Terms and Conditions of Use

Definitions

In the Terms and Conditions of Use ("Terms”) outlined below,

  • “10Life Connect”, “we”, “us”, “our” refer to 10Life Hong Kong Limited, is a wholly owned subsidiary of 10Life Group Limited.
  • “website” means the website at www.10LIfeconnect.com operated by us.
  • “you”, “your” or “user” means any person who accesses and uses 10Life Connect. 

General Terms of Use

Visit to and use of 10Life Connect are subject to these Terms and Conditions of Use and our Privacy Policy. By visiting and using content, data, or any services rendered by us through our website, you agree to be bounded by and to act in accordance with these Terms and Conditions of Use and our Privacy Policy.

We continue to improve and enhance services on 10Life Connect. As a result, revisions to the Terms may be made without direct notifications to you. Any subsequent use of or visit to our website by you will mean that you have accepted and be bounded by the changes to the Terms. We encourage you to revisit this page regularly to understand the latest Terms that may be relevant to you.

If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use or access (or continue to use or access) our website.

If there is any inconsistency or conflict between the English and Chinese versions of the Terms, the English version shall prevail.

Our Services

10Life Connect provides an online platform that enables users to connect with licensed insurance intermediaries for professional advice tailored to their insurance needs. While we facilitate these connections with features such as live chat, Q&A forum, advisor search and reviews, and blogs, please note that all qualified insurance advice is given directly by these licensed intermediaries, not by 10Life Connect itself.

Our website is free for you to use. We may receive fees from providing third-party services such as advertising and advisor communication tools.

About 10Life Connect

Any information on the 10Life Connect website (“10Life Connect Information”), including but not limited to Q&A forums, consultant information, product ratings, and blog articles, is provided for general educational purposes and reference only. 10Life Connect Information is not intended to constitute, nor should it be considered as constituting any regulated advice, or as insurance, financial, investment, or other professional advice, nor does it constitute a recommendation, endorsement, approval, invitation, or solicitation to purchase insurance, financial, or investment products.

10Life Connect Information does not take into account your personal needs, and viewing such information should not be considered as conducting a personal suitability assessment, nor is it sufficient to form the basis for a decision to purchase any insurance product. Before purchasing any insurance product or making related insurance decisions, you should reply on information provided by the insurance companies and seek independent and professional advice from license insurance intermediaries. It is strongly recommended that you conduct a suitability assessment before making any insurance decisions, such as financial needs analysis and a risk tolerance questionnaire.

Our Geographical Limits

The information on our Platform is directed to users physically present within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ("Hong Kong"). Insurance information presented on our platform should only be used by users physically present in Hong Kong. We make no representation that information and materials included on our website are appropriate or available for use in other locations.

About Our Communication Services

Our website currently offers all users a free communication service which includes the “Q&A Forum” and “Instant Chat”. 

Website users can use 10Life Communication Services to connect to Hong Kong licensed intermediaries who have registered on the website.

You have a choice to engage with multiple licensed intermediaries through the 10Life Communication Services. You are recommended to verify the intermediary’s identity, qualification and company they represent before making further communications. If you choose to engage with any intermediaries in a conversation, your alias and other information entered by you may be shared with the licensed intermediaries. You are not required to use your real name as your alias and you may change your alias at any time.

The Instant Chat feature provides users with direct access to licensed insurance intermediaries through external instant messaging services. Please note that 10Life Connect only facilitates these connections and does not operate the Instant Chat service itself. Interactions between users and intermediaries via Instant Chat are not monitored or controlled by 10Life Connect.

If you engage any licensed intermediary through the 10Life Communication Services, then any services, advice, recommendations or solicitations in the course of your engagement and communications are solely and wholly provided by the licensed intermediary. The responses and subsequent communications from the licensed intermediary do not represent the view, opinion or advice of 10Life Hong Kong Limited or any of the 10Life Group Companies. We do not review or control the information licensed intermediaries provide you, and we accept no liability for any loss in connection with your use of any such information.

You are strongly recommended to conduct a suitability assessment before making any insurance decision. It is your sole and absolute responsibility to decide whether you should take the advice from any intermediary and purchase any insurance products or services. The licensed intermediary will carry out assessment to consider whether any recommendations are suitable for you. We will not participate in or contribute to any such assessment. We make no warranty, representation or guarantee in respect of the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the information provided to you, or the suitability of any recommendations made to you, by any licensed intermediary. We will not bear any responsibility, and we disclaim all liability for any claims and/or losses arising out of or in connection with any such information or recommendation.

What You Need to be Responsible for

You are solely responsible to ensure that:

  • You will refrain from using our website for any unlawful, fraudulent or commercial purposes;
  • You will not use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to our website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of our website;
  • You will not use any software, instruments or devices that interfere or attempt to interfere with our website or the due operation of our website;
  • You will not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including scraping, data mining, data extraction, or data harvesting) on or in relation to the website without our express written consent;
  • You will not access or otherwise interact with the website using any robot, spider or other automated means;
  • You will not copy, redistribute, publish, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, translate or in any manner make any attempt to access the source code (whether to create derivative works of the source code or otherwise);
  • You will not use data collected from the website for any direct marketing activity (including email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing or direct mailing) unless you have obtained the prescribed consent of the data subject;
  • You will not edit or otherwise modify any content or paper or digital copies of any materials printed off or copied from the website in any way;
  • You will keep confidential and will not share with any other person any usernames and passwords you create when using our website. If you do disclose to anyone your username, password and/or other identification information, you are solely responsible for all activities undertaken on the website using your username, password and/or other identification information (whether by you or any other person, and whether with or without your authorisation). We have no obligation to maintain your usernames and passwords and will not be responsible or liable if you misplace, forget or lose your usernames or password;
  • You will ensure that all information including personal data you enter is true, accurate, complete and up-to-date. We will not be held responsible if information is invalid or inaccurate as a result of your error in providing correct information or from a failure to disclose all material facts to us; and
  • You are responsible for checking and ensuring the suitability, usefulness, quality, adequacy and availability of the products or services of insurers displayed on our website. You should seek and obtain professional advice on the products or services prior to making any purchasing decision. We will not bear any responsibility, and we disclaim all liability for any claims and/or losses arising out of or in connection with any such products or services.

When using 10Life Communication Services, you agree that:

  • You are responsible for the posting of contents including but not limited to questions, replies, messages or chats on 10Life Communication Services and any consequences that flow from such posting;
  • You will not make 10Life Group Companies liable for any errors or omissions in any postings or for any loss or damages incurred by the use of 10Life Communication Services;
  • You are recommended to verify the intermediary’s identity, qualification and company they represent before making further communications.

You will use 10Life Communication Services entirely at your own risk:

  • You understand 10Life Group Companies makes no guarantee nor gives warranty of any kind whatsoever (whether express or implied) in relation to your use of 10Life Communication Services or any use by any third parties;
  • You understand 10Life Group Companies will not be liable for any loss or damage (whether direct, indirect, consequential, financial or otherwise) arising from the use of (or in connection with) 10Life Communication Services; and
  • You will have the sole discretion, without influence from 10Life Group Companies, whether to take the advice from a licensed intermediary and/or to purchase any insurance products or services from any product providers.

    When using 10Life Communication Services, you agree not to do the following:
     
  • You will not post content that may be unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, vulgar, profane, obscene, may cause personal distress, offensive, defamatory, false, libellous, hateful, racially, sexually or otherwise discriminatory or post any information that is otherwise objectionable;
  • You will not post content that may be invasive of another’s privacy or violate the rights of any other user, or of any third party in any way;
  • You will not post content that infringes any patent, trademark or copyright of any party unless you have the permission to do so.;
  • You will not encourage illegal and/or inappropriate behaviour, to form or recruit members for distinct groups whose aims are to cause disruption, or to encourage others to do so;
  • You will not promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities or promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual;
  • You will not post content that is confidential and/or commercially sensitive;
  • You will not post any URLs or web links (to avoid doubt, 10Life Group Companies take no responsibility for the content of any external URL or web link if posted in contravention of these terms).

Personal Data and Privacy

We may collect personal information about you when you use our website and we will apply and comply with the laws and principles of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap 486) of the Laws of Hong Kong SAR when processing your personal information.

You are recommended to review our Privacy Policy before usage of our services.

Intellectual Property Right

Our website is protected under intellectual property laws. More specifically we are the owner, or are the authorised licensee, of all rights, title and interest in the website and all data and content displayed on the website including but not limited to images, texts, symbols, logos, designs, trademarks, graphics, files except for the data and content on our website that are owned by other relevant third parties (jointly, “Website IP”). You must not use any of the Website IP except in accordance with these Terms or having first obtained our prior written consent. All intellectual property rights are reserved. Unless otherwise expressly provided, we do not own the intellectual property rights provided by third parties, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee in respect of such intellectual property rights. We have not examined or verified any third party intellectual property rights.

Save for your permitted personal use of our website in accordance with these Terms you will not use, copy, transmit, deep-link, hyper-link, scrape, download, display, duplicate, sell, trade, market, utilise, exploit, publish, distribute, broadcast, edit, modify or reproduce the Website IP or any portion thereof, or use any Website IP in any way not in accordance with these Terms, unless you have obtained prior written approval from us, or the other relevant third parties, whichever is applicable. You should notify us promptly if you suspect or become aware of any misuse of the Website IP, or any violation, infringement or misappropriation of the intellectual property rights by any other users or other third party. You can contact us here.

Limitation of Use of Information on our Website

Any information on 10Life Connect Website (“10Life Connect Information”) are intended for general education purpose and reference only.

10Life Connect Information does not take into account your individual needs. Reading 10Life Connect Information should not be considered as conducting a suitability assessment, and is not sufficient to form the basis of any decision to purchase insurance products. You should rely on information authorised by insurance companies, carry out your own research and/or seek independent advice from licensed intermediaries before purchasing any insurance products or making decisions in respect of insurance. You are strongly recommended to conduct a suitability assessment (e.g. Financial Needs Analysis and Risk Profile Questionnaire) before purchasing any insurance products or making decisions in respect of insurance.

Liability Limits

10Life Connect Information is gathered through various sources and may be inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date. We make no warranty, representation or guarantee in respect of the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the information. You should rely on information authorised by insurance companies, carry out your own research and/or seek independent advice from licensed intermediaries before purchasing insurance products or making insurance decisions. We are not responsible for any loss, liability or expense arising from using the information or for any claims and/or losses caused thereby.

The information available on 10Life Connect, particularly within the Q&A forums and intermediary profiles, is provided directly by the intermediaries themselves and does not represent the views or recommendations o 10Life Connect. We do not monitor or control the content posted by intermediaries and, therefore, do not guarantee the timeliness or accuracy of such information. 10Life Connect disclaims any responsibility for losses or damages arising from the use of this information, including any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages.

We have no liability to you, and we are not responsible for your losses or damages of any kind, in relation to your dealings with or purchases with insurers or other insurance intermediaries, including any advice or recommendations you have received or purchase of products from any insurers or other insurance intermediaries.

We do not guarantee or warrant that our website will be uninterrupted or error free, or that defects will be corrected or the server will be free of all viruses and/or other harmful elements. We are not liable and assume no responsibility for losses or damages of any kind however caused as a result (direct or indirect) of the use of or visit to, or the inability to use and visit our website, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, even if we have been informed of the possibility of such damage. Without prejudice to the foregoing, we exclude and disclaim any liability for loss of profits, loss of business opportunity, loss of goodwill, loss of anticipated savings or benefits, or for any type of indirect, special or consequential loss, even if that loss or damage was reasonably foreseeable or we may have been aware of the possibility of that loss or damage arising.

All exclusions and limitations of liability in this section  shall be to the fullest extent permitted by law.

We also have the following Rights:

  • To terminate, suspend or discontinue your use and visit to our website, and to cancel your account at any time without giving prior notice and without being required to provide any reason;
  • To close, delete, refuse to post or remove (without notice) any user content at our sole discretion for any reason, but have no obligation to review or monitor any user content;
  • To determine (in our absolute discretion) if any user content is in violation of these Terms and remove such content that we consider inappropriate;
  • To exercise or enforce such rights in the future at any given time even when we did not immediately exercise or enforce our rights under these Terms;
  • To substitute valid and enforceable provision that is most similar to the (intent of the) original provision in the event any of the provisions of these Terms is rendered unenforceable, null, void, inapplicable or otherwise invalid in any jurisdiction, and keeping all the other provisions of these Terms will remain in full force and effect; and
  • To supersede any and all prior verbal or written agreements in relation to our website or the use of the services provided by us through our website.

Indemnity and Jurisdiction

By accepting these Terms and Conditions of Use, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless all  Group Companies and their officers, directors, employees, partners, representatives and assigns from and against any claims, actions, demands, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expense resulting from your use of our website.

In the case of any disputes or matter that may arise, these Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong SAR unless otherwise specified.

Enquiries & Complaint Procedures

We aim to provide services to our users with high satisfaction.

If you have any questions or complaints about our Services or information presented on our website, you can call 3705 1599 during working hours from 10 am to 6 pm from Monday to Friday excluding Public Holidays, write to: 12/F, Greatmany Centre, 109-115 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai or email to: enquiries@10Lifeconnect.com

We will not respond to complaints regarding products and services of third party providers, which may include insurance companies and other third-party licensed intermediaries. Please contact the respective third-party providers and follow their enquiries and complaint procedures.

For insurance related issues that may require further mediation, you may reach out to the Insurance Authority of Hong Kong at this website.

Last Update: 10 May 2024