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Farmers Insurance Sets up Customer Care Sites to Help Tornado Victims

Mon May 26, 2008 10:55pm EDT
MINNEAPOLIS--(Business Wire)--
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies advises its Farmers Insurance
customers suffering damage from the recent tornado to immediately
contact their agent or call the 24 hour claims hotline, 800-HelpPoint
(1-800-435-7764).

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

   To further assist customers, Farmers has a Customer Care Vehicle
at Oneka Elementary School, 488 Heritage Parkway, Hugo, Minnesota.

   As of Monday afternoon, Farmers has received more than 800 claims.

   "We are committed to helping our customers file claims quickly and
easily," said Locke Pierce, State Executive Director of Farmers
Insurance in Minnesota. "We are doing everything we can to help bring
relief to this badly battered community."

   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 and doing business in 41 states, 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
Michelle Levy, 512-791-7445
michelle.levy@famrersinsurance.com

Copyright Business Wire 2008



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