Founded in 1928 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Farmers is one of the largest and most respected insurance brands in the United States. Foremost Insurance Company, located in Michigan, was acquired in March 2000. It leads the industry in insuring specialty products such as mobile homes, motor homes, travel trailers and specialty dwellings.
And the Bristol West Insurance Group, based in Davie, Fla., became a part of the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies in July 2007. Bristol West began providing private passenger Auto insurance to Florida residents in 1973, and since that time, it has grown to be a leading provider of liability and physical damage insurance - focusing exclusively on private passenger vehicles across the United States.
Part of the Zurich Financial Services Group, the companies that comprise the Farmers Insurance Group rank as the third-largest Personal Lines property and casualty group in the United States. Farmers is also a leading insurer of small- and medium-sized businesses and operates a large Life insurance company as well as a rapidly growing financial services company (Farmers Financial Solutions).
Farmers Insurance Group (informally Farmers) is an American insurer group of automobiles, homes and small businesses and also provides other insurance and financial services products. Farmers Insurance has more than 48,000 exclusive and independent agents and approximately 21,000 employees. It is a subsidiary of the Swiss company Zurich Insurance Group.
Farmers' products and services include:
- auto insurance;
- home insurance, including homeowners, condominium and renters insurance, mobile and manufactured home insurance, specialty home insurance, including landlord and rental properties, seasonal homes, and vacation homes, and flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program;
- motorcycle insurance;
- life insurance, including term, whole and universal life insurance;
- recreational insurance, such as insurance for boats, ATVs, RVs, and travel trailers;
- business insurance for small and medium-sized businesses, such as liability and property insurance, commercial auto and workers compensation insurance for apartment and commercial property owners, artisan contractors, condominium homeowner associations, retail stores, service providers, offices, religious organizations, educational and non-profit organizations, hotels, motels, bed & breakfasts, and other businesses in the light manufacturing, restaurant, wholesale, and auto service & repair industries; and
- financial services and products, such as mutual funds and variable annuities.