Farmers Insurance Claims Teams Helping Victims of California Fires.

LOS ANGELES -- Farmers Insurance claims personnel and agents are in the Sierra Madre and Southern California fire areas contacting Farmers customers to help them if they have been evacuated or suffered losses from the fires that struck this weekend.

Farmers Senior Vice President, State Operations Steve Feely said, "Our claims teams are in full operation throughout the fire areas helping our customers."

Farmers' customers who have suffered damage from the storms should call the 24-hour Farmers HelpPoint number at:

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

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.