RateQuote

Terms & Conditions

LAST UPDATED Mar 9, 2022

Welcome to the website of RateQuote.com LLC (“Company”, “RateQuote”, “we” or “us”). The following terms and conditions (these “Terms of Use”), together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference, govern your access to and use of https://www.ratequote.com (the “Website”), including any content, functionality and services offered on or through the Website and any related applications, networks, communication channels or other services provided by us (collectively, the “Services”), whether as a guest or a registered user.

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website, including submission of a request for quotes through the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, found at https://www.ratequote.com/privacy-policy/, supplemented by the Privacy Notice for California Residents, found at https://www.ratequote.com/ca-privacy-notice/ (the “Privacy Policy”), incorporated herein by reference. All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. It is our policy to post any changes we make to these Terms of Use on this page with a notice on the Website home page. If we make material changes to these Terms of Use, we will notify you by email to the primary email address specified in your account or through a notice on the Website home page. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Governing Law and Jurisdiction will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or prior to the date the change is posted on the Website. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you.

Your continued use of the Website or any of our Services following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page frequently so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

I. Services

RateQuote provides users the opportunity to receive insurance quotations from various insurance service providers, including brokers, carriers and agents. RateQuote is not an insurance agent or carrier. We do not (i) endorse specific insurance companies or types of insurance policies, (ii) provide insurance advice of any kind, or (iii) guarantee that any insurance service provider will contact you or agree to provide you with coverage. We are not responsible for the conduct of the insurance service providers that are matched with your Quote Request Form. The coverage provided by any insurance service provider will be subject to the applicable terms and conditions of the insurance policy.

II. Eligibility

This Website and our Services are offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the United States or any of its territories or possessions. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website or any of the Services.

III. Accessing the Website and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users.

You can browse the Website without registering for an account, but in order to access some of the Services, you will be required to register for an account and/or complete a Quote Request Form, which requires you to provide certain information, depending on the insurance quote requested, such as your email address, phone number, date of birth, gender, vehicle information, incidents and insurance status, homeowner status, driver’s license status, credit score, marital status and military status (“User Data”). User Data includes the information you submit to us in order to receive insurance quotes, including your credit score. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website, receive an insurance quotation or otherwise, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

You acknowledge and agree that the User Data you provide on the Website is correct, current and complete and that you are solely responsible for the accuracy and the content of the User Data.

When you register, you must provide a password or other information as part of our security procedures, and you will be provided with a user name. You acknowledge and agree that you will treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You should use particular caution when accessing your account or our Services from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or personal information. You accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your user account.

We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, and to delete or destroy any User Data at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

By providing us with contact information through the Website or any of the Services, you agree to receive communications from us, either directly, on our Website, or through a third party, including vie email, calls and text messages. We may also contact you by telephone using an automated dialing system along with a pre-recorded message or interactive voice response system. These calls may be for information and marketing purposes, including to provide you with information about RateQuote’s services or your insurance applications. Standard text message and minute charges applied by your cell phone carrier will apply. If you wish to opt out of these communications, please either follow the unsubscribe options in the email itself or email RateQuote at info@ratequote.com. You may update your contact information by contacting us at info@ratequote.com or by updating your user account online. Additionally, by submitting requests for quotes through our Services, you consent to be contacted by the service providers via email or telephone. Any request to opt out of such communications must be directed to such service provider.

IV. Personal Use

We are making the Services available to you for your personal and non-commercial use only. You may not (and you agree not to) use, copy, distribute, transmit, broadcast, sell, or do anything else with the Services for any other purpose.

We reserve the right to discontinue any aspect of the Website and the Services at any time.

V. Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof) (the “Licensed Content”), are owned by the Company, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. The Company name, the Company logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company.

RateQuote grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the Website on a computer or other device and the Licensed Content; provided that you do not and do not allow any third party to copy, reproduce, distribute, reverse engineer or otherwise exploit any content, code, data or materials on the Website. You agree not to modify the Website in any manner or form, nor to use modified versions of the Website for any purpose. Except as provided in this Section V, no right, title or interest in or to the Website or any Licensed Content is transferred to you. RateQuote, its licensors and other providers retain all respective right, title and interest (including all copyright, trade secret, trademark, patent and other rights) in and to the Website (including its interface and any underlying software or technology) and the Licensed Content. Any use of the Website or the Licensed Content not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

You may use the Licensed Content only in connection with use of the Services and only as expressly permitted, and you may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the Licensed Content.

If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of these Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

VI. User Contributions

The Website may contain personal profiles, bulletin boards and other interactive features (collectively, "Interactive Services") that allow users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, "post") content or materials (collectively, "User Contributions") on or through the Website.

All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use. You are solely responsible for any User Contribution you post on the Website, and the consequences of posting or publishing it. We are not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Website.

Any User Contribution you post to the Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Website, you grant us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.

You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to us and our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and our respective licensees, successors and assigns. All of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use.

VII. Prohibited Uses and Content Standards

You may use the Website and the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website or the Services:

In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise.
To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the Content Standards set out in this Section VII.
To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail", "chain letter" or "spam" or any other similar solicitation.
To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses associated with any of the foregoing).
To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Services, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website or expose them to liability.
To post User Contributions that contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.
To post User Contributions that promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
To post User Contributions that infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
To post User Contributions that violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
To post User Contributions that would be likely to deceive any person.
To post User Contributions that promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.
To post User Contributions that contain lies, falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage us or anyone else.

Additionally, you agree not to:

Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party's use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.
Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.
Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent.
Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website or the Services.
Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website.
Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website or the Services.

VIII. Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right to:

Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion.
Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates these Terms of Use, including the Content Standards in Section VII, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public or could create liability for the Company.
Disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy.
Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.

Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Website. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

We do not undertake to review material before it is posted on the Website, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in Section VI and this Section VIII.

IX. Digital Millennium Copyright Act

DMCA Notification. We comply with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act applicable to Internet service providers (17 U.S.C. §512, as amended). If you have an intellectual property rights complaint about material posted on the Website, you may contact our Designated Agent:

Notice Procedure. Any notice alleging that materials hosted by or distributed through the Services infringe intellectual property rights must include the following information:

an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other right being infringed;
a description of the copyright-protected work or other intellectual property right that you claim has been infringed;
a description of the material that you claim is infringing and where it is located on the Services;
your address, telephone number, and email address;
a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the use of those materials on the Services is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
a statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate and that, under penalty of perjury, you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

Repeat Infringers. RateQuote will promptly terminate without notice the accounts of users that we determine to be “Repeat Infringers.” A Repeat Infringer is a user who has been notified of infringing activity or has had User Contributions removed from the Website at least twice.

X. Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

This Website includes content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users and third-party licensors, affiliates, aggregators and insurance service providers. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

XI. Changes to the Website

We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

XII. Linking to the Website and Social Media Features

RateQuote may provide tools through the Services that enable you to export information, including User Contributions, to third party services, including through features that allow you to link your account on RateQuote with an account on the third party service, such as Facebook or Google, or through our implementation of third party buttons (such as “like” or “share” buttons). By using one of these tools, you agree that we may transfer that information to the applicable third party service. Third party services are not under our control, and we are not responsible for any third party service’s use of your exported information. The website from which you are linking, or on which you make certain content accessible, must comply in all respects with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. We may disable all or any social media features and any links at any time without notice in our discretion.

XIII. Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements and insurance quotes, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

XIV. Geographic Restrictions

We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

XV. Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our Website for any reconstruction of any lost data. Use of the Services is at your own risk. The Services are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. RateQuote and its affiliates, suppliers and partners expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

RateQuote and its affiliates, suppliers and partners make no warranty that:

The Website or the Services will meet your requirements.
The Website or the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.
There will be no errors in the Website or the Services or that RateQuote will fix any errors.

Any materials downloaded or otherwise obtained through use of the Website or the Services are provided at your own discretion and risk, and RateQuote shall not be responsible for any damage caused to your computer or data or for any bugs, viruses, trojan horses or other destructive code resulting from use of the Website or the Services.

The foregoing does not affect any warranties which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

XVI. Limitation on Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

The foregoing paragraph does not affect any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

XVII. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website's content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from the Website.

XVIII. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Delaware, You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

XIX. Limitation on Time to File Claims

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

XX. Class Action Waiver

You hereby agree that any dispute or claim that you may have arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or the Website shall be brought individually and you shall not join such claim with claims of any other person or entity or bring, join or participate in a class action against the Company.

XXI. Waiver and Severability

No waiver by the Company of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

XXII. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Advertising Disclosure constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and RateQuote.com LLC with respect to the Website and the Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website and the Services.

XXIII. Contact Information

This website is operated by RateQuote.com LLC [164 Market Street Ste. 307, Charleston, SC 29401]. All feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to: info@ratequote.com.

Thank you for visiting the Website.