Farmers Insurance Claims Team Assists Victims of Southern California Fires.

LOS ANGELES -- Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has more than 260 claims adjusters in Southern California to assist victims of the fires. Farmers advises its customers affected by any one of the 12 wildfires from San Diego to Los Angeles, and anywhere else these fire spread, to immediately

As of Monday, October 22, 2007, Farmers has received more than 600 claims resulting from the fires and winds in a 100,000-acre area ranging from Los Angeles to San Diego.

Farmers' Mobile Catastrophe Claims Center Bus is currently en route to Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego and should be in place and ready to help customers at 6 am tomorrow morning.

The Farmers Mobile Catastrophe Claims Center Bus is a rolling customer support center equipped with top-of-the-line technology for immediate claims handling and outfitted with comforts of home such as a grill for on-the-spot meals. Farmers customers can stop by the Mobile Catastrophe Claims Bus anytime. Reporters are welcome to tour the bus as well.

Farmers is the second largest homeowners insurer in California.

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. Headquartered in Los Angeles and doing business in 41 states, the insurers comprising the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies 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.