Farmers Insurance Group Fined $1 Million in Settlement

January 24, 2006

  • January 30, 2006 at 10:39 am
    carlfarm says:
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    chris, try going to yahoo and typing in (insurance company) claims, you will be amazed. there are pages upon page about state farm, and pages and pages about allstate, and a few pages about farmers. you can find disgruntled people with any companies claims. that whole jd power thing has got to be eating you up. to think Farmers customers are actually satisfied.

  • January 30, 2006 at 10:46 am
    carlfarm says:
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    djean, i will be happy to help with your claim. i will in clude my email address, if you email your policy number or name and phone number I will go to work for you tomorrow. chatch@farmersagent.com

  • January 30, 2006 at 10:52 am
    new Farmer\'s agent says:
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    I haven\’t been with Farmers long, but you can spell-check the book I wrote yesterday.

  • January 30, 2006 at 1:37 am
    Chris Russell says:
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    New Farmers agent: Quit now! The Zurich takeover turned Farmers from a decent carrier to one of the worst three along with Allstate and Mercury here in California. I can give you a long list of adjusters and attorneys who were in the long time employ of Farmers who have been unceremoniously fired in the last 18 months while other younger (read cheaper) employees are taking their place. Not one former employee has anything good to say about the company and these are people who have been with Farmers for 15-20 years. Horrible Insurance Company that does screw its insureds, third party claimants and its own employees.

  • January 30, 2006 at 3:45 am
    j.jay says:
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    I would like to say, that your points are true to fact. Insurance is like gambleing and they have to make money. I work for Farmers at the HelpPoint and I hear all sides. I will say that we do have a problem with settling claims. But over the last few years it has gotten better. It was JD Power and Associates that just rated Farmers. So yes Farmers does have a very good rating. Please you everyone has to look at population in CA vs the rest of the CA. CA is famerms home state, Farmers writes alot of business there Texas being the 2nd biggest state, but it writes busines in about 45 other states too. Zurich does not control Farmers. Zurich lets Farmers do it\’s own thing, Like Zurich does with its other 200 companies. People need to relize that here in MO other BIG named Insurances like State Farm and Allstate get violations. I just something in the mail about my Liberty Mutual getting introuble with compliance laws. IT\”S NOT JUST FARMERS>>>> ITS EVERY INSURANCE COMPANY IN AMERICA!!!!!!

  • January 30, 2006 at 4:18 am
    k says:
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    I have been a Farmers Agent for 18 years.I am giving my notice.I took care of a client that was in an accident.He has been with me for over 15 years.He came into my office and when he left he pointed to me and said \”YOU are the ONLY good thing about Farmers\”.Too bad I hear this too often and it is time to leave.

  • January 30, 2006 at 4:18 am
    k says:
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    I have been a Farmers Agent for 18 years.I am giving my notice.I took care of a client that was in an accident.He has been with me for over 15 years.He came into my office and when he left he pointed to me and said \”YOU are the ONLY good thing about Farmers\”.Too bad I hear this too often and it is time to leave.

  • January 30, 2006 at 4:28 am
    Chris Russell says:
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    In response to j.j, you are in denial about Farmers. They are not like any other carrier, they are substantially worse. Only 2 carriers have websites devoted to how poorly claims are handled, Allstate and Farmers, which are 2 of the 3 worst carriers here in California.

  • January 30, 2006 at 4:57 am
    Former FIG Agent says:
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    It\’s so sad that one of America\’s greatest business stories has come to this. One of the previous comments was right – it\’s just a numbers company now… dividends to the mother ship in another country etc…are the objective.

  • January 30, 2006 at 5:16 am
    Big Insurance says:
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    This only happens where there is an elected insurance commissioner. It\’s all politics, and the insurance industry is an easy target. It\’s just a place from which a wannabee politition can generate a lot of noise from as he moves up the political mountain. Problem is, he leaves a taint on all of us in the industry in the process.



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