Farmers Insurance Claims Personnel Deployed to Help Wichita Area Storm Victims

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Sep 16, 2010, 02:37 ET

WICHITA, Kan., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Claims personnel from Farmers Insurance Group of Companies® have been deployed to the Wichita, Kansas area to help customers affected by the storm and possible tornado activity that struck earlier today.

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Farmers Insurance asks its customers who have suffered damage from this storm to immediately contact the Farmers 24 hour claims hotline at:

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

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

Spanish-language claims assistance is available to Farmers customers by calling 877-RECLAMO (877-732-5266).

Bristol West Insurance customers can call: 800-274-7865.

21st Century Insurance customers can call: 888-244-6163.

"Farmers agents and claims personnel will contact customers throughout the stricken area to determine damage, and help them with their claims," noted Dana Russell, State Executive Director of Farmers Insurance in Kansas. "We ask all of our customers to contact their agent, or the HelpPoint Hotline numbers for immediate assistance."

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 our Web site at www.farmers.com or www.Facebook.com/FarmersInsurance .