Eric Petersen Appointed Farmers Insurance® Regional Marketing Vice President, Eastern Markets

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Eric Petersen, Farmers Wisconsin State Executive Director, has been appointed Regional Marketing Vice President of Farmers Eastern Markets, effective immediately, according to Farmers Insurance.

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"I congratulate Eric on his promotion," noted Farmers Senior Vice President of Eastern Markets, Scott Stice. "Eric's leadership ability and extensive knowledge of marketing makes him a perfect fit for our Eastern markets. His work in the marketing field will help Farmers continue positive growth in the New Year."

Mr. Petersen began his Farmers career in 1989 as an agent in Tucson, Arizona. He joined the employee force in 1991 as a Claims representative and worked his way up the claims ladder to New Mexico branch Claims manager in 1998. He relocated to Los Angeles as a division Marketing manager in 2001, and in 2006 he was promoted to his current position.

Mr. Petersen holds a Bachelor's degree in Marketing from Utah State University, and currently resides with his wife in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.

Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is the country's 3rd largest insurer of both personal lines passenger automobile and homeowners insurance, and also provides a wide range of other insurance and financial services products.  Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with more than 20 million individual policies across all 50 states through the efforts of over 50,000 exclusive and independent agents and nearly 24,000 employees.

Farmers is a trade name and may refer to Farmers Group, Inc. or the Farmers Exchanges, as the case may be. Farmers Group, Inc., a management and holding company, along with its subsidiaries, is wholly owned by the Zurich Financial Services Group. The Farmers Exchanges are three reciprocal insurers (Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange), including their subsidiaries and affiliates, owned by their policyholders, and managed by Farmers Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information about Farmers, visit its Web site at www.farmers.com or at www.Facebook.com/FarmersInsurance.

SOURCE Farmers Insurance

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