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Farmers Insurance Claims Personnel on the Scene of Los Angeles County Fires; Watching...

Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:12pm EDT

Farmers Insurance Claims Personnel on the Scene of Los Angeles County Fires; Watching Camp Pendleton Area

    Two Farmers Mobile Customer Care Claims Vehicles Set Up At San
               Fernando High School And In Porter Ranch
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies(R), agents and claims teams
are on the scene at the Lakeview Terrace fire areas and Porter Ranch
fires in Los Angeles County. They are helping customers who may have
been evacuated or have suffered damage to their homes.

   "We have set up two Mobile Customer Care Claims Vehicles at the
fires," explains Bill Matlock, Farmers State Executive Director. "The
first Mobile Claims Vehicle is located at San Fernando High School;
11133 O'Melveny Avenue, San Fernando, 91340. This vehicle is helping
our customers with claims, and has served hundreds of meals from the
vehicle's grill," he added.

   "The second Mobile Claims Vehicle is located at Shepard of the
Hills Church; 19700 Rinaldi Street, Porter Ranch, 91326. Farmers
claims teams are at both locations and are ready to help our
customers," Matlock said.

   Farmers customers not visiting the claims vehicles who have
suffered damage to their property, or who have been evacuated, are
asked to call Farmers HelpPoint for immediate assistance at:

   1-800-HelpPoint (1-800-435-7764) for immediate assistance.

   Foremost Insurance customers should file their claim by calling:

   1-800-527-3907.

   "We will reach our customers as quickly as possible to give them
the help that they need, but ask everyone to please listen to fire
officials and media to get to a safe area and then call Farmers,"
Matlock said.

   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, 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
Jerry Davies, 213-400-4459
jerry.davies@farmersinsurance.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008


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