PRIVACY NOTICE
The privacy and security of your personal information is important to
us. This notice will inform you about our policies and procedures
concerning the personal information about you that we collect,
maintain and disclose in connection with the insurance policies you
obtain from us. In order to offer the highest quality insurance
products at the lowest possible rates, we collect, maintain, and, in
some instances, disclose "nonpublic personal information" about you.
Nonpublic personal information may include your name, address, social
security number, wage information, driving record, policy coverages,
medical information or credit history. It may also include transaction
information such as your premium payment or claims history with us. We
appreciate the importance of your personal privacy and are committed
to protecting it as we provide for your insurance needs.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
We obtain nonpublic personal information about you from the following
sources:
Your insurance Agent;
From you through applications or other forms such as claims forms or
underwriting questionnaires;
Insurance support organizations such as claims reporting services and
other parties who provide information on insurance related
transactions you have conducted with us, our affiliates, as listed
above, or others;
Consumer reporting agencies.
WE DO NOT SELL YOUR INFORMATION TO OTHERS FOR MARKETING PURPOSES
Because we respect your privacy, we do not sell, trade or otherwise
disclose your identity or any other personal information about you to
third parties for their marketing purposes. This includes information
we obtain concerning all applicants, customers and former customers.
We may, however, share information regarding your transactions with us
with our affiliates, as listed above, or companies that perform
marketing services on our behalf to assist us in providing
our products and services to you. These companies are required to keep
your information confidential.
INFORMATION WE MAY PROVIDE TO OTHERS
We only disclose information about our applicants, customers and
former customers as permitted or required by law in conjunction with
our normal insurance operations. Here are some examples:
We may disclose information to others such as our claims adjusters and
our attorneys in the processing of an insurance claim;
We may be required by a court of law to provide information in
connection with a legal proceeding;
We share information with consumer reporting agencies and insurance
support organizations;
We may share information with government agencies which conduct
examinations of our procedures.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
While your nonpublic personal information is under our control, access
is limited to those employees who have a legitimate business need for
such information with respect to your insurance coverages. In
accordance with applicable state and federal regulations we maintain
physical, procedural and electronic safeguards to protect the privacy
and confidentiality of your nonpublic personal information.
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