Farmers Insurance Claims Team Assists Victims of California

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Farmers Insurance Group of Companies® advises its customers suffering damage or being evacuated from the Santa Barbara wildfires to immediately contact Farmers’ 24 hour claims hotline at:

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

Foremost Insurance Company customers are asked to contact the 24-hour claims hotline at: 1-800-527-3907.

“We know how difficult this fire is becoming and have many claims personnel ready to help customers,” said Farmers Vice President and State Executive Director, Bill Matlock. “The local claims staff of Farmers and Foremost will be located at the Dos Pueblos High School evacuation site and Red Cross Center to help customers beginning at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, May 7 at 7266 Alameda Ave., Goleta.”

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® 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, Farmers Insurance provides homeowners, auto, business, life insurance, specialty products insurance and financial services to more than 10 million households.