Farmers Insurance Claims Team Assists Victims of Indiana Storm

GARY, Ind.--(Business Wire)--
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies advises its customers
suffering damage from the recent storm in the Northwest Indiana area,
to immediately contact their agent or call Farmers' 24 hour claims
hotline, 800-HelpPoint (1-800-435-7764).

Foremost Insurance customers should file their claim by calling:
800-527-3907.

Farmers has also set up a Customer Care Vehicle on the town line
of Griffith and Gary, Indiana, located on the NW corner of Ridge and
Calhoun streets.

"There is a tremendous amount of damage caused by this storm,"
said Tom Bower, Farmers State Executive Director in Indiana. "We are
doing everything we can to make it as easy as possible for our
customers to file claims as quickly as possible."

Farmers Group, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich
Financial Services, an insurance-based financial services provider
with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in North America and
Europe as well as in Asia Pacific, Latin America and other markets.
Farmers(R) is the nation's third-largest Personal Lines Property &
Casualty insurance group. Property and casualty products are
underwritten and issued by the Farmers Exchanges and their
subsidiaries, which Farmers Group, Inc. manages but does not own.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Farmers insurers provide Homeowners,
Auto, Business, Life insurance and financial services to more than 10
million households. For more information about Farmers, visit our Web
site at www.farmers.com.

Farmers Insurance Group
Michelle Levy, 512-791-7445
michelle.levy@farmersinsurance.com

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