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In General

The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC) is an independent council of industry consultants and professionals established to provide solutions-oriented thought leadership on retirement income. Support for the establishment of the IRIC has come from Prudential Retirement. Prudential Retirement is a business division and registered service mark of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates. Although support is obtained from Prudential Retirement, IRIC is entirely independent from such organizations.

Your use of the website (the “Site”) and any materials contained herein constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions outlined in this Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) with respect to our Site. This Agreement constitutes the entire and only agreement between us and you and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties and understandings with respect to the Site, the content, products or services provided by or through the Site, and the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended at any time by us without specific notice to you. The latest Agreement will be posted on the Site, and you should review this Agreement prior to using the Site.

The content of this Site is subject to copyrights and service marks owned or controlled by the Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC) and/or other entities or persons, the terms of which must be observed and followed. The name, service marks and logos that appear on this Site may not be used in any advertising or publicity, or otherwise used to suggest IRIC’s endorsement, sponsorship of, or affiliation with any product or service, without IRIC’s prior express written permission.

IRIC provides the information on this Site as a benefit to the public. While IRIC makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this site, it does not guarantee its accuracy, completeness, or timeliness, and use of such information is at the recipient’s own risk. IRIC makes no representations about the suitability of the information provided in the materials on this Site for any purpose and accepts no liability whatsoever for the validity of the information or anything whatsoever contained in the materials on this Site. In addition, the Prudential Insurance Company of America, and such corporations’ business divisions and affiliates, make no representations as to the accuracy or completeness or in any manner endorse the information contained herein.

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Copyright

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Terms of Use

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Service Marks

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Limited License; Permitted Uses

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