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There are no warranties implied. Clear Strategy is an IAR Firm through their broker dealer Woodbury Financial, This branch office is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Clear Strategy may only transact business in those states in which it is registered, or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration requirements. Clear Strategy’s web site (link from BeneFinancial Group) is limited to the dissemination of general information pertaining to its advisory services, together with access to additional investment-related information, publications, and links. Accordingly, the publication of Clear Strategy’s’ web site on the Internet should not be construed by any consumer and/or prospective client as Clear Strategy’s solicitation to effect, or attempt to effect transactions in securities, or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, over the Internet. Any subsequent, direct communication by Clear Strategy’s Advisors with a prospective client shall be conducted by a representative that is either registered or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration in the state where the prospective client resides. For information pertaining to the registration status of Clear Strategy’s Advisors / Woodbury Financial, please contact the state securities regulators for those states in which Clear Strategy’s Advisors / Woodbury Financial maintains a registration filing. A copy of Clear Strategy’s Advisors’ current written disclosure statement discussing Clear Strategy’s Advisors’ / Woodbury Financial business operations, services, and fees is available at the SEC’s investment adviser public information website – www.adviserinfo.sec.gov or from Clear Strategy’s Advisors upon written request. Please make sure to check with your states insurance bureau and FINRA for representative and agent licensing, complaints, and background. www.finra.org and www.michigan.gov/difs. Clear Strategy’s Advisors / Woodbury Financial does not make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy, timeliness, suitability, completeness, or relevance of any information prepared by any unaffiliated third party, whether linked to Clear Strategy’s Advisors’ web site or incorporated herein, and takes no responsibility therefor. All such information is provided solely for convenience purposes only and all users thereof should be guided accordingly.

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We have made recommendation(s) using reasonable diligence, care, and skill in the following ways: Know the consumer’s financial situation, insurance needs, and financial objectives. Understanding the available recommendation(s) options after making a reasonable inquiry into options available to the producer(s). Having the basis to believe the recommended option effectively addresses the consumers financial situation, insurance/investment needs, and financial objectives over the life of the product, as evaluated in light of the consumer profile information. A consumer profile was completed during application. Standard information including, insurance needs, resources to fund product, existing assets, risk tolerance, and their financial situation. For exchanges/replacements, considerations have been surrender charges, loss of potential benefits, costs, fees, exchanges within sixty-months, and the benefit of replacing/exchanging from old to new product.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE

Insurance products sold through BeneFinancial Group (BFG) and its representatives may earn BFG and/or its representative commissions. Investments and products sold through Clear Strategy and Woodbury Financial may also earn the representative commissions and/or fees regarding securities and financial planning. You as the consumer, client, purchaser, have the right to seek out any individual, firm, and/or entity when purchasing insurance and/or securities. You DO NOT have to purchase any insurance and/or security from BeneFinancial Group and/or Clear Strategy / Woodbury Financial if purchasing/paying for a financial plan. I/We understand that insurance and any purchases thereof are provided by BeneFinancial Group. Any securities transactions, planning, and/or fees are sold through Woodbury Financial & Clear Strategy and their representatives. BeneFinancial Group, Clear Strategy, and Woodbury Financial are not related companies.

DOCUMENTATION OBLIGATION

Requires producers to make a written record of any recommendation and the basis for the recommendation.

DISCLOSURE OBLIGATION

Please be advised that the following has been explained, described, completed, and discussed. Relationship with client, roles of producers (insurance, securities, legal, accounting, etc..), companies and products the producer is licensed to sell/promote. Producers are licensed/offered to sell/promote multiple companies/carriers. They may from time to time use a few of these companies dependent on business, service, offering’s specific to client needs. Producers are paid by fees, commissions, and non-cash compensation through insurance carriers and/or broker dealer/securities. You have the right to request additional information on cash compensation. The Managing Partners of BeneFinancial Group provide/transact insurance business. Mr. Pipkens and Mr. Schroder provide/transact security advice/business through Woodbury Financial, a broker dealer.

ROLLOVER DISCLOSURE

The decision to rollover a qualified account should NOT happen until all options have been reviewed. Each option may or may not be suitable for an investor/client. Your representative has provided the following information:

Can you keep your account at your employer should you leave/retire?

Have the costs to stay or “rollover” been discussed/compared?

Can you rollover former employer plan monies into your new company’s plan?

Potential taxation and penalties if assets are withdrawn, both before age 59 ½ and after?

After tax monies from qualified plans may be affected if rolled into IRA’s?

Stock ownership inside a qualified plan may be forfeited by a rollover into another qualified account?

MOBILE MESSAGING TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

Last updated: 01/03/2024 

Pezzillo Financial Services, Inc. (“BeneFinancial Group”, “we”, or “us”) operates a mobile messaging program (the “Program”) subject to these Mobile Messaging Terms and Conditions (these “Mobile Messaging Terms”). The Program and our collection and use of your personal information is also subject to our Privacy Policy >insert link to your privacy policy and our general terms of use agreement<. By enrolling, signing up, or otherwise agreeing to participate in the Program, you accept and agree to these Mobile Messaging Terms and our Privacy Policy. 

1.    Program Description: We may send promotional and transactional mobile messages in various formats through the Program. Promotional messages advertise and promote our products and services and may include promotions, specials, and other marketing offers. Transactional messages relate to an existing or ongoing transaction and may include updates, appointment reminders, and other marketing related information. Mobile messages may be sent using an automated technology, including an autodialer, automated system, or automatic telephone dialing system. Message frequency will vary but will not exceed 3 messages per month. You agree that we, our affiliates, and any third-party service providers may send you messages regarding the foregoing topics or any topic and that such messages and/or calls may be made or placed using different telephone numbers or short codes. We do not charge for mobile messages sent through the Program but you are responsible for any message and data rates imposed by your mobile provider, as standard data and message rates may apply for short message service and multimedia message alerts.

2.    User Opt-In: By providing your mobile phone number to us, you are voluntarily opting in to the Program and you agree to receive recurring mobile messages from us at the mobile

phone number associated with your opt-in, even if such number is registered on any state or federal “Do Not Call” list. You agree that any mobile phone number you provide to us is a valid mobile phone number of which you are the owner or authorized user. If you change your mobile phone number or are no longer the owner or authorized user of the mobile phone number, you agree to promptly notify us at info@benefingroup.com.

Your participation in the Program is not required to make any purchase from us and your participation in the Program is completely voluntary.

3.    User Opt-Out and Support: You may opt-out of the Program at any time. If you wish to

opt-out of the Program and stop receiving mobile messages from us, or you no longer agree to these Mobile Messaging Terms, reply STOP, QUIT, CANCEL, OPT-OUT, and/or UNSUBSCRIBE to any mobile message from us. You may continue to receive text messages for a short period while we process your request and you may receive a one-time opt-out confirmation message. You understand and agree that the foregoing is the only reasonable method of opting out. If you want to join the Program again, just sign up as you did the first time, and we will start sending messages to you again. For support, reply HELP to any mobile message from us.

Our mobile messaging platform may not recognize requests that modify the foregoing commands, and you agree that we and our service providers will not be liable for failing to honor requests that do not comply with the requirements in these Mobile Messaging Terms. We may also change the telephone number or short code we use to operate the Program and we will notify you of any such change. You acknowledge that any requests sent to a telephone number or short code that has been changed may not be received by us and we will not be responsible for failing to honor a request sent to a telephone number or short code that has been changed.

4.    Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability: The Program is offered on an “as-is” basis and may not be available in all areas, at all times, or on all mobile providers. You agree that neither we nor our service providers will be liable for any failed, delayed, or misdirected delivery of any mobile message or information sent through the Program. 

Modifications: We may modify or cancel the Program or any of its features at any time, with or without notice. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may also modify these Mobile Messaging Terms at any time. Any such modification will take effect when it is posted to our website. You agree to review these Mobile Messaging Terms periodically to ensure that you are aware of any modifications. Your continued participation in the Program will constitute your acceptance of those modifications.

PRIVACY POLICY

Most Recent Update: 01/03/2024

This Privacy Policy explains how Pezzillo Financial Services, Inc. and BeneFinancial Group (DBA) collects, uses and discloses personal information of its customers, prospective customers, and visitors to its website at www.benefingroup.com.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Information collected directly from you: We may collect personal information directly from you, for example [through a web form, during an online or in-person registration, while making a reservation, while setting up an account with us, or when you contact us for customer support. Personal information we collect directly from you may include first and last name, address, email address, and phone number.

Information collected from your device: Our website may use tracking technologies such as cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other similar technologies to automatically collect certain information from your device, including for example your IP address, browser and operating system information, geographic location, referring website address, and other information about how you interact with the website. Our website may also use cookies to personalize your experience and enable certain features. however, disable cookies in your web browser however, parts of our website may not function properly. More information about blocking and deleting cookies is available at http://www.allaboutcookies.org. Our email campaigns may also use tracking technologies such as web beacons, pixels and other similar technologies to automatically collect certain information such as your IP address, browser type and version, and email engagement statistics. Information collected from our advertising partners: We may collect personal information about you from our advertising partners. Personal information we collect from our advertising partners may include [your demographic information and geographic location.

 USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use information collected directly from you to provide you with our products and services, customer service and support, and other relevant information. We may also use this information to market our products and services to you, including by email and text message subject to your consent. We use information collected automatically from your device to provide our website to you, to optimize our website, and to assist with our marketing efforts.We may also use information collected from you and information collected from your device to send you abandoned cart reminders if you added items to your shopping cart but did not complete check out.

We use information collected from our advertising partners to market our products and services to you.

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use third-party service providers to assist us with providing and marketing our products and services to you and we may share your information with such third parties for these limited purposes.

●     We use Constant Contact for our email marketing and text message communications. For more information about how we may use your information with Constant Contact and the information that may be collected through our email campaigns, see Constant Contact’s Customer Data Notice available at https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/customer-contact-data-notice.

●     We use ModInteractive to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. ModInteractive uses and processes your information in accordance with its privacy policy available at ModInteractive’s privacy policy.

CHANGES TO THE THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. Please review it frequently.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at 866-869-9997 or info@benefingroup.com.

LEGACY LOCK DISCLOSURE

BeneFinancial Group and/or its associates are NOT attorneys. We do not and cannot give legal advice should you purchase an estate plan through Legacy Lock. We are coordinators and gather information that you provide. Once collected we forward to Legacy Lock, where a state certified/appointed licensed attorney completes your trusts/wills.



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