At Berner and Company Inc., we are committed to protecting your privacy as a visitor to this Web site and as our customer. To our visitors and to our customers, we offer this pledge:
 
Berner and Company Inc. is the owner of the information, which is collected on this Web site. We will not sell, disseminate, disclose, trade, transmit, transfer, share, lease or rent any personally identifiable information to any third party not specifically authorized by you to receive your information except as we have disclosed to you in this Privacy Policy.
 
Information Collection
We will ask you to provide your personal information to us when you request an insurance quote, enroll for coverage and when you purchase an insurance policy from us. We will also ask you to provide your personal information to us when you send e-mail to us from this Web site. When you enroll for an insurance policy at Berner and Company Inc., we will ask you to provide your name, home address, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address and other personal information including but not limited to date of birth, driver’s license number, and social security number.. This information will be provided to the insurance company when you purchase an insurance policy so they can establish you as a policyholder. We will maintain a record of your information at the offices of Berner and Company Inc. so we can provide you with policyholder service. The employees of Berner and Company Inc. are each required to sign and acknowledge a Confidentiality And Nondisclosure Agreement. Each employee has been instructed on maintaining the privacy of each customer and the importance of protecting the customer's personal information.

When you purchase an insurance policy from Berner and Company Inc., you may pay the premiums with your credit card or personal check. If you use your credit card to pay the premium, your credit card information may be stored in our records after your purchase has been authorized. A transaction and/or confirmation number may be provided to you if requested. You may use this transaction and/or confirmation number as a reference to the credit card purchase. We may keep a record of your credit card information. If you pay the premium using your personal check, we may keep a copy of your check in your file.
 
When you send us e-mail from this Web site, you will provide us with certain personally identifiable information including your e-mail address.
 
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data that is stored on a visitor's hard drive while they are visiting this Web site. We may utilize a short-lived form of cookie when you visit this site. At Berner and Company Inc., a cookie is only used to identify one unique visitor from another visitor during a particular session. A session is the period of active site-use while that unique visitor is linked to our server. We may use cookie technology during a session as a tool to carry forward your input information during the enrollment process. This enables the visitor to input their information once and have the information appear later during the enrollment process. No personally identifiable information is stored on the cookie. The cookie expires and is deleted from the visitor's computer as soon as they close their browser or if they are not actively browsing our Web site for more than 20 minutes. Should a previous visitor to our Web site return for a new session, they will be issued a new cookie and in no way will they be recognized as a visitor from a previous visit or session.
 
Third Party Links
This Web site may contain links to third party Web sites that are not controlled by Berner and Company Inc.. These third party links are made available to you as a convenience and you agree to use these links at your own risk. Please be aware that Berner and Company Inc. is not responsible for the content of third party Web sites linked to Berner and Company Inc. nor are we responsible for the privacy policy or practices of third party Web sites linked to Berner and Company Inc.. Our Privacy Policy only applies to information we collect from you while you are at and while you are actively in a session with Berner and company Inc.. If you should link to a third party Web site from Berner and Company Inc., we strongly encourage you to review and become familiar with that Web site's privacy policy.
 
Changes In Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy without providing you with advance notice of our intent to make the changes.
 
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us at: 

AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION
Berner and Company Inc.

10538 Coldwater Road

Fort Wayne, IN 46845

260-637-1948 Call

260-637-0122 Fax