Terms and conditions of use
These terms and conditions shall apply to Your use of the Website located at www.beaglestreet.com.
By using the Website You agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out below and if You do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions You should not use the Website.
We reserve the right to alter these terms and conditions from time to time but if We do so We shall post any such changes on the Website. Your continued use of the Website shall constitute acceptance of the amended terms and conditions.
1. Definitions
“You” and “Your” means the person using or who wishes to use the Website
“We” “Us” and “Our” means Family Assurance Friendly Society Limited (Trading as Beagle Street), their employees, agents and successors and includes any other person or business to whom We may transfer Our rights under these terms and conditions.
“Website” means www.beaglestreet.com.
2. Who regulates us?
For quotes obtained from 1 September 2023: Family Assurance Friendly Society Limited, trading as Beagle Street, is a friendly society registered and incorporated under the Friendly Societies Act 1992, registration number 939F, registered office 16-17 West Street, Brighton, BN1 2RL, is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.
For quotes obtained before 31 August 2023: Beagle Street is a trading name of BGL Direct Life Limited, registered in England & Wales no. 7810405 registered office 16-17 West Street, Brighton BN1 2RL, an appointed representative of BISL Limited, registered in England & Wales no. 3231094, registered office Fusion House, Katharine Way, Bretton, Peterborough, PE3 8BG. BISL Limited, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
3. Use of the website
3.1 By using this Website You agree that:
3.1.1 You will not do anything that affects the integrity or security of this Website or causes or may cause harm, damage or unreasonable inconvenience to other users of this Website or Us; and
3.1.2 You will not gather, extract, download, reproduce and/or display or advertise on any other Website, other online or off-line service or otherwise, any material on or from this Website, including but not limited to information relating to insurance prices, whether that information has been gained by the use of spiders, data mining, trawling or other ‘screen scraping’ software or system used to extract data.
3.2 If You breach any of the provisions set out at paragraph 3.1 above, We may take such action as We deem appropriate, including denying You access to the Website, bringing legal proceedings against You and disclosing information to appropriate legal and/or regulatory bodies.
4. Your Obligations
4.1 You must only use the Website for Your personal use.
4.2 It is Your responsibility to ensure that all information You supply to Us or enter onto the Website is complete and accurate in all respects, so please double-check Your information before submitting it.
4.3 You will need to answer a number of questions in order to obtain a quote for insurance on the Website. These questions are designed to ensure that We and/or the insurer have all the information necessary to provide You with accurate, appropriate and timely information.
4.4 The level of cover and the amount You pay is determined by the answers You provide to those questions and therefore You should answer all questions truthfully, fully and to the best of Your knowledge and belief. If You fail to provide complete and accurate information:
4.4.1 Any insurance product purchased may be void (meaning You will not be able to make a claim);
4.4.2 You may have to pay additional premiums under Your policy to reflect any increased insurance risk as a result.
5. Obtaining a quote
You did not receive advice or a recommendation from Us. We asked some questions to narrow down the selection of products that We provided details on. You then made Your own choice about how to proceed. Your provisional quote will remain valid for 30 days or Your next birthday whichever is sooner. Your confirmed quote will be valid for an additional 30 days or Your next birthday whichever is sooner.
6. Price delivery
We are reliant on the overall performance of the world wide web in relation to the operation of the Website and the delivery of quotes. At certain times interactive quotes are not available. You will be advised if this is the case and under these circumstances We will e-mail You to advise when Your quotes are ready.
7. What to do if you have a complaint?
Service Standards
We aim to provide a high level of service to all Our customers but occasionally things can go wrong, when this happens We will do everything We can to put things right.
Complaints Procedure
If You have a complaint about Our service or Your policy, please contact Us by phone, email [email protected] or write to Us at the address shown below.
For the purposes of handling complaints Our working day is 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, not including Bank Holidays.
By telephone:
Please ring 0800 980 8807 and You will be put through to the Customer Service Team. We will attempt to resolve Your complaint within 3 business days. If this does not happen We will agree Your next step with You.
In writing:
Please address Your letter to:
Service Quality & Assessment Manager
16-17 West Street
Brighton
BN1 2RL
Please include details of Your name and address, a contact telephone number, Your policy or quote number and details of why You are unhappy. This will help Us to respond to You as quickly as possible. If We do not have enough information to investigate Your complaint We will contact You to ask You for further details. In all cases We will send a written acknowledgement of Your complaint to You within 5 working days of its receipt. In Our acknowledgement We will advise You of the name and job title of the person who will be dealing with Your complaint.
Within four weeks of receiving Your complaint We will send You either: A final response or a letter explaining why We are not yet in a position to resolve Your complaint and advising You of when We will be contacting You again.
By the end of eight weeks after receipt of Your original complaint letter We will send You: A final response, or a letter explaining why We are still not in a position to issue a final response and advising You of when We expect to be able to do so. At this time, if You are dissatisfied with the delay, You may refer Your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service. For full details of Our complaints handling process please see the section marked ’Complaints’ in Your main policy Terms and Conditions.
We are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). You may be entitled to compensation from the scheme if We cannot meet Our obligations. This depends on the type of business and the circumstances of the claim. The maximum level of compensation for claims against firms declared in default is 90% of the claim with no upper limit. Further information about compensation schemes arrangements is available from the FSCS Website www.fscs.org.uk or write to Financial Services Compensation Scheme, 7th Floor Chambers, Portsoken Street, London E1 8BN.
8. UK residents only
The products and services described on this Website are only available to permanent residents of the United Kingdom (excluding the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man).
9. Intellectual property
9.1 All information, data and copyright material contained on this Website, including any trade marks (whether officially registered or unregistered), trade names, brands, logos and devices belong to Us or to people whom We have given ownership or permission to use such information data and/or copyright material. You must not use such information or copyright material unless You have written permission from Us or the owner to do so.
9.2 You may download or copy the content and other downloadable items displayed on this Website for personal non-business use only, (i.e. to assist with a purchasing decision), provided that You are not otherwise breaching these Terms and Conditions.
10. Responsibility for content
We make no representations or warranties of any kind in relation to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of any information or graphics published in this Website or otherwise in respect of the Website or any of its contents. The information contained in this Website may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. All Our liability howsoever arising for the content of the Website and its accuracy, completeness or suitability or for any misrepresentation or breach of contract in respect of the Website or its contents is expressly excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
We make no warranty that the Website or any linked Website is free from viruses or other malicious computer problems. You are responsible for ensuring that You use the appropriate virus checking software. Neither We nor any of Our employees or other representatives will be liable for loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property in claims of third parties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the exclusions and limitations under this paragraph 10 are intended to limit any rights You may have as a consumer under local law or other statutory rights which may not be excluded or in any way to exclude or limit Our liability to You for death or personal injury resulting from Our negligence or that of Our employees or agents.
11. Website comments and feedback
11.1 We may from time to time offer a functionality on the Website to allow users of the Website to post comments or feedback on to the Website.
11.2 By submitting any comments to Us to be posted on the Website, (Your “Comments”) You agree that:-
11.2.1 Facts stated in Your Comments are accurate and opinions stated in Your Comments are genuinely held;
11.2.2 Your Comments do not contain anything which is defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory, threatening, abusive, invasive of another’s privacy, likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, or likely to mislead or deceive any person;
11.2.3 Your Comments are not likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any person;
11.2.4 Your Comments do not breach any legal duty owed to a third party;
11.2.5 Your Comments do not promote any illegal activity;
11.2.6 Your Comments do not impersonate any person, or misrepresent Your identity or affiliation with any person;
11.2.7 Your Comments do not give the impression that it emanates from or is endorsed by Us
11.2.8 Your Comments do not advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act;
11.2.9 You will not submit duplicate Comments.
11.2.10 Your Comments do not contain any advertisements for any third parties or any other products or services.
11.2.11 Your Comments do not contain software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality or any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
11.2.12 Your Comments otherwise comply with these Terms and Conditions.
11.3 By submitting Comments You agree that We may post them on the Website and they may be viewed by other users to the Website.
11.4 We reserve the right to refuse to allow Comments to be posted or to remove Comments already posted without notice if, in Our opinion, the Comments do not comply with these Terms Conditions.
11.5 Although We reserve the right to review Comments before allowing them to be posted to the Website We do not guarantee that We will monitor or moderate all Comments. You agree that the content contained in any Comments do not constitute advice from Us which You can or should rely on, or Our endorsement of anything included in the Comment. If You believe any Comments breach these Terms and Conditions You should notify Us however We are under no obligation to investigate or to take any action against any user of the Website and Our decision will be final in all matters.
11.6 When submitting Comments You will be asked to provide Us with Your name and contact details. Your details will only be used in relation to the administration of the comments and feedback section of the Website. Full details of how Your data will be used are contained in Our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
11.7 You are responsible for making back-up copies of any Comments that You post to the Website. We are not liable to You or any third party for any loss of or corruption or damage to any Comments.
11.8 By submitting Comments to the Website, You give Us a royalty-free, worldwide, non-exclusive right and licence for the full duration of Your legal rights arising in the Comments to:
11.8.1 make copies of and use the Comments to facilitate the hosting and availability of the Comments for other users and visitors to the Website and to operate the Website in the manner envisaged by these Terms and Conditions;
11.8.2 make copies of and use the Comments on the Website;
11.8.3 copy, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform, display and otherwise use on the Website and in any other marketing, promotion or publicity media on or off line (including, but not limited to, trade and other press) any material forming part of the Comments and/or to incorporate the Comments into any other works in any form, media or technology now known or later developed; and
11.8.4 use, modify, delete from or add to Comment for any purpose in connection with the Website or otherwise as envisaged by these Terms and Conditions.
12. Privacy policy
We shall comply with all applicable data protection legislation from time to time in force in respect of the personal data We collect from You.
Details of how We will use Your data can be found in Our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
13. Third party websites
The Website may also contain hypertext links to websites operated by third parties. The operation and content of those websites shall be determined by the organisation which controls the Website and will be governed by separate terms and conditions. Links are provided for convenience only and the inclusion of any links should not be taken to imply endorsement in any way of the site to which it links. We accept no responsibility or liability for the contents of any other Website.
14. Termination
We have in Our sole discretion the right to issue a warning, temporary suspension, or an indefinite suspension and termination of Your right to use the Website if You:
- act inconsistently with and/or in breach of these terms and conditions;
- at any time violate or attempt to violate any rights of any other user of the Website or of any other third parties;
- are engaged in any fraudulent activity.
15. General
If any provision of these terms and conditions are held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity of the other terms and conditions and the remainder of the provision in question will not be affected.
The Laws of England and Wales will apply to these terms and conditions and the parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Save as expressly provided elsewhere, these terms and conditions shall apply only between Us and You and no other person shall be entitled to benefit from them.