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TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR USE FOR SURETEC FINANCIAL CORP. WEBSITE
and
COMPANY INFORMATION
(Last Updated August 2, 2004)
CONDITIONS OF USE
By using this website, you agree to the following terms and
conditions so please read them carefully. These terms and conditions may be
revised at any time by our updating this notice and posting it on our website.
You are bound by any such revisions if you continue to use the website after we
have posted the changes. We suggest that you periodically visit this page to
review the most recent Terms & Conditions. If you decide to purchase products or
services from SureTec Financial or any of our subsidiaries, the terms and
conditions specified in your policy, bond, application, indemnity, or other
agreement with SureTec Financial Corp. or any of our subsidiaries will apply.
All references to "SureTec" include SureTec Financial Corp. and its affiliates
listed below.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
To obtain information or make a complaint about SureTec Insurance Company,
you may call the Surety’s toll free telephone number (866) 732-0099. You may
also write to SureTec at: 952
Echo Lane, Suite 450,
Houston, Texas 77024. You may contact the Texas Department of Insurance to obtain information
on companies, coverage, rights or complaints at:1-800-252-3439. You may write the Texas
Department of Insurance at: P.O. Box 149104, Austin, TX 78714-9104, Fax#
512-475-1771
Para obtener informacion o para someter una queja: Usted puede llamar al
numero de telefono gratis depara informacion o para someter una queja al: (866)
732-0099. Usted tanbien puede escribir a SureTec:
952 Echo Lane Suite 450,
Houston, Texas
77024. Puede comunicarse con el Departamento de Seguros de
Texas para obtener information acerca de companias, coberturas, derechos o
quejas al: 1-800-252-3439
Puede escribir al Departmento de Seguros de Texas, P.O. Box 149104,Austin, TX
78714-9104, Fax# 512-475-1771.
PREMIUM OR CLAIM DISPUTES
Should you have a dispute concerning your premium or about a claim you
should contact the Surety first. If the dispute is not resolved, you may contact
the Texas Department of Insurance.
Si tiene una disputa concerniente a su prima o a un reclamo, debe comunicarse
con el Surety primero. Si no se resuelve la disputa, puede entonces comunicarrse
con el departamento (TDI).
TRADE PRACTICES
Every effort has been made in this web site to comply with the laws, rules, and
regulations regarding Insurance Advertising, Certain Trade Practices, and
Solicitations by Texas Insurance Companies. Representations as to SureTec’s
licensing, authority, admission, and status with the Texas Department of
Insurance and the United States Dept. of Treasury are intended to convey the
facts of such licensing, authority, admission, and status. No attempt is made to
state, imply, or create an impression directly or indirectly that SureTec, its
financial condition or status, the payment of its claims, the terms of its bonds
or its policies, nor its agents, are "recommended or endorsed" by any division
or agency of the State of Texas or of the United States Government.
Any statement in this site to the effect that SureTec is "licensed" by a
public body is not presented with any intention of distinguishing SureTec or its
agents from any other insurer or agent similarly licensed by such public body.
SureTec Insurance Company is not "connected with" any agency of the
municipal, state, or federal government, but is subject to their licensing and
regulatory laws.
Information in this site as to SureTec’s assets, corporate structure
financial standing, age, and relative position in the insurance business is
believed by SureTec to be true and correct. If you desire more information about
any statement made in this site, please do not hesitate to contact SureTec
Insurance Company. The process of applying for, issuing, and accepting, surety
bonds has important and significant legal consequences. Consumers are urged to
seek independent professional advice and not to make purchasing decisions based
solely on the statements made on this, or any, web site.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
This website is hyperlinked to other websites which are not
maintained or controlled by SureTec. SureTec is not responsible for the content
of those websites. The inclusion of any hyperlinks to such websites does not
imply approval of, affiliation with, nor endorsement by SureTec of those
websites or their content. If you have difficulty linking to any hyperlinked
websites or to report a dead (non-working) link, please send us an e-mail at
info@suretec.com. SureTec may cancel any
link at any time and will remove any link from this site at the third party site
owner’s request. SureTec does not permit others to create links to its site
without entering into a license agreement or obtaining our prior written
consent.
RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MATERIALS
This website is owned and operated by SureTec Financial Corp.
Except as otherwise expressly permitted in writing by SureTec, no materials from
this website or any website owned, operated, licensed or controlled by SureTec
may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted,
hyperlinked, or distributed in any way. You may download material displayed on
this website for your use only and provided you do not remove any copyright and
other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not distribute,
modify, transmit, reuse, repost, link or use the content of this website for
public or commercial purposes, including the text, images, audio, and video
without SureTec’s written permission.
TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS
All trademarks, services marks, trade names, logos, icons and
domain names located on this website are the property of SureTec and others.
Nothing contained on the website should be construed as granting, by implication
or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, service mark, trade
name, logo, icon and domain name displayed on this website without the written
permission of SureTec or the third party that may own such marks or names
displayed on this website. Your use of the trademarks, service marks, trade
names, logos, icons and domain names displayed on this website, or any other
content on this website, except as provided herein, is strictly prohibited.
Images displayed on this website are either the property of, or used with
permission by, SureTec. The use of these images by you, or anyone else
authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted. Any unauthorized
use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of
privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.
DISCLAIMER
The information and descriptions contained on our website are not
intended to be complete descriptions of all terms, exclusions and conditions
applicable to every product or service offered by SureTec, but are provided "as
is" and for general informational purposes. SureTec makes no representations or
warranties that the materials are suitable for your needs, are complete, timely,
reliable, or are free from errors, inaccuracies or typographical mistakes.
SureTec does not warrant that the website will operate error free or is free
from viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other destructive or harmful code. SureTec
also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to your
computer equipment or other property as a result of your access to, use of, or
browsing in the website or your downloading of any materials, data, text,
images, video, or audio from this website or arising in connection with any
failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, computer virus,
delay in operation or transmission, or line or system failure.
SURETEC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the maximum extent provided by law SureTec shall not be liable
to you for damages of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to, direct,
indirect, consequential, special, incidental, including without limitation, lost
profits or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption, or
punitive damages of any kind whatsoever that may result from your use of or
inability to use this website or the materials or services provided on this
website or the products or services received from this website. Exemptions of
implied warranties may not be allowed in all jurisdictions.
PROFESSIONAL ADVICE
The information provided on this site is distributed with the
understanding that SureTec is not providing professional advice of any type. If
you have a question requiring professional advice, such as a question relating
to law, tax or financial planning, please seek the advice of a qualified
professional in the relevant field.
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES
SureTec makes no representation that all insurance products and
services on this website are appropriate or available for use in your state.
Some services may not be available in all states or jurisdictions. SureTec
Insurance Company is licensed in the State of Texas only. The fact that this
site may be viewed beyond the limits of the State of Texas does not imply that
SureTec is licensed beyond the limits of the jurisdiction of the State of Texas.
If you choose to access this website you do so at your own initiative and are
responsible for compliance with any local, state and federal laws. The
information contained on this website is not an offer to sell or a solicitation
to buy, any insurance product, bond, or service. No insurance product, bond or
service is offered or will be sold in any jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation, purchase or sale would be unlawful under the insurance or other
laws of such jurisdiction. Use of this site will be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
SOFTWARE LICENSES
You acknowledge that any software available or provided to you on this
website may contain technology that is subject to strict controls by various
agencies of the United States Government pursuant to United States export
control laws and regulations. You hereby agree that you will not transfer or
export such software from the United States (including, for example, providing
such software to any foreign person or entity in the United States) or re-export
such software outside the United States in violation of United States export
laws and regulations. SureTec does not authorize the downloading or exportation
of any software or technical data from this website to any jurisdiction
prohibited by the United States export controls laws and regulations.
USER ID/PASSWORD USE
If you have been assigned a user ID for access to restricted sections of
this site, you are responsible for all activities executed under your user ID
and are the only one who may use it. To meet this responsibility, you are
expected to select secure passwords and keep them confidential. Allowing another
person to use your user ID and its associated passwords, using a user ID and
password assigned to another person, or attempting to gain access to resources
for which you are not authorized is a serious breach of security.
ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE PROVISIONS
Should any of these terms and conditions be held invalid, that invalid
provision shall be construed to be consistent with the applicable law, and in a
manner so as to remain consistent with the original intent of SureTec.
Provisions not otherwise held invalid shall remain in force.
COMPANY INFORMATION
The term "SureTec" as used in this website means SureTec Financial
Corp., a Delaware Corporation with its principal place of business at
952 Echo Lane,
Suite 450,
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77024. (713)
812-0800.
The term "SureTec Insurance Company" and all references to the SureTec
subsidiary which underwrites and issues fidelity and surety bonds, refers to
SureTec Insurance Company (National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC")
Company Code 10916,
Texas Department of Insurance No. 94942), an insurance company domiciled in the
State of Texas and licensed to write fidelity and surety products only in the
State of Texas, with its principal place of business at
952 Echo Lane Suite 450,
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77024. (713)812-0800.
The term "SureTec Information Systems, Inc." and all references to the
SureTec operating entity which does not engage in the business of insurance nor
the issuance of fidelity and surety products, refers to SureTec Information
System, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, with its principal place of business at
952 Echo Lane,
Suite 450,
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77024. (713) 812-0800.
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