1. Introduction
A. These Terms and Conditions of Service ("Terms") are a binding contract between you ("you" or "your") and Insurance Advisor, LLC. ("we", "us", "our", "Insurance Advisor", or "Insurance Advisor.com") with respect to our website at www.InsuranceAdvisor.com ("Site") through which we offer our services (together with our Site, our "Services") as an insurance agent for businesses.
B. Before you click on the "Save and Continue" button or use our services, read these Terms carefully. By clicking on the "Save and Continue" button or using our Services, you are agreeing to be bound by and are becoming a party to these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have the authority to enter into these Terms on behalf of any group or entity you represent. You hereby covenant to ensure that all users that gain access to our Services from you are bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to all of these Terms, then do not click "Save and Continue" and do not access and/or use our Services.
C. Additionally, by clicking "Save and Continue", you agree to transact with us electronically. This means you agree to receive electronically all disclosures, communications, notices and other information that we may send to you or be required to send to you under applicable law or otherwise pursuant to the Terms set forth below.
2. Scope of Services
We offer our Services as an insurance agent for businesses. We are not an insurance provider and are not responsible for the provision of insurance policies. We may alter, suspend, discontinue or subcontract our Services in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason, without notice. Our Services may also periodically become unavailable due to maintenance or malfunction of computer equipment or for other reasons. To use our Services, you must have either a computer with Internet access that can access our Site, or a compatible mobile device enabled with our application.
3. Right to Use; Privacy Policy
A. Subject to these Terms and any other agreement between you and us, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right to use our Services solely in the manner enabled by us and for your personal, non-commercial use. Your right to use our Services is automatically revoked if you violate these Terms. From time to time, we may upgrade our Services or make improvements to our Services. You agree that these Terms will apply to any such upgrades or improvements. The foregoing right is not a sale of any aspect of our Services or a sale of a copy of any aspect of our Services, and we and our partners and suppliers retain all right, title and interest in our Services. We reserve all rights not expressly granted under these Terms.
B. Our Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy"), describes our collection, use and disclosure of data and information in connection with our Services. We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time, in accordance with its terms. Our Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms, and you agree to the collection, use and disclosure practices in our Privacy Policy.
4. Login Credentials; Communications
A. You hereby agree:
a. To receive communications, including emails, text messages, push notifications, mail and telephone calls, that are related to the Services.
b. That any communications from us may also include marketing materials from us or third-parties.
c. That any notices, agreements, disclosures or other communications that we send to you electronically are deemed to satisfy any legal communication requirements.
B. You may opt-out from receiving our marketing communications by emailing [email protected] or selecting to unsubscribe as may be provided in the applicable correspondence.
C. We may record and monitor any telephone or electronic communications with you for quality or security purposes, to evidence your transactions or communications with us, or to comply with applicable law.
5. Fees and Payments
A. Access to our Site is free. If you choose to purchase third-party products or services through our Service, the price of such products or services will be provided to you prior to completing your purchase. Our Services are available to legal residents of the 50 United States. The fee for, and access to, our Services is not conditional on purchasing insurance through Insurance Advisor.
B. You agree that we may charge your payment method for any products or services you purchase through our Services (including but not limited to any additional premium, taxes, payment processing fees and late fees, as applicable). All payments must be made in United States Dollars.
C. As per your Agreement with us, you may be charged a service fee, separate from the premium and commission that Insurance Advisor may receive, and which Insurance Advisor may be able to levy under applicable law. The Products and issues involved in understanding, evaluating, purchasing and managing your policies are complex and involve advice specific to your needs. You are under no obligation to purchase any insurance product in exchange for receiving these Services.
D. Separate from any broker fees and/or fees for third-party products or service you may be charged, when applicable, a Payment Processing Fee charged to handle the electronic verification and initiation of Electronic Fund Transfers ("EFT") into the ACH system on your behalf may be charged per installment depending on the plan you have selected. This fee is not part of your premium.
E. All information that you provide to us, including your credit card information or payment account information, is subject to our Privacy Policy. We may use a third-party payment service to bill you through an online account for your payment or purchase of Products or Services. By submitting your payment account information, you grant us the right to store and process your information with the third-party payment service and for us to store any identification token provided by the third-party payment service; you agree that we will not be responsible for any failures of the third-party to adequately protect such information. The processing of payments will be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of such third-party payment service in addition to these Terms. You further acknowledge that future payments may be processed on your behalf automatically per the terms of the product purchased. You acknowledge that we may change the third-party payment service and move your information to other service providers that encrypt your information using secure socket layer technology (SSL) or other comparable security technology.
F. Except as may be expressly set forth on our Site from time to time or as required by applicable law, we have no obligation to provide refunds or credits.
6. Cancellation Policy
A. For policy premiums paid in full:
a. You may contact us to cancel your insurance policy at any time by email. Cancellation requests submitted via email will require additional documentation including but not limited to signing a Cancellation Request/Lost Policy Release (LPR) form.
b. Your policy will be canceled on the date requested in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy and you will no longer have coverage after that date. If you wish to avoid a gap in coverage, you must take appropriate action prior to your current policy's cancellation date.
c. When you cancel your insurance policy, you may be subject to certain charges and fees as set forth by insurance laws and regulations.
d. Any refunds due, less any premium or other amount owed, will be returned to your address on file or to your card/bank account on file within 60 business days of the cancellation.
e. WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED, AND YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT, TO ANY CREDIT, REFUND, FOR ANY CANCELLATION BEYOND THE TERMS SET FORTH IN YOUR INSURANCE POLICY AND AS PERMISSIBLE BY LAW.
A. For policy premium financed through 3rd party finance company:
a. Your insurance policy premiums are paid on a regular billing period based on the payment plan you selected at the time of purchase.
b. You may contact us to cancel your insurance policy at any time by email. Cancellation requests submitted via email will require additional documentation including but not limited to signing a Cancellation Request/Lost Policy Release (LPR) form.
c. Your policy will be canceled on the date requested in accordance with the terms and conditions of the policy and you will no longer have coverage after that date. If you wish to avoid a gap in coverage, you must take appropriate action prior to your current policy's cancellation date.
d. When you cancel your insurance policy, you may be subject to certain charges and fees as set forth by the finance company and as set forth by insurance laws and regulations. For financed policies, any refund due to you will be remitted to you by the premium finance company once the premium finance company is notified, by the insurance carrier, that the policy has been canceled. This process can take up to 60 days. Therefore, your account may be debited for any payments due on that loan within those 60 days.
e. WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED, AND YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT, TO ANY CREDIT, REFUND, FOR ANY CANCELLATION, INCLUDING EARLY CANCELLATION BEYOND THE TERMS SET FORTH IN YOUR INSURANCE POLICY AND AS PERMISSIBLE BY LAW.
f. Your coverage will cease on the date and time that the cancellation is processed by the insurance carrier. However, you are still subject to the terms and conditions of your premium finance agreement which may require you to make payments after your original request to cancel and before the time of your refund.
7. Prohibited Conduct and Management of Services
A. We reserve the right, without prior notice and in our sole discretion, to decide whether your use of our Services violates these Terms for any of the above or below reasons or for any other reason, and if we do so, we may terminate your access to our Services.
B. You shall not, and shall not authorize or facilitate any attempt by another person to use our Services to:
a. Criminal or tortious activity, including fraud, spamming, copyright infringement, patent infringement, or theft of trade secrets.
b. Using any information obtained from the Service in order to contact, advertise to, solicit, or sell any products or services to any user without their prior explicit consent.
c. Damage, disable, overburden, impair or interfere with any other party's use of our Services.
d. Obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through our Services.
e. Use false or misleading information in connection with your user account or impersonate any other person living or dead, (you acknowledge that we reserve the right to disable any user account with a profile that we reasonably believe is false or misleading, including a profile that impersonates a third-party).
f. Harass, threaten, stalk or intentionally embarrass or cause distress to another person or entity.
g. Exploit children under 18 years of age.
h. Invade the privacy of any person, including without limitation posting personally identifying or otherwise private information about a person without their consent (or their parent's consent in the case of a child under 13 years of age).
i. Create a false identity or engage in fraudulent activities.
j. Circumvent, remove or otherwise interfere with any security-related features of our Services, features that prevent copying or using any part of our Services or features that enforce limitations on the use of our Services or Insurance Advisor's content.
k. Introduce viruses, worms, Trojan horses and/or harmful code to our Services.
l. Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other automated device, process, or means to access, retrieve, scrape or index any portion of our Services or any content available through our Site.
m. Using the Service in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
C. We reserve the right to consider other conduct to be prohibited; the restrictions above are intended to be illustrative.
D. You acknowledge that we reserve the right, but have no obligation, to:
a. Take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in our sole determination, violates these Terms, including, without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities,
b. In our sole discretion and without limitation, refuse, restrict access to or availability of, or disable all or a portion of the Service, and
c. Otherwise manage the Service in a manner designed to protect the rights and property of Insurance Advisor and users of the Service and to facilitate the proper functioning of the Service.
8. Intellectual Property Rights
A. You agree and acknowledge that the structure, organization, and code used in conjunction with our Services are proprietary to us. You shall not, and shall not permit any person or entity to:
a. Use our Services on a service bureau, time-sharing or any similar basis, or for the benefit of any other person or entity;
b. Alter, enhance or make derivative works of our Services or any content available through the foregoing; or
c. Reverse engineer, reverse assemble or decompile, or otherwise attempt to derive, source code from our Services. You shall not sell, transfer, publish, disclose, display or otherwise make available our Services including any modifications, enhancements, derivatives and other software and materials provided hereunder by us or copies thereof to others in violation of these Terms.
B. Unless otherwise noted, all Insurance Advisor's content contained on our Services is the property of us and/or our affiliates or licensors and is protected from unauthorized copying and dissemination by United States copyright law, trademark law, international conventions and other intellectual property laws.
9. Indemnification
A. By using our Services, you hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless us and our officers, directors, employees and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities and all costs and expenses of defense (collectively, "Claims"), including without limitation attorneys' fees, resulting directly or indirectly from a claim by a third-party that arises in connection with
a. Your posting of any content,
b. Your use of our Services, and/or
c. Any user or other third-party's use of any content that you post to our Services.
B. At our option, you agree to defend us from any such Claims.
10. Third Party Sites
Our Services may contain links to third-party sites, which are independent of us and not under our control. These links are provided to you as a convenience, and we are not responsible for the content of any linked third-party site. In addition, a link to any third-party site does not imply that we endorse or accept any responsibility for the content or use of such site.
11. Disclaimer
A. Under no circumstances will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by the failure of our Services to operate as intended, your reliance on information from our Services, information provided by another user or by your use of our Services. It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content available through our Services.
B. Our services and all content on or accessible from our services are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. specifically, but without limitation, we do not warrant that:
a. The information available through our services is free of errors;
b. The functions or services provided by our services will be uninterrupted, secure or free of errors;
c. Defects will be corrected or
d. That our servers or the server(s) that make our services available are free of viruses or other harmful components.
C. Insurance Advisor is not an insurance underwriter nor an insurance company. Insurance Advisor does not make any representations or warranties regarding the quotes, terms, rates, coverage or services offered to you by insurance companies through our service or site. Insurance Advisor does not guarantee that the quotes, fees, terms, rates coverage or services offered by insurance companies through our service or site are the best available.
D. The information provided through our service and site is only a general description of insurance coverage that might be available for you to purchase. The precise coverage provided to you by any insurance company is subject to the terms, conditions, exclusions and company underwriting guidelines of the insurance policy issued to you by the applicable insurance company. The insurance policy you purchase, and not the general information made available through the service, forms the contract between you and the insurance company. If you have any questions, please contact us by email at [email protected] to Insurance Advisor to obtain advice from one of our licensed professionals before making any coverage decision.
12. Limitation of Liability
A. Disclaimer. In no event shall we be liable to you, any other user of our services, third-party providers or any other person or entity for any special, incidental, punitive, consequential, exemplary or other indirect damages (including without limitation damages for loss of profits, loss of data, loss of use or costs of obtaining substitute goods or services) arising out of the use, inability to use, unauthorized access to or use or misuse of our services, your contact information, content or any information contained thereon, whether based upon warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses.
B. Limitation. Our aggregate liability for all claims arising from these terms shall not exceed $100.00.
C. Exclusions. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations may not apply to you but shall instead apply to the maximum extent permitted by law.
13. Release from Liability
A. You release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Insurance Advisor, its directors, officers, members, employees, representatives, consultants, agents, suppliers and/or distributors from responsibility, liability, claims, demands and/or damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with:
a. Disputes between or among users;
b. Third-party sites, products and services, including without limitation insurance policies; and
c. Claims relating to the unauthorized access to any data communications or content stored under or relating to your account, including unauthorized use or alteration of such communications or your content.
B. You hereby waive the applicability of California Civil Code §1542, and any similar statute or principle of common law. California Civil Code §1542 says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor."
14. California Users
If you are a California resident, we are required to inform you that you may reach the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs via mail at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N112, Sacramento, CA 95834 or telephone at (916) 445-1254 or (800) 952-5210. Hearing-impaired users can reach the Complaint Assistance Unit at TDD (800) 326-2297 or TDD (916)
15. Void Where Prohibited
A. Our services are intended only for users located in those states in the United States in which Insurance Advisor or any of its affiliates are licensed insurance agents or brokers. Our Services are not intended as a solicitation for insurance in any state where Insurance Advisor or any of its affiliates are not licensed.
B. Although our Services may be accessible in other geographic locations, the features, products or Services discussed, referenced, provided or offered as part of the Services are only available to users in those states in the United States in which Insurance Advisor or any of its affiliates are licensed insurance agents or brokers.
C. We reserve the right to limit, in our sole discretion, the provision and quantity of any feature, Product or Service to any person or geographic location.
D. Any offer for any feature, Product or Service made available through our Services is void where prohibited by law.
16. Modifying and Terminating Service
A. We may terminate your access to our Services, in our sole discretion, for any reason and at any time, upon electronic notice to you at your email address you have last advised us of.
B. You agree that we are not liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to our Services.
C. We may change and update our Services from time to time. We may add or remove features including without limitation making free services into paid services and vice versa.
D. You may terminate these Terms at any time by ceasing to use our Services. Termination of these Terms will have no effect on any insurance policies you purchase in connection with our Services
E. Accrued obligations and all provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive will survive any termination of these Terms.
17. Unsolicited Ideas and Feedback
A. We welcome your feedback, ideas and suggestions (collectively, "Suggestions").
B. If you send us any Suggestions, you agree that:
a. Your Suggestion(s) become our property and you are not owed any compensation in exchange;
b. None of the Suggestion(s) contain confidential or proprietary information of any third-party;
c. We may use or redistribute Suggestion(s) for any purpose and in any way;
d. There is no obligation for us to review or act on your Suggestion(s); and
e. We have no obligation to keep any Suggestions confidential.
18. Notice
We may provide you notice to the email address you provide to Insurance Advisor during the registration process. Notice shall be deemed given 24 hours after email is sent. Alternatively, we may give you legal notice by mail to the address provided during the registration or purchase process and you may give us notice to the address set forth on our Site as our address. In such case, notice shall be deemed given three days after the date of mailing.
19. Governing Law; Dispute Resolution
A. These Terms, and any dispute between you and us, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida in the County of Orange without regard to principles of conflicts of law that would result in the application of the law of any other jurisdiction, except that the Federal Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation and enforcement of the arbitration provisions set forth below.
B. Unless you and we agree otherwise, in the event this Section "Governing Law; Dispute Resolution" is found not to apply to you or to a particular claim or dispute, either as a result of your decision to opt-out of the Agreement to Arbitrate (as defined below) or as a result of a decision by the arbitrator or a court order, you agree that any claim or dispute that has arisen or may arise between you and us must be resolved exclusively by a state or federal court located in Orlando, Florida, except that you or we are permitted
a. To bring small claims actions in state court in the county in which you reside if such court has a small claims procedure;
b. To bring claims for injunctive relief in any court having jurisdiction over the parties; or
c. To seek enforcement of a judgment in any court having jurisdiction over the parties. To the extent permitted by law, you and we agree to waive trial by jury in any court proceeding.
20. Agreement to Arbitrate; Waiver of Class Action
A. Except for disputes relating to your or our intellectual property (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights and patents) or for items (a)-(c) set forth in the last Section "Governing Law; Dispute Resolution", you agree that all disputes between you and us (whether or not such dispute involves a third-party) arising out of or relating to these Terms, our Services and/or our Privacy Policy shall be finally resolved by arbitration conducted in the English language in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and you and we hereby expressly waive trial by jury.
B. You and we shall appoint one arbitrator mutually agreed upon by you and us or, if you and we cannot agree within thirty (30) days of either party's request for arbitration, such arbitrator shall be selected by the AAA upon the request of either party.
C. The parties shall bear equally the cost of the arbitration (except that the prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys's fees incurred in connection with the arbitration in such an amount as may be determined by the arbitrator).
D. All decisions of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both parties and enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction.
E. Notwithstanding this, an application may be made to any court for a judicial acceptance of the award or order of enforcement.
F. Under no circumstances shall the arbitrator be authorized to award damages, remedies or awards that conflict with these Terms.
G. Any claims brought by you or us must be brought in that party's individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding. Neither you nor we will participate in a class action or class-wide arbitration for any claims covered by these Terms. You hereby waive any and all rights to bring any claims related to these Terms and/or our Privacy Policy as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding. You may bring claims only on your own behalf.
H. You may opt-out of this Agreement to Arbitrate. If you do so, neither you nor we can require the other to participate in an arbitration proceeding. To opt-out, you must:
a. Notify us in writing within thirty (30) days of the date that you first became subject to this arbitration provision.
b. The opt-out notice must state that you do not agree to the Agreement to Arbitrate and must include your name, address, phone number, your Insurance Advisor account to which the opt-out applies and a clear statement that you want to opt-out of this Agreement to Arbitrate.
c. You must sign the opt-out notice for it to be effective.
d. The opt-out notice must be mailed to: Insurance Advisor LLC, Attention: Arbitration Opt-Out, 5367 Conroy Road, Suite 300, Florida 32811. This procedure is the only way you can opt-out of the Agreement to Arbitrate.
I. Notwithstanding any provision in these Terms to the contrary, you and we agree that if we make any change to the Arbitration Procedures (other than a change to any notice address or Site link provided herein) in the future, that change shall not apply to any claim that was filed in a legal proceeding against us prior to the effective date of the change. Moreover, if we seek to terminate the Arbitration Procedures from these Terms, such termination shall not be effective until thirty (30) days after the version of these Terms not containing the Arbitration Procedures is posted to our Site, and shall not be effective as to any claim that was filed in a legal proceeding against us prior to the effective date of removal.
J. In accordance with Section 16 "Modifying and Terminating Service", this Agreement to Arbitrate will survive the termination of your relationship with us.
21. Miscellaneous
A. Notification of changes. These Terms of Use may be amended by Insurance Advisor from time to time. We will post any material changes to these Terms of Use on the Site with a notice advising of the changes at least thirty (30) days before the effective date of the changes. You may cancel your account prior to the end of the applicable thirty (30) day period by contacting us using the contact information in these Terms. If you choose to cancel your account within this thirty (30) day period, you will not be bound by the new terms.
B. No oral modifications. Employees of Insurance Advisor are not authorized to modify these Terms, either verbally or in writing. If any employee of Insurance Advisor offers to modify these Terms, he or she is not acting as an agent for Insurance Advisor or speaking on our behalf. You may not rely, and should not act in reliance on, any statement or communication seeking to modify these Terms from an employee of Insurance Advisor or anyone else purporting to act on our behalf.
C. No third-party beneficiaries. These Terms are between you and Insurance Advisor. There are no third-party beneficiaries. These Terms shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties to these Terms and their respective successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns.
D. Independent contractors. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of these Terms and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind Insurance Advisor in any respect whatsoever.
E. Non-waiver. The failure of Insurance Advisor to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
F. Force majeure. Insurance Advisor shall not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations hereunder where the failure results from any cause beyond Insurance Advisor's reasonable control, including, without limitation, any mechanical, electronic, or communications failure or degradation.
G. Severability. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Use shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
H. Assignment. These Terms are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except with our prior written consent. We may transfer, assign or delegate these Terms of Use and our related rights and obligations without obtaining your consent.
I. Entire agreement. These Terms contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions and matters contemplated herein, supersede all previous communications, understandings and agreements (whether oral or written) other than any click-through or end-user license agreement provided by us. Modifications to the Terms that are not posted on the Site are not valid unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Insurance Advisor. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and any other agreement or understanding related to the Service, these Terms shall prevail.
J. Headings. The headings and captions used in these Terms are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting these Terms.
22. No Minors
If you are less than 18 years old, you are not authorized to use our Services or Site.
23. For Additional Information
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at: Insurance Advisor LLC, 5367 Conroy Road, Suite 300, Florida 32811 or by [email protected].
Terms of Service Version Updated: February 18, 2020.