Our brokerage and the insurance industry have a solid track record of respecting your right to privacy and safeguarding your personal information. As a result of federal legislation, we've further strengthened our privacy commitment by informing you of why and how we collect, use and disclose your personal information. You can be assured that we'll only handle your personal information in a manner that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances.
Personal Information Collected
Depending on the purpose(s) for which we need to collect it, we may ask for the following personal information about you including:
-Basic information such as your name, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, birth date and marital status.
-Claims history
-Driver’s record
-Details about your property such as the value of your home and its contents
We may obtain this information from:
-You
-Insurance companies
-Other insurance brokers or agents
-Motor vehicle and driver licensing authorities
Why do we collect personal information?
When you first become a client or whenever you acquire or renew a product from us, we need to collect some of your personal information. Common purposes for which we collect your personal information are to:
-Enable us to acquire or renew an insurance policy for you;
-Assist you and assess your ongoing needs for insurance;
-Assess your need for other product and to offer them to you;
-Ensure your information is accurate and up-to-date; and
-Protect us both against error or fraud.
Who do we disclose your personal information to?
For many of the purposes identified above, we will need to share your personal information with others in order to serve your needs. These other parties commonly include:
-Insurance companies
-Other insurance brokers or agents
-Professionals working with us such as adjusters or lawyers
-Financial institutions. For example, the organization that carries your mortgage.
How do we protect your personal information?
In order to protect your personal information and right to privacy, we will:
-Not collect, use or disclose your personal information for any purpose other than those that we identify to you.
-Keep your personal information only for as long as we need it to fulfill the stated purpose or as required by law.
-Maintain your personal information in as accurate, complete and up-to-date a form as possible.
-Safeguard your personal information to the best of our ability.
-Respond to any request you may make to access or correct the personal information we hold about you.
-Obtain the appropriate consent from you for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information.
Privacy Internet Communication
As the privacy of communication over the Internet cannot be guaranteed, we do not assume any responsibility for any harm, loss, or damage that might occur by the sending of personal and confidential information.
Consent
In using this site, you signify your consent to our privacy policy. If you are not in agreement, please do not use the site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update, change, modify, add, or remove this policy from time to time, as appropriate. Should we make changes, we will publish these on the site in a timely fashion.
Using this website’s forms
Information entered in an online form, together with any uploaded documents, is used to respond to the request and for the insurance purposes described above. Submissions are routed to the CIBI team by email. Hosting and email service providers process this information as part of delivering the service.
The site uses a session cookie and limited technical information to validate forms and help prevent abusive submissions. Form answers are not saved in your browser. Avoid sending payment-card details or unnecessary sensitive records through these forms.
Privacy questions and access requests
To ask about information handling, request access or correction, or contact the person responsible for privacy, email info@cibi.ca or call 416-486-0951.