Privacy Policy
Insurance Companies, Licensed Agents and Business Partners, HSA Trustees or Administrators, and Government-run Exchanges and Entities.
If you submit an application for an insurance product offered by us, then we will disclose your personal information to your chosen insurance company to process your applicantion. If you submit a request for information or an application for an isurance product offered through an insurance agent, agency or other business partner with whom we associate or contract, then we may disclose your personal information to that agent, agency or business partner to process your request for information or application or to otherwise provide you with information about insurance products (including contacting you by telephone, email, or otherwise to discuss insurance products in which you may be interested). If you complete an enrollment form for a health savings account (“HSA”) offered through an authorized HSA trustee or administrator with whom we have associated, then we may disclose your personal information to that trustee or administrator to enroll you in an HSA. If you complete an application with us that is processed through a government-run exchange or other government-run entity, we will disclose your personal information to that government-run exchange or entity. Please be assured that these partners are only allowed to use your personal information to process your requested quote, application or enrollment form and are legally obligated to maintain strict confidentiality. Service Providers We may disclose your personal information to other companies that help us to make plan recommendations, process or service any application you begin, process or submit through us, to correspond with you, or otherwise help us deliver insurance plan shopping and enrollment services to you. For example, we may provide your personal information to a service provider to verify the validity or credit limit of your credit card. Please be assured that the companies we hire to process or service your insurance application or correspond with you are not allowed to use your personal information for their own purposes and are contractually obligated to maintain strict confidentiality. Employers, Affinity Groups, and Benefits Administrators or Consultants If you were referred to us by, or use our website or call center in connection with, a current or former employer, affinity group, or other organization with which you may be affiliated (or a benefits administrator or consultant associated with such employer, group or organization), we may disclose your personal information to such employer, group, organization, administrator and/or consultant. For example, we may inform such employer, group, organization, administrator and/or consultant whether or not you have contacted us and/or whether or not you have enrolled in a plan. Please be assured that these parties are only allowed to use your personal information as permitted by applicable law. Other Referring Entities If you were referred to us by, or use our website or call center in connection with an entity such as a provider group, healthcare system, pharmacy, financial services provider, or other entity with which you may have a relationship, we may disclose your personal information to that referring entity. For example, we may inform that referring entity whether or not you have contacted us and information regarding your interaction with Monmouth Insurance Advisors. Please be assured that these parties are only allowed to use your personal information as permitted by applicable law. Legal Obligations In certain situations, Monmouth Insurance Advisors may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.) We may also disclose your personal information as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process. We may disclose or report your personal information when we believe, in good faith, that the disclosure is required or permitted under law, for example, to cooperate with regulators or law enforcement authorities, to resolve consumer disputes, to protect our rights, to protect your safety or the safety of others, to investigate fraud, or to otherwise respond to a government request. Business Transition If Monmouth Insurance Advisors is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information. Your Consent If you provide us an indication of your consent to disclose, share or use your personal information in connection with a third party, we may disclose, share or use your personal information in that manner. For example, if you opt in to our social media mailing lists and promotional updates, then we may disclose your relevant personal information to social media platforms where Monmouth Monmouth Insurance Advisors has a corporate account for the purpose of adding you to Monmouth Insurance Advisors social media mailing and promotional update lists. Generally, in such a situation, the social media platforms are not allowed to use your personal information for their own purposes unless you have a direct account on such social media platforms, in which case your personal information would be handled by the social media platforms in accordance with the social media platforms’ privacy policies. Your Requests for Products If you request to be contacted about any type of insurance product, request to be contacted by a licensed agent or other representative, request assistance with enrolling in any type of insurance product or make any other request for someone to contact you (such as by filling out an online request form), then our agents or representatives may contact you, or we may disclose your personal information to a third-party insurance agency, insurance agent, insurance company or other appropriate entity, so that such entity may contact you about any product in which you indicated interest or may assist you in enrolling in any such product. Any additional information that you subsequently choose to provide to any third-party entity will be governed by that entity’s privacy policy. Outside of these exceptions, we will not sell, trade or share your personal information with third parties. We collect personal information in the normal course of business in order to process your insurance application and to serve you better. Registering With Us We will collect personal information from you when you register with us. You may register with us through our website by entering your email address and, if you are creating an account, choosing your password. Under our current process, you may create an account in connection with an application for a health insurance or other product offered on our website. You may also register with us through our Customer Care Center by providing certain personal information (e.g., email address, phone number, gender, date of birth) to one of our customer service representatives. Applying for Health Insurance and Other Products If you apply for a health insurance or other product through our website, we may ask you to provide us with personal information and/or health information relating to you and any family member who will be included on your application. This information will be used by your chosen insurance company, agent, HSA trustee or administrator, or government-run exchange or entity to process your application. Additionally, we may ask you to provide us with your credit card, bank information and social security number, which will be used by your chosen insurance company or HSA Trustee or Administrator to process your application or collect any fees associated with your application or insurance premiums upon approval of your application. If you apply through us for government health insurance subsidies or for health insurance sold through a government-run exchange, we will ask you for personal information, including financial, tax filing and household information, that we will pass on to government-run sites and entities responsible for processing such subsidies and applications. Providing you with a quote or processing your application We may collect your personal information during your shopping experience. We may use your personal information to get in touch with you when necessary to process your application or to provide you with a quote. For example, emails will be sent to you throughout the application process to inform you of the status of your application and to seek additional information that is requested as part of the application. We may also use phone numbers you provide to send you telephone or text messages about your application or account, and such messages may be automatically sent with an auto dialer, an artificial or pre-recorded voice, or other automation technology. If and to the extent that Monmouth Insurance Advisors is acting as a Web-based Entity (“WBE”) providing information related to or processing your application for insurance via the Federally-Facilitated Exchange and/or the State-Based Exchange on the Federal Platform Individual Market (collectively, the “Exchange”), Monmouth Insurance Advisors, when acting as a WBE contracted with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), has the legal authority to collect your personal information in relation to your request for information and/or enrollment into a plan via the Exchange. If you do not provide personal information Monmouth Insurance Advisors requests to provide you with a quote or to enroll you in one of the plan. |