California Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 18, 2023

This CCPA Privacy Policy explains how Beazley Insurance Company, Inc. and Beazley America Insurance Company, Inc., and Beazley USA Services, Inc. (“we” or “us”) collect, use, and disclose personal information subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended (including by the California Privacy Rights Act). “Personal information” is information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident (“consumer”) or household. This CCPA Privacy Policy also describes the privacy rights of California consumers and how they can exercise those rights.

The CCPA may apply to personal information we collect in connection with providing products or services to businesses and providing products or services to individuals. The CCPA does not apply to certain types of information, such as information subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA”) or the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). This means that this CCPA Privacy Policy may not apply to personal information that we collect about individuals who seek, apply for, or obtain insurance products or services for personal, family, or household purposes.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect, and in the past 12 months may have collected, the categories of personal information described below from the sources described below. Some of this personal information may be subject to HIPAA, CMIA, GLBA or FCRA.

Directly From You
We collect, and in the past 12 months have collected, the following categories of personal information about you that you include in your application or other forms that you submit, or that you otherwise provide to us:

• Personal identifiers, such as name, postal address, email address, policy number, account number, or geolocation information
• Customer records information, such as financial information or phone number
• Protected information, such as gender, age, or marital status
• Commercial information, such as records of personal property and insurance products or services purchased or obtained, purchasing or consuming histories, or transaction or account information
• Professional or employment related information, such as work history
• Education information, such as school and date of graduation
• Sensitive personal information, such as Social Security number, driver’s license number, or passport number; financial account information; racial or ethnic origin; religious beliefs; health insurance information or other information about health; sexual orientation; and precise geolocation.

From Our Affiliates and Third Parties
We may collect the following categories of personal information about you from our affiliates and other third parties, such as agents, brokers, consumer reporting agencies, or loss adjusters:

• Personal identifiers, such as name, postal address, email address, policy number, account number, or geolocation information
• Customer records information, such as financial information or phone number
• Protected information, such as gender, age, or marital status
• Commercial information, such as information about your transactions with our affiliates or other parties (e.g., balances and payment history), records of personal property and insurance products or services purchased or obtained, purchasing or consuming histories, transaction or account information, credit-worthiness, claims history, or credit history 
• Professional or employment related information, such as work history
• Education information, such as school and date of graduation
• Sensitive personal information, such as precise geolocation, Social Security number, driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number, bank account information, race or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation

We may also draw inferences from the personal information we collect directly from you or from our affiliates and third parties.

HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
The purposes for which we use personal information depend on our relationship or interaction with a specific California consumer. We may use, and in the past 12 months may have used, personal information to underwrite your insurance policy and evaluate claims under your policy; to operate and manage our business; to provide and maintain our insurance products and services; to verify your identity; to detect and prevent fraud; for vendor management purposes; to operate, manage, and maintain our business, such as developing and marketing our products and services; to conduct research and data analysis; to comply with applicable laws; to respond to civil, criminal, or regulatory lawsuits or investigations; to exercise our rights or defend against legal claims; to resolve complaints and disputes; to perform compliance activities; and to perform institutional risk control.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE
We may disclose, and in the past 12 months may have disclosed, each of the categories of personal information described in “Personal Information We Collect” for the purposes described in “How We Use Personal Information” to the following categories of third parties:

• Affiliates
• Agents
• Brokers
• Service providers, such as loss adjusters, fraud prevention services, and software providers
• Regulatory and law enforcement agencies
• Attorneys, auditors, and other business partners

In the past 12 months, we did not sell personal information, as the terms “sell” and “share” are defined under the CCPA.

We use and disclose sensitive personal information only for the following purposes: (i) to perform services or provide goods reasonably expected by an average consumer; (ii) to prevent, detect, and investigate security incidents; (iii) to resist malicious or illegal actions directed at us and prosecute those responsible; (iv) to ensure the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use, including non-personalized advertising; (vi) to perform internal services; (vii) to verify, maintain, or improve the quality or safety of our products or services; and (viii) for purposes that do not infer characteristics about you.

RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In general, we retain personal information for as long as needed to fulfil the purposes described in this CCPA Privacy Policy or as needed to comply with our legal obligations. For example, we retain personal information to underwrite insurance policies and evaluate claims, to operate, manage, analyze, and improve our business, and to exercise and defend our rights and comply with our legal obligations for a maximum retention period of 7 years from policy expiration and not for longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal information are processed.

YOUR RIGHTS
You may have certain rights under the CCPA.  These rights are subject to certain conditions and exceptions. Your rights under the CCPA may include:

• Right to Request to Know. You have the right to request to know the following information about our practices: (i) the categories of personal information we collected about you; (ii) the categories of sources from which we collected the personal information about you; (iii) the categories of third parties with whom we shared personal information, (iv) the categories of personal information we sold or disclosed about you and the categories of third parties to whom we sold or disclosed that particular category of personal information; (v) our business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing your personal information; and (vi) the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.

You may exercise your right to request to know twice a year, free of charge. If we are unable to fulfil your request to know, we will let you know the reason why. Please note, in response to a request to know, we are prohibited from disclosing your Social Security number; driver’s license number or other government-issued identification number; financial account number; any health insurance or medical identification number; an account password, security questions and answers; or unique biometric data generated from measurements or technical analysis of human characteristics.

• Right to Request to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected from you. We may deny your request under certain circumstances, such as if we need to retain your personal information to comply with our legal obligations or if retaining the information is necessary to complete a transaction for which your personal information was collected. If we deny your request to delete, we will let you know the reason why.
• Right to Request to Correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you. We may reject your request under certain circumstances, such as we determine that the contested information is more likely than not accurate based on the totality of the circumstances.
• Right to Non-Discrimination. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in any way.
   

If you, or your authorized agent, would like to make a request to know, request to delete, or request to correct, contact us at [email protected] or mail a written request to Beazley Group located at 30 Batterson Park Road, Farmington Connecticut 06302 Attn: Compliance. 

We will take steps to verify your identity before processing your request to know, request to delete, or request to correct. We will not fulfil your request unless you have provided sufficient information for us to reasonably verify that you are the individual about whom we collected personal information. We may request additional information about you so that we can verify your identity, such as your passport, driving license, birth certificate, utility bill (from last 3 months), current vehicle registration document, or bank statement (from last 3 months). We will only use additional personal information you provide to verify your identity and to process your request.

You may use an authorized agent to submit your rights request. When we verify your agent’s request, we may verify both your and your agent’s identity and request a signed document from your agent that authorizes the agent to make the request on your behalf. To protect your personal information, we reserve the right to deny a request from an agent that does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on your behalf. You may also make a consumer request on behalf of your minor child.

UPDATES TO PRIVACY NOTICE
We may change or update this CCPA Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do so, we will post the revised CCPA Privacy Policy on this page with a new “Last Updated” date. 

CONTACTING US
If you have any questions or concerns about this CCPA Privacy Policy or would like to learn more about how we protect your privacy, please contact the agent or broker through whom you purchased this insurance policy or Us at [email protected] or mail a written request to Beazley Group located at 30 Batterson Park Road, Farmington Connecticut 06302 Attn: Compliance.