At GLG, your privacy is our concern.
WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT "PRIVACY"
Your privacy is important to us. When we sell an insurance policy
to a person we need information about the person or property that
we're insuring. We consider this private and have taken steps
to keep it confidential.
We want
you to know about our privacy policy. The privacy policy tells
you the kinds of information we get about you, where we get it,
and with whom, if anyone, we may share it.
This brochure
describes our privacy policy, procedures and practices for individuals
who seek or get auto, home and other personal liability and property
insurance for personal, family or household needs.
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION WE HAVE AND WHERE WE GET IT
You give us most of what we need in the application process. To
make sure what we have is correct we may need to check with you
by phone or mail.
You may
be asked to give us more details in writing or over the phone.
Plus, we may receive and check your past insurance claims from
insurance support organizations or your former insurers.
As allowed
by law, we may ask for credit and other consumer reports from
consumer reporting agencies concerning your application for insurance
or any renewal of insurance. Information given to us by an insurance
support organization, including consumer reporting agencies may
be retained by them and disclosed to other persons.
For auto insurance, we often get a report of accidents or convictions
from your State Motor Vehicle Department. We get these reports
through an independent reporting company. We may also check information
from government agencies or independent reporting companies. This
helps us correctly rate and price your policy.
For home, building, or boat insurance, we or an inspector from
an independent company may visit the property to inspect and report
on its condition. In some cases, pictures may be taken. This allows
us to check the estimate we have of your property's value. If
we need more details about the property or the alarm you've installed,
we may need to enter your property to finish the inspection. We
would contact you before entering your property.
As a part of our application and underwriting process, in most
states, we also order an Insurance Score based on credit history.
We use the Score, information you give us, and other consumer
reports for underwriting and the price we will charge. If we receive
corrected personal information from a consumer reporting agency,
we will re-evaluate you.
Once you're insured with us, your file may contain details about
your policy(ies). This may include bill payments or claim history.
A claim representative may comment, for example, on the condition
and use of the insured property. We may also keep a police report
if one was issued.
Sometimes we need to know about your health. For example, if we
need to know whether a physical limitation will affect your ability
to drive, we would ask you to sign a form allowing your personal
doctor to answer any question we may have.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION
We keep what we collect about you in our files. Our policies and
procedures protect your personal information. We have physical,
electronic and procedural safeguards in place.
We do not
give or sell our customers' personal information to others for
marketing purposes. You don't have to ask us to keep your information
private because we do not give it, unless allowed.
We will
use information about you to sell you insurance, service your
insurance and settle claims. We may give the information to other
persons or companies to help us manage or service our business.
When we do, we require them to use it only for the reasons we
gave it to them.
We may give, without your past permission and only if allowed
by law, information about you held in our files to certain persons
or organizations such as:
* Your
agent or broker
* Our affiliated property and casualty insurance companies
* An independent claim adjuster or investigator
* Persons or organizations that conduct scientific research, including
actuarial or underwriting studies, provided that no individual
may be identified in the studies
* An insurance support organization, including consumer reporting
agencies
* Another insurer in order to prevent or prosecute fraud
Also, on rare occasions, we may be required to share this information:
* With
a State Insurance Department or other governmental agency, if
required by federal, state or local laws
* If ordered by a summons, court order, search warrant or subpoena
* To protect our own legal interests, or in case of suspected
fraud or other illegal activities.
HOW TO FIND OUT WHAT INFORMATION WE HAVE ABOUT YOU
If you have any questions about what we have in your file please
write to us. When we receive your written request, we will respond
within thirty (30) business days. We will let you know if we've
given any information about you to anyone in the past. If we asked
for a consumer report we will tell you the name and address of
the consumer reporting agency.
You may also see and copy your file (except for certain documents
about claims and lawsuits). If you believe any of our information
is wrong we'll check it out and if we agree there was an error,
we'll correct it. If we don't agree, you're still allowed to file
a letter with your comments. We'll send the correction or letter
to anyone who received or will receive the original information.
If you have any questions about the right of access to or correction
of your file, we'll be happy to review our procedures with you.
Please contact your
GLG agent or insurance representative.
WHEN YOU
WRITE, PLEASE BE SURE TO TELL US YOUR:
* Name
* Address
* Policy number
* Phone number and the best time of the day for us to call you
Please include a copy (not the original) of personal ID, such
as your driver's license.
WE THANK
YOU FOR LETTING US SERVE YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS.
This notice applies to current and former customers and may be
amended at any time.