Farmers Insurance Claims Teams Helping Storm Victims Throughout California

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Mar 21, 2011, 08:56 ET

LOS ANGELES, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmers Insurance claims personnel, agents, District Managers and employees throughout California are continuing to help victims of the heavy rain and wind storms that have continued steady the past three days.

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Farmers Southern California State Executive Director Charles Dabelgott; Vice President, Los Angeles State Executive Director Bill Matlock; Northern State Executive Director John Weaver; and Inland State Executive Director Kirk Tweedy stated that Farmers claims teams are in full operation helping customers throughout the state to give immediate assistance if they have suffered damage from the heavy rains and wind that passed over the state.

They advise all customers who have suffered damage from the storms should call their agent or the 24-hour Farmers HelpPoint hotline number at:

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

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

Those with Flood insurance can reach the National Flood Insurance Program at www.floodsmart.gov.

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.