Contest Rules
Put an Apple® on Your Desk Contest
The Contest
No purchase necessary. The prize consists of one (1) MacBook® laptop worth approximately one thousand five hundred Canadian dollars ($1,500 CDN) including taxes.
This contest begins at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) on February 15, 2012 and closes with entries submitted by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) on June 4, 2012 (“Contest Closing Date”). No purchase is necessary. Please read the rules and regulations below. Entries are limited to one entry per person per quote requested for a TW Insurance Brokers product not currently owned by the contestant.
When you participate in a contest we keep a record of the information, response or any opinion that you volunteer. We may use whatever you submit for the purpose of awarding a prize in a contest, to calculate the contest results on our website or in other media such as business documents or leaflets sent to our clients. The identities of contest winners are never published without consent.
Rules
ELIGIBILITY
1. The PUT AN APPLE ON YOUR DESK Contest is held by TW Insurance Brokers. The contest is open to education employees living in the Province of Alberta who have reached the age of majority where they reside, excluding employees, directors of TW Insurance Brokers Inc. and TW Insurance Brokers Inc.’s affiliated companies (which, individually and collectively are referred to as “TW Insurance Brokers”), the prize selection team and members of the respective immediate families of TW Insurance Brokers employees, directors and trustees and/or anyone with whom TW Insurance Brokers employees, directors or trustees are domiciled, its advertising or promotion agencies, and the suppliers of the prize, equipment and services related to this contest, and any persons with whom they are domiciled. and who, between February 15, 2012 and June 4, 2012, inclusive, (the “contest period”) request or agree to receive a quote on home or automobile insurance offered by TW Insurance Brokers not currently owned by the contestant.
2. All eligible persons who request or agree to receive a free, no-obligation quote on home or automobile insurance, according to the present rules, will be automatically entered into the contest.
3. There is a limit of one (1) entry per person per insurance category (one entry for automobile insurance and one entry for home insurance) during the contest period.
4. The contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations and is governed by the laws of Alberta and Canada.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
5.1 Electronic/Online Quote
Contestants may enter the contest by filling out the quote form available at www.edvance-insurance.ca. To get to the electronic form, contestants must click on the promotional banner referring to the PUT AN APPLE ON YOUR DESK Contest. Once they have reached the selected page, they may click on the “Auto insurance quote” button or the “Home insurance quote” button and complete the quote form for the insurance not currently owned by the contestant. Contestants must follow the different steps of the quote application and fill out all mandatory fields such as first name, last name, complete address, postal code, telephone number and e-mail address, as well as all the information requested to complete the quote. Only quote forms with all required fields duly completed with adequate information on the contestant and received by June 4, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. (MDT) will be accepted and entered in the contest, if eligible. The personal information provided for a quote will be used to generate an accurate quote for the individual insurance product requested. Once an electronic quote is requested, contestants will automatically be entered into the contest.
5.2 Telephone
In the alternative, contestants may enter the contest by calling 1-866-323-0303 in order to request a home or automobile insurance quote or by agreeing to receive a quote from a group sales representative regarding home or automobile insurance not currently owned by the contestant during the contest period. Contestants will have to provide their first name, last name, street address, city, province, postal code and telephone number, as well as all the information requested in the quote form to complete the home or automobile quote. This information will then be sent automatically to TW Insurance Brokers for participation in the contest. Only entries duly completed with all required information by June 4, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. (MDT) will be accepted and entered in the contest, if eligible. The personal information provided for a quote will be used to generate an accurate quote for the individual insurance product requested. Once a quote is requested by telephone, contestants will automatically be entered into the contest.
5.3 Essay
Contestants who own and are receiving all of TW Insurance Brokers’ individual products available to them may enter the contest by submitting a short (50 to 100 words) legibly, hand-written essay explaining, “Why TW Insurance Brokers is great”! Submissions must be on 8 ½ inch by 11 inch paper (letter size) and sent to: Laurie Bauer at TW Insurance Brokers, 100-17704 103 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5S 1J9 or to lbauer@twinsurance.ca by the contest closing date.
5.4 Duplicate Entries
Duplicate entries, whether by phone and/or by Internet and/or by requesting multiple quotes for the same product, will be declared void. Contestants obtaining quotes directly from insurers associated with TW Insurance Brokers will not be eligible to enter the contest.
DRAW
6. One (1) draw will be held by June 8, 2012 at the head office for TW Insurance Brokers located in Edmonton, Alberta. On that date, one (1) winner will be selected at random from all eligible entries received from contestants between February 15, 2012 and June 4, 2012 according to the contest rules. Odds of winning depend on the total number of entries received.
PRIZE
7. The prize is non-transferable and must be accepted as awarded. The MacBook® is non-exchangeable for cash or cheque(s). Any and all taxes on the prize, including income taxes, and any incidental expenses associated with collection of the prize are the responsibility of the winner. No substitutions will be made for the prize except at the discretion of TW Insurance Brokers. TW Insurance Brokers may substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event the contest prize is no longer available to TW Insurance Brokers. All Internet fees, transactional fees, down-loading fees, accessories, application fees, costs of programs, and any feature and accessory not expressly listed as part of the contest prize shall be the sole financial responsibility of the prize winner and the prize winner will not seek reimbursement for the same from TW Insurance or from the suppliers of the MacBook®.
8. Prize shall be void if the winner does not take the MacBook® within one (1) year of being declared the winner.
GENERAL RULES
9. All entries received in the contest will be subject to verification by TW Insurance Brokers. All incomplete, inaccurate, illegible, late or facsimile entries, as well as any fraudulent participation, as the case may be, will be automatically rejected. TW Insurance Brokers' decision to this effect is final and cannot be appealed.
10. TW Insurance Brokers will attempt to contact (by phone, e-mail or mail) the potential winner selected at random, using the information entered by the contestant on the quote form. If the potential winner cannot be contacted within thirty (30) days from the draw date, then TW Insurance Brokers will draw another name on a random basis and will attempt to contact the next selected potential winner in the same manner and so on until a winner is contacted.
11. Before being declared a winner, the contestant selected at random must answer correctly, without assistance and within a limited time period, a mathematical skill-testing question. The question will be submitted by phone to the randomly selected person, at a previously determined time. In the event of a correct response, the winning contestant will be informed on how they can take possession of their prize.
12. Before taking possession of the prize, the contest winner must agree to sign a form of declaration confirming compliance with the contest rules and regulations and a release form, releasing and indemnifying TW Insurance Brokers, its affiliate companies, directors, trustees, officers, employees and agents from all liability in respect to any damages that they may suffer as a result of accepting and using their prize.
13. In the event that TW Insurance Brokers is unable to award the MacBook® laptop as described herein, for reasons beyond its control not related to the winner, TW Insurance Brokers reserves the right to award a prize of the same nature and of equal or greater value, or at its sole discretion, the cash value of the prize indicated in these rules.
14. By participating in this contest, the winner authorizes TW Insurance Brokers and their representatives to use their name, place of residence (city and province), photographs, audio/video image, voice and / or statements regarding their prize for advertising purposes (such as Internet and print ads) and in any related publicity without any compensation, worldwide and in perpetuity, in any and all forms of media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, in any publicity or advertising carried out by TW Insurance, unless prohibited by law. The provision of this section shall survive the termination of this contest and may be relied upon by the parties hereto at any time.
15. For the purpose of these rules, the contestant is the person whose name appears on the entry form. In the event that more than one person is registered on the winning entry, all such persons will be jointly declared winners of the prize. They will then have to decide which one of them will answer the skill-testing question and receive the prize. In case of a disagreement between them, TW Insurance Brokers reserves the right to decide to which person the skill-testing question will be asked and receive the prize.
16. TW Insurance Brokers, its affiliated companies, their advertising and promotional agencies, their employees, agents and representatives are not liable for faulty computer components, software or links, the loss or non-existence of communications capability, or faulty, incomplete, incomprehensible, or erased computer or network transmissions that render an individual ineligible for this contest. TW Insurance Brokers, its affiliated companies, their advertising and promotional agencies, their employees, agents and representatives waive all liability from any damage or loss that could arise, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from downloading any software and by transmitting any data relating to the participation in this contest. Persons found tampering with or abusing any aspect of this contest, as solely determined by TW Insurance Brokers, will be disqualified. If disqualified for any of the above abuses, TW Insurance Brokers reserves the right to terminate a contestant’s eligibility to participate.
17. TW Insurance Brokers reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, modify, terminate or suspend this Contest, in whole or in part, if an event or any human intervention corrupts or affects the administration, security, impartiality or the normal running of this Contest as provided for in these rules, if required. In any case, TW Insurance Brokers, its affiliated companies, their advertising and promotional agencies, their suppliers of material or services related to this Contest as well as their employees, agents and representatives cannot be held to award more prizes or to award the prize otherwise than in compliance with these rules.
MacBook® is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and is not a partner or participating sponsor of this Contest.
CAUTION: Any attempt by a contestant to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, TW Insurance Brokers reserves the right to seek damages from any such contestant to the fullest extent permitted by law.