United Insurance Brokers Limited (UIBL) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information that we process in connection with the services we provide to our clients. This privacy notice describes how we may collect and use personal information about you. When using the UIBL website, this privacy policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our website terms and conditions that you will find there.
In this privacy policy, references to “we” or “us” or “United Insurance Brokers” or “UIBL” are references to United Insurance Brokers Limited.
UIBL is a privately owned independent international insurance and reinsurance broker. In order to arrange insurance cover and handle insurance claims, UIBL need to use and share personal information. This makes us a “data controller” for any personal information you provide to us and this means that we must comply with data protection laws. This privacy policy describes how we may collect and use your personal information.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy please contact our Data Protection Representative using the details set out in section 8.
To arrange insurance cover and handle insurance claims, UIBL and other participants in the insurance industry are required to use and share personal data. For an overview of how and why the insurance industry is required to use and share personal data, please refer to the Insurance Market Core Uses Information Notice (the LMA Notice). UIBL’s use of ‘personal data’ is consistent with the LMA Notice.
When we provide our services, we will sometimes ask for or receive special categories of personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office website (which can be accessed here) provides a full list of what is considered special categories of personal information. Out of these categories, there will be limited circumstances when UIBL will use such information, for example UIBL may collect information relating to your health to assess and process your claim under a corporate health insurance policy and in certain circumstances we will also collect details about criminal convictions, for example when you apply for motor fleet cover we will ask if the individuals who will benefit from the cover have any previous motor convictions.
Where you provide personal information to us about other individuals we will also be a data controller of their personal information. You should refer them to this privacy policy before supplying us with their information on their behalf.
In order to make this privacy policy as user friendly as possible, we have split it into different sections depending on our relationship with you. Please click on the section below that is applicable to you and that describes the relationship you have with us.
We will use your personal information to provide you with information about, and invite you to, events that we have organised, such as corporate golf days, seminars and lectures. We may also contact you to explore new business opportunities.
If you wish to opt out of this marketing, you may do so by responding to any marketing email communication confirming that you would like to opt out. Otherwise, you can always contact us using the details set out in section 8 to update your contact preferences.
We will keep your personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes set out in section 2 above and to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations. The exact time period will depend on your relationship with us and the type of personal information we hold about you, for example:
When determining how long to retain your personal information, we will also take into consideration a number of factors, including whether there are any existing contractual obligations we may owe you or you may owe us, and whether there are anticipated or actual disputes, complaints or legal proceedings.
If you would like further information regarding the periods for which your personal information will be stored, please contact us using the details set out in section 8.
We may sometimes transfer your personal information to countries outside of the United Kingdom (“UK”) for the processing purposes outlined in this Policy, such as when we transfer information to third party suppliers who are based outside the UK, or when third parties who act on our behalf transfer your personal information to countries outside the UK.
When such a transfer takes place we take appropriate safeguarding measures to ensure that your personal information is adequately protected. We do so in a number of ways, including:
If you would like further information regarding our data transfers and the steps we take to safeguard your personal information, please contact us using the details set out in section 8.
If you receive something suspicious, please report it to our data protection representative using the details set out in section 8.
Under data protection laws you have a number of rights in relation to the personal information that we hold about you, which we describe below. These rights might not apply in every circumstance. You can exercise your rights by contacting us at any time using the details in section 8. We will not usually charge you to respond to such a request.
Please note that although we take your rights seriously, there may be some circumstances where we cannot comply with your request, such as where complying with it would mean that we could not comply with our own legal or regulatory requirements. In these instances we will let you know why we cannot comply with your request.
If you would like further information about any of the matters in this notice, or if you have any other questions about how we collect, store or use your personal information, please contact our Data Protection Representative by emailing UIBLDPR@uib.co.uk, or telephoning us on +44 (0)20 7488 0551.
From time to time we may need to make changes to this notice, for example, as the result of changes to law, technologies, or other developments. We will provide you with the most up-to-date notice and you can check our website here periodically to view it.
This notice was last updated on 17 February 2021.