We have engaged a large contingency of Farmers Insurance claims personnel to get immediate help to our customers throughout the Sayre Fire,” explains Bill Matlock, Farmers California State Executive Director. “It is a major disaster and we have all necessary resources to make sure our customers get the help needed in this terrible fire situation.”
Mr. [...]

Claims personnel from Farmers Insurance Group of Companies® are being deployed to help customers affected by the wildfire burning in the Montecito, Santa Barbara area.
Farmers Insurance asks its customers who have been ordered to evacuate or who have suffered damage, or lost their home because of the widespread wildfires, to immediately contact Farmers’ 24 hour [...]

While the economy has taken a downturn, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies® announces that its newest Business Development Center will open in Riverside, California, on October 28, 2008. According to Center Manager Mike Ponce, the center will employ a staff of recruiters, trainers and customer service personnel.
“Farmers is seeking individuals who want to own their [...]

InsureMe and Farmers Group, Inc. announced that the InsureMe lead service is now integrated with Farmers’ FastQuote system.
Farmers agents receiving InsureMe leads now have the opportunity for lead data to be automatically imported into Farmers FastQuote, a web-based quoting tool that allows agents to provide auto, home and term life insurance quotes with greater [...]

Paul Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Farmers Group, Inc., a Los Angeles-based subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich), has been promoted to Chairman of the Board of Farmers Group, Inc. In addition, Mr. Hopkins will assume responsibilities overseeing Zurich’s Latin America operations.
Bob Woudstra, who currently is President and Chief Operating Officer for Farmers [...]

A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a-” from “bbb+” of Farmers & Mechanics Group (Farmers & Mechanics) and its member, Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Insurance Company of West Virginia (both of Martinsburg, WV). The outlook for both ratings is [...]

A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a-” from “bbb+” of Farmers & Mechanics Group (Farmers & Mechanics) and its member, Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Insurance Company of West Virginia (both of Martinsburg, WV). The outlook for both ratings is [...]

As Americans mark breast cancer awareness month, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Breast Cancer: Making the Health Care System Work for Women. The report details how health insurance reform will help women diagnosed with breast cancer and is available now at www.HealthReform.gov.
“Thousands of [...]

Size matters, according to a new report on the insurance brokerage market by Advisen Ltd. As a result, the frenetic pace of consolidation in the brokerage sector will be only temporarily slowed by the global economic recession.
“Large brokers enjoy certain advantages of scope and scale,” said John Molka III, the author of the report. “At [...]

As a result of the development of a new long-range plan for 15-year-old Intercare Holdings Insurance Services, the firm’s senior management team has announced a series of strategic moves that have focused the Roseville-based company on its core competencies.
CEO George “Mac” McCleary detailed the plan, highlighting the divesture of an insurance brokerage operation and other [...]