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- Farmers Insurance Group of Companies(R) has sent $37,500 plus food and clothing to help the American Red Cross relief efforts following the terrible aftermath of Hurricane Ike.

"There are still thousands of Texans without power, and so many in need of help," noted Farmers CEO Paul N. Hopkins. I am pleased to announce that Farmers Insurance employees in

the Home Office in Los Angeles; Austin, Texas Service Point; the Northwest Service Center in Oregon; Kansas City Service Center; Pocatello, Idaho Service Center and the Los Angeles Service Center raised $12,500, plus contributed food and clothing and Farmers Insurance is proud to add an additional contribution of $25,000. We hope this will help the many who have immediate needs."

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. 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 insurers 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.

Farmers Insurance Group
Jerry Davies, 213-400-4459
jerry.davies@farmersinsurance.com