Welcome to ampublic.com. The Site is provided by American Public Life (the "Company") as a service to the
public and our customers. The following basic rules govern your use of the Site (the "Agreement"). Note
that your use of the Site constitutes your unconditional agreement to follow and be bound by these Terms
and Conditions. The Company reserves the right to update or modify these Terms and Conditions at any time
without prior notice. Your use of ampublic.com following any such change constitutes your unconditional
agreement to follow and be bound by the Terms and Conditions as changed. For this reason, we encourage you
to periodically review these Terms and Conditions.
1. USE OF THIS SITE
The Site and all its Contents are intended solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You agree to use
this Web Site in a prudent fashion, and agree to fully determine on your own, the usefulness of any information
provided herein as you make decisions regarding its content. You may download or copy the Contents and other
downloadable materials displayed on the Site for your personal use only. No right, title or interest in any
downloaded materials or software is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. You
may not reproduce (except as noted above), publish, re-publish, upload, post, re-post, reverse engineer, re-use,
alter, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of
or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Contents, the Site or any related software. All software
used on this site is the property of the Company or its suppliers and is protected by U.S. and international
copyright laws. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission,
republication, display, or performance, of the content on this site is strictly prohibited. The American
Public Life logo is a trademark of American Public Life Insurance Company.
2. GENERAL
The Company reserves the right at any time, at its sole discretion, to change, alter, improve, downgrade,
modify, suspend - temporarily or permanently, or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Site, including,
but not limited to, Content, hours of availability and equipment and/or software required for access or use
of the Site or any portion thereof to the full extent allowed by law, at any time, with or without notice.
The Company shall have no obligation or liability to any party regarding any change, alteration, improvement,
downgrade, modification, discontinuance, or suspension to any part of this or any Company-related Website,
including this Agreement or the Company's Privacy Policy, or any other information, data, programs or products
contained on or described on this Web Site. The Company may also change the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement and any subsequent use of the Website by you constitutes your agreement to such changed terms
and conditions. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to the Company.
The materials contained herein and any related Company Websites, both text and graphics, are presented for
informational and illustrative purposes only. Nothing on the Site is intended as, nor should it be construed
as, an offer to sell or an invitation to buy any product or service currently offered by the Company. The
Company's products and services are available only in those states and jurisdictions where the Company is
licensed and each product and/or service has received regulatory approval as may be required by law.
Access to and use of the Site are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without express or implied
warranties of any kind. The Company does not warrant that such access and use will be uninterrupted. The
Company cannot and does not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of any information obtained from the Site
or its applicability to your unique financial situation except where expressly required by state or federal
law. The information contained herein is presented without express or implied warranties of any kind. The
information is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, financial, legal or professional advice.
You agree to seek the advice of and consult with your own competent legal, financial or tax advisor before
you make any decision pertaining to any matter directly or indirectly related to information contained
within this Web Site.
3. COPYRIGHTS and TRADEMARKS
Unless otherwise noted, all materials, including images, text, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs,
programs, video clips and written and other materials that are part of this Site (collectively, the "Contents")
are copyrights, trademarks, trade and/or other intellectual property owned, controlled or licensed by the
Company, one of its affiliates or by third parties who have licensed their materials to the Company and are
protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement,
and assembly) of all content on this site is the exclusive property of the Company and is also protected by
U.S. and international copyright laws.
The Company and its suppliers and licensors expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in all text,
programs, products, processes, technology, content and other materials which appear on the Site. Access to
the Site does not confer and shall not be considered as conferring upon anyone any license under any of the
Company's or any third party's intellectual property rights.
The Company logo, "ampublic.com" and all related product and service names, design
marks and slogans are the trademarks or service marks of the Company. American Public LifeŽ is a registered
trademark of American Public Life. No trademark or service mark license is granted in connection with
the materials contained on this website. Access to this website does not authorize anyone to use any name, logo
or mark in any manner.
References on this Web site to any names, marks, products or services of third parties or hypertext links to
third party sites or information are provided solely as a convenience to you and do not in any way constitute
or imply the Company's endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation of the third party, information, product or
service.
4. EXTERNAL LINKS
The Site may contain links to other websites. The Company is not responsible for the availability of these
external websites nor does it endorse or is it responsible for any of the contents, advertising, products or
other materials on such external websites. Under no circumstances shall the Company be held responsible or
liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused or alleged to have been caused in connection with
the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on any such external website. Any concerns
regarding any external link should be directed to the respective website, rather than to the Company. Including
a link to an external site in the Site does not expressly state or imply that the Company has authorization
from the owner of such site to link to it. The Company is not responsible for the content of any third party
sites and does not make any representations regarding the availability, content or accuracy of material on
such sites. The Company cannot and does not monitor the sites linked to our pages on the Internet. If you
decide to link to any such third party web sites, you do so entirely at your own risk. You agree not to provide
links to this Website without the prior authorization and written consent of the Company.
5. SITE SECURITY
You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including, without
limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user, (b) logging onto a server or an account which you
are not authorized to access; (c) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network
or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (d) attempting to interfere
with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to
the Site, introducing a Disabling Device (as hereinafter defined), overloading, "flooding," "spamming,"
"mail-bombing" or "crashing;" (e) sending unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of
products or services; or (f) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any
email or newsgroup posting. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability.
The Company will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with,
law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
You agree not use this Website in a manner that inhibits or restricts other users from enjoying the same.
You agree not to post or transmit any information, software or other material that 1) contains a virus,
worm, Trojan horse, Timebomb or other harmful component; 2) is defamatory, abusive, obscene, illegal,
threatening, libelous, pornographic or profane; and 3) infringes on the privacy, intellectual property
and/or other protected rights of others, including without limitation any postings or transmissions that
would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state,
national or international law. You agree not to use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt
to interfere with the proper working of this Site or any activity being conducted on this site. You agree,
further, not to use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism
(including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search
this Site other than the search engine and search agents available from Company on the Site and generally
available third party web browsers (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer).
6. USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK, AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS
We welcome Feedback regarding the ampublic.com web site. All comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and
other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to the Company on or by this Site or otherwise disclosed,
submitted or offered in connection with your use of this Site (collectively "Feedback") shall be and remain
the Company's property. Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Feedback shall constitute an assignment
to the Company of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties
in the Feedback. Thus, the Company will own exclusively all such rights, titles and interests and shall not be
limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any Feedback. The Company will be entitled to use,
reproduce, disclose, publish and distribute any feedback you submit for any purpose whatsoever, without
restriction and without compensating you in any way. The Company is and shall be under no obligation (1) to
maintain any Feedback in confidence; (2) to pay to user any compensation for any Feedback; or (3) to respond
to any user Feedback. You agree that no Feedback submitted by you to the Site will violate any right of any
third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s). You further
agree that no Feedback submitted by you to the Site will be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive
or obscene material. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Feedback you submit.
Feedback does NOT include information you provide to the Company through the Site when you are requesting
information about your existing policies, offering to purchase additional products or services, or conducting
business transactions with the Company using the Site. For complete information about the Company's Privacy
and Personal Information Protection Practices please see our Internet Privacy Policy.
7. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold the Company harmless from and against any and all claims, damages,
costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use of the Site.
8. TERMINATION
These terms are effective unless and until terminated by either you or the Company. You may terminate this
Agreement at any time by discontinuing any further use of the Site. The Company also may terminate this
Agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Site,
if in the Company's sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement.
Upon any termination of the Agreement by either you or the Company, you must promptly destroy all materials
downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Site, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under
the terms of use or otherwise.
9. DISCLAIMER
THIS SITE AND ANY AND ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN OR IN RELATED COMPANY SITES RELATED TO THE COMPANY,
OUR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, PARENT, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN
FIDELITY GROUP(r), INCLUDING AMERICAN FIDELITY CORPORATION, AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SECURITY
GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. THE COMPANY MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE
INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE
LAW, AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, PARENT, AFFILIATES,
SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN FIDELITY GROUP(r) DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND THE COMPANY
DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION IS COMPLETE OR ACCURATE, THAT USE OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED
OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION IS FREE OF DISABLING DEVICES (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED), THAT DEFECTS WILL
BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS WEB SITE OR THE SERVER FROM WHICH IT IS ACCESSED ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES, TIMEBOMBS,
WORMS, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS WHICH MAY PREVENT USERS FROM USING A WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER
ITEM OF HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE OR MAY ERASE, SCRAMBLE, LOCK OR DISABLE COMPUTER SOFTWARE OR EQUIPMENT. SHOULD
YOU OFFER TO PURCHASE A PRODUCT FROM THE COMPANY OR A THIRD PARTY, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THAT
TRANSACTION WILL GOVERN SUCH PURCHASE; YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT AFFECT THAT PURCHASE IN ANY MANNER.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY WEBSITE,
THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THIS DISCLAIMER CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS AGREEMENT.
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS MAY
NOT APPLY TO YOU.
10. DISABLING DEVICE
A "Disabling Device" is defined as any software, document, message or other material which contains a
computer virus, worm, trojan horse, timebomb or other device which may erase, scramble, lock or disable
computer software or equipment or may prevent users from using a website or any other item of hardware or
software.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, WHETHER BASED ON TORT,
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, BAD FAITH OR OTHERWISE, SHALL AMERICAN PUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY OR ANY OF
ITS EMPLOYEES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, VENDORS, SUPPLIERS, PARENT, AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES BE
LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY COSTS, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE,
EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE
OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS OR ANY COMPANY-RELATED WEB SITE, OR ANY OTHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT HYPER-LINKED
WEBSITES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES OR CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA,
WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, VIRUSES, OMISSIONS, DELAYS, NONDELIVERY OF INFORMATION, RELIANCE ON
INFORMATION, BUSINESS OR PERSONAL INTERRUPTIONS, USE, LOSS OF PROGRAMS, LOSS OF FILES, ERRORS, DEFECTS,
DISABLING DEVICES, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN IF THE COMPANY, ITS
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, PARENT, AFFILIATES OR SUBSIDIARIES HAVE BEEN
ADVISED OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL AMERICAN PUBLIC
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF ANY FEES LEVIED BY THE COMPANY AND PAID BY YOU
IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE SITE DURING THE MONTH PRECEDING THE DATE ON WHICH THE CLAIM AROSE.
12. SOFTWARE LICENSE
Any software that is made available to download from the Site ("Software") is owned or licensed by the
Company and/or its suppliers and is subject to U.S. and international copyright, trade secret, trademark
and other laws protecting intellectual property. Use of the Software is governed by the terms of the end
user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software, unless acceptance of
a different license agreement is required prior to downloading the Software (the "License Agreement"). The
Software is made available for downloading solely for use by end users according to the License Agreement.
Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software not in accordance with the License Agreement is expressly
prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the
extent permitted by applicable law.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR
FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. THE SOFTWARE IS WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, ONLY
ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS WARRANTED IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY
HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES
AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
13. EXPORT CONTROLS.
Software from the Site is further subject to United States export controls, No software from the Site may
be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) into (or to a national, agent or resident) of any
country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of
Specially Designated Nationals, or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. By downloading or
using the Software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a
national, agent or resident of any such country or on any such list.
14. LOCALITY
The Company operates and controls the Site from its administrative offices located in the state of
Mississippi in the United States. The Company makes no representation that the information or other materials in the Site
are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you choose to access this Website outside of
the State of Mississippi through your own initiative, you are responsible for compliance with local laws, if
and to the extent local laws are applicable.
15. COMPLETE AGREEMENT
This Agreement represents the complete agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous written
or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. If any provision of this
Agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent
necessary to make it enforceable and the other terms of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
The failure of Company to act with respect to a breach of this Agreement by you or others does not constitute
a waiver and shall not limit Company's rights with respect to such breach or any subsequent breaches. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed under Oklahoma law as such law applies to agreements between
Oklahoma residents entered into and to be performed within Oklahoma, without giving effect to any principles
of conflicts of law. Any action or proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement or your use of
this Site must be brought in the state or federal courts of Oklahoma. (c) 2003 American Public Life.
All Rights Reserved.