Terms of use

Online Privacy Policy

This Online Privacy Policy outlines how Allianz Investment Management LLC (“Allianz,” “we,” “our”) processes, uses and shares information collected through our website. This Online Privacy Policy is currently applicable those users or visitors in the United States when they interact with our website.

Anonymous browsing

When you visit our website, we use tracking technology such as cookies and Web beacons/tags to automatically record details about your visit. Cookies are small pieces of data stored by your Internet browser on your computer's hard drive. A cookie, by itself, does not tell us your email address or who you are. It cannot be used to collect data from your hard drive or personal information about you. We use cookies to collect information such as your IP address, the name of the browser you use to access the Internet (such as aol.com), the website you came from, the website you visit next, and the Allianz website pages that you actually visit, including the date and the duration of your visit. Similar to cookies, Web beacons/ tags are services embedded into Allianz website content that return completely anonymous data to us about our website’s usage and visitor behavior.

Information obtained through cookies and Web beacons/tags may be transmitted either directly to us or to a third-party service provider (such as network advertisers) authorized to collect information on our behalf. This information is used to measure the number of visits, average time spent, page views, and other statistics about visitors to our website in general and may be used to provide tailored offerings or content to you, including Allianz advertisements when you visit other websites.

You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to prevent cookies from being sent. You can learn more about adjusting your cookie preferences under the Help option in your browser. Please note, however, that by not accepting cookies, you will limit the functionality we can provide you when you make subsequent visits to our site.

Personal information collection

Allianz does not intend to collect personal information on this website and does not knowingly solicit information from children or knowingly market our products or services to children.

Sharing information

As provided above, we may collect and summarize statistics that we gather about our website users, traffic patterns, and services and provide these statistics to third parties; however, when we do, these statistics will not include any personal information that identifies individuals.

Changes to our Online Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify or supplement this Online Privacy Policy at any time. If we make any material change to our practices, we will update this Online Privacy Policy to include such changes. The effective date of this Online Privacy Policy is set forth below.

May 29, 2020

Terms

Welcome to the Allianz Investment Management LLC (“AIM”) Website. AIM operates this website, www.AllianzIM.com (the "Website"), to provide information as set forth herein.

PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO REVIEW THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN (“TERMS OF USE”). BY ACCESSING AND USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY EACH OF THE TERMS OF USE. AIM RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THESE TERMS OF USE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT GIVING YOU PRIOR NOTICE. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE FOLLOWING ANY SUCH MODIFICATION CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO FOLLOW AND BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE AS MODIFIED. FOR THIS REASON, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW THESE TERMS OF USE WHENEVER YOU USE THIS WEBSITE. THE LAST DATE THESE TERMS OF USE WERE REVISED IS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS OF USE, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO, AND MAY NOT, ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE.

These Terms of Use were last modified on May 29, 2020.

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between AIM and you, including any entity you may represent, and governs your access and use of the Comprehensive Content (defined below, which includes the Website), as well as the functionality of the Website. These Terms of Use govern the use of this Website only and do not apply to any other websites operated by AIM or any third-party website that you may access via the Website.

This Website is offered and available only to users who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the United States or any of its territories or possessions (“United States”). This Website is not intended for users who reside outside the United States. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with AIM and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.

The Comprehensive Content provided on this Website is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or which would subject AIM to any registration or any other type of requirement within such jurisdiction or country, and such distribution and use is prohibited.

1. No offer, solicitation or advice

The Website and Comprehensive Content are provided for informational and educational purposes only. You are solely responsible for assessing and evaluating the merits of the Comprehensive Content.

Neither the information, nor any opinion, contained in this Website constitutes a solicitation or offer by AIM to buy or sell any securities, futures, options, or other financial instruments or any investment advice regarding a security or financial instrument. Any information or tools provided through the Website are intended to be general in nature, and nothing on the Website shall be deemed to offer tax, financial or legal advice. You should seek such professional, financial or legal advice for your particular situation.

Any views or opinions expressed by AIM on or through the Website were based upon information available at the time of such views or opinions and are subject to change.

2. Notices of restrictions on your use

The Website and the rest of the Comprehensive Content belong to AIM, its partners, contributors or third parties and may be protected by U.S. and international laws, including, but not limited to, laws that govern copyright, trademark, patent, and other matters. Content owned by AIM is “Company Content.” Content provided by third parties may also be used on the Website (“Third-party Content”). Other materials on the Website may include, without limitation, links to other websites, and incoming links from other websites (“Other Materials”). The Website, Third-Party Content and the Other Materials shall collectively be referred to as the “Comprehensive Content.”

You may download, print, reproduce, duplicate, and store selected portions of Company Content for your personal use and for use in your business, provided that you: (1) do not otherwise make such Company Content available to any other party or publicly transmit, distribute, publish or broadcast such Comprehensive Content in any media, including without limitation, a website; and (2) do not modify or alter Company Content in any way, or delete or change any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices. No right, title or interest in any accessed, copied or downloaded Comprehensive Content is transferred to you as a result of any such access, copying or downloading. AIM reserves complete title and full intellectual property rights in any and all Company Content.

You shall not alter, modify, reformat, copy, download, reproduce, duplicate, display, distribute, repost, transmit, publish, license, sell, rent, transfer, or create derivative works from any Comprehensive Content obtained from the Website, except as expressly permitted by these Terms of Use. Moreover, you may not use any of the trademarks appearing throughout this Website without express written consent from the trademark owner, except as permitted by applicable law.

3. Third Party Content

While you may use the Website to navigate to other content on the web, using Other Materials or different means to access information or to use embedded links or Third-Party Content , and the availability or use of third-party platforms on or accessed through the Website, do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by AIM of the third party, the third party website or platform, or the content contained therein; your use of these links, content, platforms and websites is at your own risk as AIM provides them for your convenience only. AIM is not responsible and disclaims any and all liability for your use of content owned by others. AIM is not responsible for the availability of any such websites or platforms, and or their respective policies and practices, or content. You need to make your own decisions regarding your interactions or communications with any other website.

4. AIM’s right to monitor Website use

AIM expressly reserves the right to monitor your use of the Website. However, AIM is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from your use of the Website.

5. Disclaimer of warranties

THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.” YOU EXPRESSLY ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT. AIM MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT. AIM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT, WITH REGARD TO THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT.

AIM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ANY USE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT. IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND USEFULNESS OF COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT.

AIM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT WILL BE CORRECTED. AIM DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT, OR THAT ANY ERRORS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT WILL BE CORRECTED. AIM CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE INTERNET OR THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CODE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUFFICIENT PROCEDURES AND CHECKPOINTS TO SATISFY YOUR PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION AND ACCURACY OF DATA INPUT AND OUTPUT, AND FOR MAINTAINING A MEANS EXTERNAL TO OUR SITE FOR ANY RECONSTRUCTION OF ANY LOST DATA. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, AIM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT OR YOUR ACCESS OF THE WEBSITE.

6. Indemnification

You shall indemnify AIM and affiliates of AIM against any and all losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) related to any claim, suit, or proceeding arising out of your use of the Comprehensive Content and your use of the Website to locate and navigate to other content on the World Wide Web.

7. Limitation of liability

IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT OR WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE WEBSITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT, THAT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL AIM OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, (I) ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF DATA, PROGRAMS OR INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT OR ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE, (II) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT, (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, (IV) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT, OR (V) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT, EVEN IF AIM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, AIM'S OR ANY AIM AFFILIATE’S LIABILITY IS LIMITED AND WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUDED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

8. User conduct

You shall not take any action that interferes with the proper working of the Website, imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Website's infrastructure, might compromise the security of the Website, render the Website inaccessible to others, or otherwise cause damage to the Website or any other Comprehensive Content. You shall not add to, subtract from, or otherwise modify the Comprehensive Content except as expressly authorized by AIM in these Terms of Use or by a written agreement between you and AIM. You represent and warrant that any information you provide to us to post on the Website is wholly original to you.

9. General provisions

a. Entire agreement These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. No waiver by AIM of any breach or default by you hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default.

b. Correction of errors and inaccuracies The information in the Website may contain typographical errors or other errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. We therefore reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to change or update information at any time without prior notice. We do not, however, guarantee that any errors, inaccuracies or omissions will be corrected.

c. EnforcementIf any part of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, it will not impact any other provision of these Terms of Use, all of which will remain in full force and effect. These Terms of Use are governed by, and will be interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions. Although you acknowledge that we will have the ability to enforce our rights in any court of competent jurisdiction, you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Hennepin County and Ramsey County, Minnesota, U.S.A., regarding any and all disputes relating to these Terms of Use, your use of the Comprehensive Content, or any other website or platform and the content contained therein.

e. General contact information If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, the practices of this Website, or your dealings with this Website, you may contact us by:

  1. Sending an email to: Connect@AllianzIM.com
  2. Sending a letter via the U.S. mail to:
    Allianz Investment Management LLC
    5701 Golden Hills Drive
    Minneapolis, MN 55416-1297