We protect personal information we collect about our clients by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that meet or exceed applicable law.  Third parties who have access to personal information must agree to follow appropriate standards of security and confidentiality.  We train people who work for us how to properly handle personal information and we restrict access to it.

We collect nonpublic personal information about our clients from the following sources:
-Information we receive on applications or other forms, such as name, address, social security number, telephone number, income and occupation
-Information about our clients' transactions with us and our affiliates, such as claims and payment history
-Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency, such as a credit bureau

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our customers or former customers to anyone, except as permitted by law.  We do disclose nonpublic information to only the companies that our agency represents as is allowed by Section 8 (G) of Indiana Department of Insurance Rule 760 IAC 1-67.

We may disclose nonpublic personal information about our clients only to non-affiliated third parties as permitted by a law.

We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about clients to those employees who need to know that information in order to provide products and service to our clients.  We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard our clients' nonpublic personal information.

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to our privacy policy, or breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

In connection with the potential sale or transfer of its interests, Shirer Insurance Services and its affiliates reserves the right to sell or transfer our clients' information (including but not limited to our clients' address, name, age, sex, zip code, state and country of residency and other information that you provide through other communications) to a third party entity that: (1) concentrates its business in a similar practice of service; (2) agrees to be Shirer Insurance Services' successor in interest with regard to maintenance and protection of the information collected; and agrees to the obligations of this privacy statement.