REFERRAL OF COMMUNICATIONS. EquiTrust shall handle all correspondence of a routine nature and other general functions necessary to provide compliance and accounting services pursuant to this Agreement and shall maintain files relative thereto. EquiTrust shall immediately forward to COUNTRY copies of all attorney letters or other communications notifying EquiTrust of threatened or actual litigation against EquiTrust or COUNTRY. COUNTRY shall forward to EquiTrust, immediately upon receipt, all complaints and inquiries, and all attorney letters containing complaints received by COUNTRY but appropriate for EquiTrust response. EquiTrust will dispatch responses within a reasonable period or as required by appropriate law, whichever is sooner, and will copy COUNTRY on such responses to all complaints. COUNTRY shall have an opportunity to review EquiTrust's response to all attorney letters and EquiTrust will not mail or otherwise transmit any such written responses to such attorney letters without the prior approval of COUNTRY.
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Samples: Compliance and Accounting Agreement (Country Investors Variable Life Account), Accounting Agreement (Country Investors Variable Annunity Account), Accounting Agreement (Country Investors Variable Annunity Account)
REFERRAL OF COMMUNICATIONS. EquiTrust shall handle all correspondence of a routine nature and other general functions necessary to provide compliance and accounting services pursuant to this Agreement and shall maintain files relative thereto. EquiTrust shall immediately forward to COUNTRY copies of all attorney letters or other communications notifying EquiTrust of threatened or actual litigation against EquiTrust or COUNTRY. COUNTRY shall forward to EquiTrust, immediately upon receipt, all complaints and inquiries, and all attorney letters containing complaints received by COUNTRY but appropriate for EquiTrust response. EquiTrust will dispatch responses within a reasonable period or as required by appropriate law, whichever is sooner, and will copy COUNTRY on such responses to all complaints. COUNTRY shall have an opportunity to review EquiTrust's ’s response to all attorney letters and EquiTrust will not mail or otherwise transmit any such written responses to such attorney letters without the prior approval of COUNTRY.
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Samples: Country Investors Variable Life Account, Country Investors Variable Annuity Account