Terms of Use

Introduction

These Terms of Use govern the Online Services that are owned and operated by AMERISAFE, Inc. (“AMERISAFE”, “we” or any other personal pronouns reflecting same) at services.amerisafe.com (“Online Services”).

The Online Services are offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of these Terms of Use. Your use of the Online Services constitutes your agreement to the Terms of Use. You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Online Services through your Internet connection are aware of the Terms of Use and comply with them.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Online Services. By using the Online Services or by clicking to agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, you must not access or use the Online Services.

If you choose or are provided with a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you are solely responsible for the security of that information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security. You agree to ensure that you log off from your account at the end of each session. You agree to use caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.

We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our determination, you have violated any provision of the Terms of Use.

Modification of the Terms of Use

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to change the Terms of Use. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Online Services thereafter. The date these Terms of Use were last revised is at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Online Services following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. We will notify you at services.amerisafe.com if there is any change to the Terms of Use. You are expected to check that site in order to be aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

No unlawful or prohibited use

As a condition of your use of the Online Services, you warrant to us that you will not use them for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use. You may not use the Online Services in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Online Services or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of them. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through the Online Services. Additionally, you agree not to:

• Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Online Services for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Online Services.
• Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Online Services.
• Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Online Services, the server on which they are stored, or any server, computer or database connected to them.
• Attack the Online Services via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

Information provided through Online Services

By submitting to us information through Online Services, you are granting us and our vendors permission to use your information in connection with the operation of our business.

By providing us with your information, you warrant and represent that you have the right to submit it.

Any submissions by you shall not:

• Violate the legal rights of others or otherwise violate any applicable laws or regulations.
• Contain inappropriate or unlawful information.
• Be likely to deceive any person.
• Misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.

We have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone entering Online Services. You hold harmless AMERISAFE from any claims resulting from any action it takes during or as a result of its investigations and from any actions taken as a consequence of investigations by either AMERISAFE or law enforcement authorities.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ONLINE SERVICES MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. AMERISAFE AND/OR ITS VENDORS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE ONLINE SERVICES AT ANY TIME.

WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED IN THE ONLINE SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE ONLINE SERVICES, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE ONLINE SERVICES, WITH THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE ONLINE SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE ONLINE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. FOR ANY STATES AND/ OR JURISDICTIONS THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE ONLINE SERVICES.

Defense and indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless AMERISAFE, its service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use.

Governing law, jurisdiction and venue

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana without giving effect to the conflict of law principles in Louisiana or any other jurisdiction. In the event that any action, suit or other proceeding is brought in connection with the Terms of Use, you hereby (a) irrevocably consent to the exclusive exercise of jurisdiction of the trial courts seated in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, and/or a U.S. District Court having jurisdiction over Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, and (b) irrevocably waive any objection you might now or hereafter have or assert to the venue of any such proceeding in any court described in subpart (a) hereinabove, and irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim in any court that any suit, action or proceeding brought in Beauregard Parish has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Waiver and severability

No waiver by us of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure by us to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Termination / access restriction

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Online Services and related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.

Intellectual property rights

AMERISAFE owns Online Services and its features and functionality. You are prohibited from reproducing, distributing, modifying, and creating derivative works of the Online Services.

Other terms

Use of the Online Services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms of Use, including without limitation to this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and AMERISAFE as a result of these Terms of Use or use of the Online Services. Unless otherwise specified herein, these Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and AMERISAFE with respect to the Online Services and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and AMERISAFE with respect to the Online Services. A printed version of these Terms of Use shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these Terms of Use to the same extent as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. Any link you create to the Online Services shall be fair and legal, shall not damage our reputation or take advantage of the Online Services, and shall not suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.

SERVICE CONTACT for comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Online Services: websupport@amerisafe.com.

To ask questions or to comment about these Terms of Use, contact Legal@Amerisafe.com.