and agencies want to maximize their participations, and that as they say is a zero-sum game. Agents want to take these rights with them. Agencies wish to terminate those rights after agents depart. This problem comes up over and over and over again.
Many jurisdictions have cases about it.
In 1998, the principal owner of First indicated he wished to retire. First wanted to maximize the resale value of the business. Consequently, it wanted to prevent Parker from leaving the company and taking her business with her. Parker and First agreed to a covenant not to compete. A component of the exchange was that First would pay Parker part of the renewal commissions it received after the end of Parker's employment.