About Us
Oswego Valley Insurance Agencies, LLC (OVIA) was founded in 1997 upon the merger of two longstanding local insurance agencies, Dowd & Harrington, Inc. and Streeter & VanSanford, Inc. Since then, we have purchased the business of the Whorrall Agency in Phoenix, and added the Hollister Agency in Mexico as our newest location.
Our insurance agency maintains 6 offices in Oswego, Onondaga and Jefferson County - including Oswego, Fulton, Phoenix, Brewerton, Mexico, and Clayton - servicing clients all over the State of New York.
Our local, friendly staff has years of experience in the Central New York market, and they're commited to providing fast, affordable, and comprehensive insurance coverage.
Privacy Policy
The privacy and security of your personal information is important to us. This notice will inform you about our policies and procedures concerning the personal information about you that we collect, maintain and disclose in connection with the insurance policies you obtain from us. In order to offer the highest quality insurance products at the lowest possible rates, we collect, maintain, and, in some instances, disclose "nonpublic personal information" about you. Nonpublic personal information may include your name, address, social security number, wage information, driving record, policy coverages, medical information or credit history. It may also include transaction information such as your premium payment or claims history with us. We appreciate the importance of your personal privacy and are committed to protecting it as we provide for your insurance needs.
We do not Sell Your Information to Others for Marketing Purposes Because we respect your privacy, we do not sell, trade or otherwise disclose your identity or any other personal information about you to third parties for their marketing purposes. This includes information we obtain concerning all applicants, customers and former customers. We may, however, share information regarding your transactions with us with our affiliates, as listed above, or companies that perform marketing services on our behalf to assist us in providing our products and services to you. These companies are required to keep your information confidential.
Information We May Provide to Others We only disclose non-public personal information about our applicants, customers and former customers as permitted or required by law in conjunction with our normal insurance operations. Here are some examples:
We may disclose information to others such as our claims adjusters and our attorneys in the processing of an insurance claim;
We may be required by a court of law to provide information in connection with a legal proceeding;
We share information with consumer reporting agencies and insurance support organizations;
We may share information with government agencies which conduct examinations of our procedures.
Security of Your Personal Information While your nonpublic personal information is under our control, access is limited to those employees who have legitimate business needs for such information with respect to your insurance coverages. In accordance with applicable state and federal regulations we maintain physical, procedural and electronic safeguards to protect the privacy and confidentiality of your nonpublic personal information.
