Privacy Policy

We would like to take this opportunity to both thank you for visiting our website and to share with you the importance Barnes Insurance Agency, Inc. places upon protecting your private information.

Collection of Information:

While you are visiting our website, we may or may not collect personal/confidential information–written, in-person, telephone, facsimile, electronically and online—that may assist us in preparing a quotation for you and in helping us to negotiate with our carriers on your behalf. The personal information we collect may include your name, address, policy or claim information, financial or other information as may be required by our underwriters.

We also collect personal information about you from the following sources:

  • Applications or other forms such as claims forms or underwriting questionnaires that you submit to us and others;
  • Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates or others; and
  • Third party information from public sources such as the internet or governmental agencies.

Disclosure of Information:

We assure you that is not our policy to share your private information with non-affiliated third parties other than as permitted or required by law. For example, we may share all of the information listed above with non-affiliated third parties for, including but not limited to, the following reasons:

  • The information is essential in servicing or processing the insurance needs of our clients in a way that is customary and necessary among independent insurance agents in our industry. Our services and processes might include, for example, but are not limited to, underwriting, obtaining renewal terms, rating, placement and providing quotes for insurance that is germane to the coverage the customer places with our company.
  • Information necessary to protect the confidentiality or security of our client’s records.
  • Information necessary to resolve client disputes or inquiries.
  • Information required by individuals or entities who are assessing our legal compliance.
  • Information required for us to comply with the law.
  • Information necessary to protect against or prevent fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims or other liability.

Protection of Information:

Our Company maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with state and federal regulations to protect the confidentiality of your personal information.

We appreciate your business and in order to continue building upon that relationship, believe it is necessary not only from a legal standpoint but also as a sound business practice that you, our customer, understand the care our agency uses in handling your information. Our Company will continue to monitor the effectiveness of this privacy policy.

Terms & Conditions

Barnes Insurance Agency offers this Website, including all information, software, products and services available from this Web site or offered as part of or in conjunction with this Website (the “Website”), to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all of the terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here.

Barnes Insurance Agency reserves the right to make changes to these Terms and Conditions immediately by posting the changed Terms and Conditions in this location.

Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions and notices, and any changes to the Terms and Conditions made by Barnes Insurance Agency.

The term ‘www.biatn.com’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

Use the website at your own risk. This website is provided to you “as is,” without warranty of any kind either express or implied. Neither Barnes Insurance Agency nor its employees, agents, third-party information providers, merchants, licensors or the like warrant that the Website or its operation will be accurate, reliable, uninterrupted or error-free. No agent or representative has the authority to create any warranty regarding the Website on behalf of Barnes Insurance Agency. Barnes Insurance Agency reserves the right to change or discontinue at any time any aspect or feature of the Website.

Exclusion of Liability

The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Indemnification

Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

All trademarks reproduced in this website which are not the property of, or licensed to, the operator are acknowledged on the website.

Unauthorized use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offense.

From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

Copyright

Except for material in the public domain under United States copyright law, all material contained on the Website (including all software, HTML code, Java applets, Active X controls and other code) is protected by United States and foreign copyright laws. Except as otherwise expressly provided in these terms and conditions, you may not copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, modify, rewrite, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any material contained on the Website without the prior consent of the copyright owner.

None of the material contained on Barnes Insurance Agency website may be reverse-engineered, disassembled, decompiled, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language or computer language, retransmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photo reproduction, recordation or otherwise), resold or redistributed without the prior written consent of Barnes Insurance Agency. Violation of this provision may result in severe civil and criminal penalties.