Privacy Policy

The Robert J Stillwell Agency Privacy Policy

Agencies who DO NOT Share with Affiliates or Non-Affiliated Third Parties

  1. Introduction:

As a current customer of The Robert J Stillwell Agency, we would like to take this opportunity to both thank you for your business and to share with you the importance our agency places upon protecting the privacy of information we gather from you in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.

The Robert J Stillwell Agency is a member of the financial services industry and, as such, our Agency has been and continues to be subject to federal and state privacy laws regarding the collection and exchange of your information. The following is The Robert J Stillwell Agencies privacy policy regarding the customer information we collect. Contained in this privacy policy you will find (1) an explanation of the types of information The Robert J Stillwell Agency collects from our clients and the means used to collect such information, (2) an explanation of how The Robert J Stillwell Agency shares the information collected from our clients, and (3) an explanation of how The Robert J Stillwell Agency protects client information.

  1. Information we collect and the means used to collect:

The Robert J Stillwell Agency collects information about our customers that is necessary to provide those services usual and customary to independent insurance agents. The Robert J Stillwell Agency collects this necessary information from the following sources:

  • Information we receive from you on applications or other forms, this information may include, but is not limited to, your name, address, and date of birth.
  • Information about our clients’ transactions with us; this information may include, but is not limited to, claims and payment history.
  • Information we receive from a consumer-reporting agency; this information may include, but is not limited to, a driving record or insurance score report.
  • Information from users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our website, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our site.

To collect customer information from the above-stated sources, The Robert J Stillwell Agency may use the following means of communication to gather information: written, in-person, telephone, facsimile, electronically, and online.

III. How we share client information with non-affiliated third parties:

We don’t share information about our customers or former customers with non-affiliated third parties other than as permitted or required by law. For example, The Robert J Stillwell Agency may share all of the information listed above with non-affiliated third parties for, including but not limited to, the following reasons:

  • Information that is necessary to service or process the insurance needs of our clients, in a manner that is consistent with the usual and customary services provided by independent insurance agents. Such usual and customary services or processes provided by The Robert J Stillwell Agency to its customers include but are not limited to underwriting, shopping the renewal, rating, placement, and providing quotes for insurance that is germane to the coverage the customer places with our agency.
  • Information that is necessary to protect the confidentiality or security of our client’s records
  • Information that is necessary to resolve client disputes or inquiries
  • Information that is required by individuals or entities who are assessing our legal compliance.
  • Information that is required for The Robert J Stillwell Agency to comply with the law.
  • To an actuarial or research organization for the purpose of conducting actuarial or research studies
  • Information that is necessary to protect against or prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims, or other liability
  • Information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
  • Improve our products and services.
  • We may use the email address to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.  If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email or User may contact us via our Site.

We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform marketing or other services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements.

IV. How we share client information with affiliated parties:

We do not share client information with any affiliate.

V. Our practices regarding information confidentiality and security:

We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your information. These safeguards include but are not limited to the following:

  • We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about our clients and former clients to those employees who need to know that information in order to assist in providing services or products to the customer.
  • We will punish any employees who impermissibly shares client information.
  • We use a secure Internet and e-mail provider to protect the confidentiality of electronic communications.
  • We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.
  • Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.
  • We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

The Robert J Stillwell Agency appreciates your business and in order to continue building upon that relationship we believe it is necessary, not only from a legal standpoint, but also as a sound business practice that our customers understand the care our Agency uses in handling your information The Robert J Stillwell Agency will continue to monitor the effectiveness of this privacy policy.