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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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