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PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. BY
ACCESSING THIS SITE AND ANY PAGES THEREOF, YOU AGREE TO
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NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW, DO NOT
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TRADEMARKS
Except as indicated below, logos, brands and product
names which appear adjacent to the "®" symbol are the
registered trademarks or service marks of their
respective owners. Certain other brand names and
product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners. The display of trademarks and
service marks does not imply that a license of any kind
has been granted. Any downloading, re-transmission, or
other copying or modification of these marks and/or the
contents herein may be a violation of federal or state
trademark and/or copyright laws and could subject the
copier to legal action.
COPYRIGHT © Ark Assurance, Inc. 2009-2010. ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED.
Copyright in the pages and in the screens displaying the
pages, and in the information and material therein and
in their arrangement, is owned by Ark Assurance Group,
Inc. unless otherwise indicated.
USE OF INFORMATION AND MATERIALS
The information and materials contained in these pages
and the terms, conditions, and descriptions that appear
are subject to change. All insurance products referred
to in this Web site are subject to availability and
qualifications. Other terms, conditions, and exclusions
may apply. Not all products and services are available
in all geographic areas. Your eligibility for particular
products and services is subject to final Ark Assurance
Group, Inc. determination and acceptance. Investment
products are not obligations of or guaranteed by Ark
Assurance Group, Inc. Investment services are not bank
deposits or insured by the FDIC or any other entity, and
are subject to investment risks, including possible loss
of the principal amount invested.
SPECIAL SITE SECURITY NOTICE
This website is owned and maintained on private
computers. Unauthorized access to or use of this
website, as well as any web sites to which this site is
linked, is not permitted, and constitutes a crime
punishable by law (18 USC Section 1030).
NO WARRANTY
THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THIS SITE,
INCLUDING TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS OR OTHER ITEMS ARE
PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE." Guaranty DOES NOT
WARRANT THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS
INFORMATION AND MATERIALS AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS
LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THIS INFORMATION
AND MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, IMPLIED, EXPRESS
OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS,
TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, IS GIVEN IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL GUARANTY INSURANCE SERVICES, ITS PARENT
COMPANY, AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT OR
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
LOSSES OR EXPENSES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE
OR USE THEREOF OR INABILITY TO USE BY ANY PARTY, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR,
OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR
TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE,
EVEN IF GUARANTY INSURANCE SERVICES, OR REPRESENTATIVES
THEREOF, ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES,
LOSSES OR EXPENSES.
HYPERLINKS
This web site may provide links or reference to other
sites as a convenience to the users of this web site.
HYPERLINKS TO OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES ARE AT YOUR OWN
RISK. While The Ark endeavors to provide links only to
those sites that are reputable and safe, we cannot be
held responsible for the information, products, or
services obtained on such other sites and will not be
liable for any damages arising from your access to such
sites. The content, accuracy, opinions expressed, and
other links provided by these resources are not
investigated, verified, monitored or endorsed by Ark
Assurance Group, Inc.
SUBMISSIONS
All information submitted to The Ark via this site shall
be deemed and remain the property of The Ark and The ARk
shall be free to use, for any purpose, any ideas,
concepts, know-how or techniques contained in
information a visitor to this site provides The Ark
through this site. The Ark shall not be subject to any
obligations of confidentiality regarding submitted
information except as agreed by the The Ark entity
having the direct customer relationship or as otherwise
specifically agreed or required by law.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
The Ark advocates the protection of childrens'
identities and privacy online. In that regard, this
website is not directed to children. Furthermore, The
Ark does not knowingly market its products and services
to children, nor does it knowingly solicit data from
children.
LINKING AND LOGO USE AGREEMENT: ARK ASSURANCE GROUP,
INC. CONDITIONS
If you would like to link to our Web Site (the "Web
Site") through display of a clickable name or our logo
("Logo") on your Internet site, you may do so, provided
you have contacted us in advance of your intended use
and agree to the conditions described below. By
displaying our Logo and/or establishing a link to our
Web Site, you will be deemed to have agreed to these
conditions.
Contact:
info@arkassurance.com to notify us of your intended
use of our Logo on your site. To ensure that you use the
proper format of our Logo, we will provide one via
e-mail upon receipt of your request.
Conditions
1. You may establish links to any of our Web Site pages
other than password-protected areas. If you display our
Logo or create a link to our Web Site, we grant you a
limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free
license to use our Logo solely for the purpose of
serving as a link from your web site to our Web site or
for displaying certain limited information about our
company, products or services. Except for the limited
license granted in this paragraph, you may not use our
Logo for any reason without our prior written
permission. You may not give our Logo to anyone else.
2. You acknowledge that
all rights to our Logo, the content appearing on our Web
Site, and the look and feel of our Web Site belong to us
and/or our third party licensors. You will not at any
time directly or indirectly contest or infringe these
rights. 3. You
will not create frames around our Web Site or use other
techniques that alter the visual presentation of our Web
Site. 4. You will
not display our Logo in any manner that falsely implies
that we are endorsing or guaranteeing you or your
products, information, recommendations or services, or
in a manner that implies a false affiliation or
relationship between your company and our company. You
will not use our Logo to indicate the origin of any
product or service that you offer.
5. You will not present
disparaging, inaccurate, false, or misleading
impressions or statements about our company, products or
services. 6. Your
web site will not contain materials that may be
interpreted as distasteful, offensive, defamatory,
libelous, threatening, unlawfully harassing, obscene,
pornographic or indecent, or that violate any law,
statute, ordinance or regulation, including but not
limited to the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit
Opportunity Act.
7. You will not alter any element of our Logo, including
its size, proportions, font, design, arrangements or
colors; will not animate, morph or otherwise distort our
Logo; and will not use our Logo as a feature or design
element of any other logo.
8. You will display our
Logo in a manner which is less prominent than your
names, logos, and trademarks.
9. You will include the
following notice on any Internet site you create that
includes our Logo: "The Ark Assurance Group, Inc. Logo
is a trademark of Ark Assurance Group, Inc. Used by
permission." 10.
We shall have no responsibility or liability for any
content appearing on your web site.
11. Your establishment, or
the existence, of any link to our Web Site does not
require us to, or result in our agreement or
understanding to, provide any thing of value to you or
refer any business to you.
12. We may at any time, in
our sole discretion, immediately require you to
discontinue your use of our name, our Logo, and your
link to our Web Site.
13. This agreement applies
only to Internet web sites and not to other uses, such
as documentation, product packaging or other advertising
or marketing materials which are governed by other legal
agreements. 14.
WE DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY THAT MAY BE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
REGARDING OUR LOGO, INCLUDING WARRANTIES AGAINST
INFRINGEMENT. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY US FROM AND AGAINST
ANY CLAIMS, LOSS, LIABILITY OR DAMAGE (INCLUDING LEGAL
FEES) ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF OUR NAME, OUR LOGO, OR
YOUR LINK TO OUR WEB SITE.
15. We may amend these
Conditions at any time. You agree to abide by these
Conditions and other legal terms and conditions on our
Web Site, as amended from time to time. All terms and
conditions related to the use of our name, our Logo and
our Web Site will be construed according to the laws of
Texas, United States of America, without regard to its
conflict of law provisions. We reserve the right to take
action against any use that does not conform with these
Conditions, infringes any of our intellectual or other
rights, or violates any other applicable law.
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