Terms & Conditions

Last updated on 7th June 2024.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING ANY OF THESE SERVICES OR PRODUCTS, AS THESE TERMS AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

  • PRIVACY: As described in Section 5 below, please review the Privacy statement for information about how The Insurer may collect, use and/or share any personal information.
  • CLASS ACTION WAIVER: By agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions, you agree that all disputes between us will be brought only on an individual basis and you are giving up the right to bring or participate in a class action. Please read Section 16 below for further information.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Age Requirement
  3. Changes to Terms
  4. Changes to Digital Products
  5. Privacy
  6. Subscription
  7. Intellectual Property; Copyright
  8. Restrictions on Use
  9. User-Generated Material
  10. Third Party Sites and Services
  11. Other Thomson Reuters Services
  12. Limitations of Our Service and Content
  13. Our Financial Responsibility to You
  14. Export Controls
  15. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction
  16. Class Action Waiver and Other Limitations
  17. General
  18. Company Details

1. Introduction

  1. This page describes the terms and conditions (the “Terms”) that govern your use of theinsurer.com, theinsurertv.com, cyberrisk-insurer.com, sustainable-insurer.com, program-manager.com, es-insurer.com and all related web domains, as well as (i) the content and related services and products available on or through those sites (including any mobile applications or newsletters) and (ii) any updates, new versions or new releases of those services and products. Individually and collectively, we’ll refer to these services and products as the “Service”.
  2. The Service is provided by Reuters News & Media Inc. and its group affiliates (being Thomson Reuters orporation and all entities directly or indirectly controlled by Thomson Reuters Corporation) (“Reuters group affiliate(s)”), which we’ll refer to individually and collectively as “Reuters,” “we”, “us”, or “our”.
  3. These Terms are for the benefit of each Reuters group affiliate and each such Reuters group affiliate may enforce these Terms.
  4. Certain features or components of the Service may be subject to additional terms and conditions, including user guidelines or other rules, which will be posted on the applicable Service. Those additional terms and conditions are part of these Terms.
  5. Please read this page carefully. You agree that by accessing, using and/or downloading the Service, you agree to be legally bound and consent to these Terms. If any of these Terms are unacceptable to you, you must stop using the Service. For those users who do not complete the registration process, your access to the Service may be limited.
  6. If you access the Service under a group subscription agreement (e.g., corporations, organizations, institutions, etc.), then your access and use are also governed by that particular agreement between Reuters and your group. You agree that you are bound by and consent to all of these Terms; however if there is any inconsistency or dispute between these Terms and the group subscription agreement, then the terms of the relevant group subscription agreement will prevail to the extent of the inconsistency or dispute.
  7. If you access (or download) the Service through any third party platform or service, the applicable terms and conditions for such third party platform or service may apply in addition to these Terms and you agree that you are subject to such application or platforms terms in addition to these Terms.

2. Age Requirement

By using the Service, you agree that you are at least 18 years old.

3. Changes to Terms

From time to time, we may revise these Terms without giving prior notice. If we do make such revisions, we will post an updated version on this site (and update the “Last updated on _____” reference above). By continuing to use the Service after the updated version has been posted, you agree that you accept any changes to these Terms. If you do not accept these changes, please stop using the Service.

4. Changes to Digital Products

From time to time, we may make changes to the Service without prior notice, which could include modifying, discontinuing, or disabling the Service, or modifying the registration options available to users. For example, we may automatically update or upgrade the version of the Service you may be using on your mobile device. You agree to any such changes and agree that these Terms will apply to all such changes.

5. Privacy

Please review the World Business Media Privacy statement (found at: https://www.wbm-digital.com/privacy-statement/) for a description of our privacy practices. By creating an account, making a purchase, or otherwise using our Services (including viewing our content), you acknowledge and agree that we may and will collect, use, transfer, disclose, and otherwise process your personal information as described in our Privacy statement. Without limiting the foregoing and for clarity, you agree that we may transfer your personal information (a) outside of your home country to another country where the laws may not provide an equivalent level of protection and (b) to third parties in accordance with our Privacy statement.

6. Subscription

  1. As part of the subscription process, you will be required to create a user account (including your email address and password). If you do not complete the registration process, you will not be able to access those parts of the Service available to registered users.
  2. You agree and promise that the information provided by you to us, including during the registration process, is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge. You will promptly inform us of any changes to your information.
  3. You are not allowed to share your login details or give your login details to anyone else. Your registration is for your single use only. You are responsible for the use or misuse of any login details you create as part of the registration process and for maintaining its confidentiality. You must promptly notify us of any actual or suspected confidentiality breach or unauthorized use of your login details or account by contacting your customer support representative or account manager.
  4. If you fail to comply with this Section 6, we may immediately suspend or terminate your access and/or registration to the Service.

7. Intellectual Property; Copyright

  1. All the materials on the Service – the text, photographs, video, audio, graphics, metadata, quotes, data, information, the overall “look and feel,” and all protectable intellectual property (collectively, the “Content”) – is the property of Reuters or, in some cases, its licensors.
  2. The Service and Content are protected by copyrights, trademarks, design rights, patents, trade secrets, database rights, sui generis rights, and other intellectual or proprietary rights under U.S. and international laws. You agree that all intellectual property rights in the Service and the Content (in whole and in part) are and shall remain the property of Reuters and the Reuters group affiliates and/or our licensors. No intellectual property rights in the Content or in the Service are transferred to you.
  3. Except for the limited license described herein, you are not conferred any right in the Content or in the Service, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, under copyright or other intellectual property laws, either now or in the future.
  4. For further information, including about purchasing re-prints of certain Content through our third-party providers, please refer to the Thomson Reuters Copyright page, which is part of these Terms.

 

8. Restrictions on Use

  1. UNLESS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN YOUR GROUP SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT, THE SERVICE AND THE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED BY REUTERS AND ITS LICENSORS TO YOU FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL USE AND INFORMATION ONLY, AND YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICE OR THE CONTENT FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.
  2. You promise that you are accessing, using, and/or registering to the Service in your personal, individual capacity (except, if applicable, where your access falls under a group subscription agreement in accordance with Section 1(f)). You agree not to use, transfer, distribute, and/or dispose of the Service or Content in any manner that could compete with the business of The Insurer, Reuters or any of its partners. You may not use the Content or Service, including without limitation, any Content made available through an RSS feed, in any commercial product or service, without our prior written consent.
  3. Without our prior written consent, you may not:
    1. remove, alter, forward, scrape, frame, in-line link, copy, sell, distribute, retransmit, create derivative works or otherwise make available (to third parties and/or on another website, app, blog, product, or service) the Content, except as occasionally permitted by certain sharing features in the Service that explicitly allow you to share Content or links to Content with a few other individuals.
    2. use any robots, spiders, scripts, service, software or manual or automatic device, tool, or process designed to data mine or scrape the Content, data or information from the Service, or otherwise access or collect the Content, data or information from the Service using automated means.
    3. use the Service or Content for any purpose relating to the development and training of any machine learning (“ML”) and artificial intelligence (“AI”) activities and technologies, including, but not limited to using the Service or Content to build, train, enhance or tune any AI or ML technologies. You may not, at any time, directly or indirectly, use the Service or Content for any purpose relating to the development and training of any machine learning (“ML”) and artificial intelligence (“AI”) activities and technologies, including, but not limited to using the Service or Content to build, create, train, retrain, enhance or tune any AI or ML technologies (whether belonging to you or a third party).
    4. reverse engineer, circumvent, decrypt, decompile, disassemble, modify, or otherwise attempt (using services, software, or any manual or automatic device, tool, or process) to alter or interfere with the Service, any feature or component of the Service, any restriction, condition, or technological measure that controls access to the Service in any way, or any content in the Service; or make any unauthorized use thereof.
    5. cache or archive the Content (except for a public search engine’s use of spiders for creating search indices).
    6. access any part of the Service or Content that you do not have permission or authorization to access or for which we have suspended or terminated your access.
    7. do anything that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our network or infrastructure.
    8. do anything that could disable, damage, or otherwise alter or change the functioning, transmission, or appearance of the Service or Content, including content created by third parties such as advertisers, sponsors, or other users.
  4. You promise to abide by exclusionary protocols (such as Robots.txt, Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP), etc.) that may be used in connection with the Service.
  5. Engaging in a prohibited use of the Service or Content, or assisting in such use, may result in civil liability, criminal prosecution, sanctions, or some combination therein, under applicable federal, state, or local laws and regulations, or applicable foreign laws, rules, regulations, and treaties. Without prejudice to the other provisions under these Terms, we also reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access and/or use if you breach any of the provisions under this Section.

9. User-Generated Material

  1. The Service may have certain features that allow you or other users to comment on, discuss, upload, submit, link to, or otherwise provide content (e.g., information, graphics, videos, images). We’ll refer to that material collectively as “User Material”. User Material is subject to these Terms as well as any additional guidelines or rules that are posted on the parts of the Service where you can provide User Material.
  2. You agree that you will not provide any User Material that:
    • violates anyone’s copyright, trademark or other proprietary right;
    • contains any form of advertising or promotion for goods and services, or any spam or other form of unsolicited communication;
    • is abusive, illegal, defamatory, indecent, obscene, pornographic, offensive, discriminatory (e.g., on the basis of race, nationality, religion, nationality, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, region, or disability), or threatening in any way;
    • encourages anyone to break the law;
    • interferes with the privacy of another user;
    • contains malware, viruses, spyware, or other software, files, or code designed that could interrupt, destroy, limit, or otherwise harm the Service;
    • misrepresents your identity, affiliation, or status, or otherwise contains false or misleading statements with an intent to defraud;
    • collects or stores other users’ personal data;
    • uses automated means to upload, submit, or post content;
    • gives rise to any liability or violates any applicable local, state, federal, national or international law or regulation.
  3. By posting User Material, you agree that you are legally permitted to upload, submit, or post that User Material. You also agree that you are legally and financially responsible for any claims against us by any third party relating to your User Material or your posting of it.
  4. You agree that by uploading, submitting, or posting User Material, we have a right unlimited in time to publish, re-use, archive, edit, display, modify, delete, or commercially exploit that User Material in whole or in part as we see fit, whether on the Service or otherwise, without any requirement to pay you or to credit you. In other words, by posting User Material you are granting us a non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use your User Material in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever. You also irrevocably waive any “moral rights” or other attribution or authorship rights you may have in the User Material. We do not have an obligation to store User Material for any period of time, and we may remove or delete any User Material for any reason, at any time and without giving you notice.

10. Third Party Sites and Services

  1. The Service may include content created by third parties, including advertisers, sponsors, or other users. We may also link to, reference, or promote websites, applications and/or services from third parties.
  2. We do not guarantee the accuracy of or endorse the views or opinions given by such third parties. We are not responsible for, and do not control such non-Reuters websites, applications, products, or services. Any dealings you have with any third party—including advertisers or sponsors—are solely between you and that third party.

11. Other Thomson Reuters Services

Other Thomson Reuters-related entities may discuss, offer, or promote additional services on the Service. Those services may be outside the scope of these Terms and may require a separate agreement with the appropriate Thomson Reuters entity.

12. Limitations of Our Service and Content

  1. The Service and Content are provided for informational purposes only. You understand that the Content on the Service does not constitute any form of tax, legal, or investment advice or opinion regarding the suitability, value or profitability of any particular security, portfolio or investment strategy. The mention of a particular security on the Service does not constitute a recommendation for you to buy, sell, refrain from buying, or hold that or any other security, financial product, or investment.
  2. We and our licensors are not liable for any errors, inaccuracies, or delays in the Service or any Content, or for any actions taken by you in reliance on the Service or Content. You agree that your use of the Service or the Content is at your sole risk.
  3. We do not provide any promises or warranties about the Service or the Content, which are provided to you on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We do not make any promises about the Service or the Content, or of the quality, completeness, or accuracy of the Content available on or linked to from the Service. In other words, we disclaim all responsibility for any loss, injury claim, liability, or damage of any kind resulting or related to your access, use, or the unavailability of the Service (or any part thereof).

13. Our Financial Responsibility to You

To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, we will not be liable—jointly or severally—for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, incidental, punitive, or exemplary damages, including but not limited to lost profits, lost savings, and lost revenues, whether in negligence, tort, contract, or any other theory of liability, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages or could have foreseen any such damages. The limitations of liability in these Terms shall apply for the benefit of our officers, directors, employees, agents, or any company to whom we may transfer our rights and obligations to in accordance with these Terms.

14. Export Controls

By using the Services contained herein, you: (a) agree to abide by the export and sanctions regulations of Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and of the United States, including the US Export Administration Regulations and the US Office of Foreign Assets Control Regulations (collectively, “Trade Regulations”); and (b) represent and warrant that you are not a specially designated, denied
or unverified party as described in such Trade Regulations.

15. Choice of Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall (to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law) be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York in the United States, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, you hereby agree that any disputes arising under or in connection with these Terms or the Service shall be submitted for resolution to federal and state courts in New York County in the State of New York, and you hereby waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.

16. Class Action Waiver and Other Limitations

  1. YOU AND REUTERS BOTH AGREE TO WAIVE OUR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO FILE OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION. ALL CLAIMS AND DISPUTES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THESE TERMS MUST BE LITIGATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS BASIS OR THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN A CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. CLAIMS OR DISPUTES OF MORE THAN ONE USER CANNOT BE LITIGATED JOINTLY OR CONSOLIDATED WITH THOSE OF ANY OTHER USER WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES. Accordingly, you agree that you will not sue Reuters as a class plaintiff or class representative, join as a class member, or participate as an adverse party in any way in a class action lawsuit against Reuters. Nothing in this paragraph, however, limits your rights to bring a lawsuit as an individual plaintiff.
  2. To the fullest extent permitted by law: (i) any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to your use of the Service or these Terms must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred and (ii) any claim by you that may arise in connection with these Terms will be compensable by monetary damages and you will in no event be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief

17. General

  1. These Terms contain the entire agreement between us regarding your use of the Service and supersedes all previous agreements (if any).
  2. If a court or other valid authority determines that any provision of the Terms is void, invalid, unenforceable, or illegal, such provision(s) will be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions will remain and not otherwise be affected.
  3. If we do not enforce any provision of the Terms, that will not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such a provision or our right to enforce it.
  4. The United National Convention on the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to the Terms, the Service, or any Content.

18. Company Details

Country & Legal Entity  Address & Contact Details

 

Tax ID
USA:

 

Reuters News & Media Inc.

 

 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10017

 

+1 (833) 282 6915

82-5086673
United Kingdom:

 

Reuters News & Media Ltd

 

 Five Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ

 

+44 207 94 94864

GB 900 5487 43