Farmers Leads in Commercial Sales in Washington

February 19, 2008

Farmers Group, Inc., has reached a milestone in writing commercial insurance policies in the State of Washington—it is No.1, according to the A.M. Best Co.

“Farmers has doubled its written premium in commercial multi-peril policies since 2001,” said Mhayse Samalya, president of Farmers Business Insurance. “Since 2001, our market share has also grown 3.3 points to 11.3, putting Farmers in the No.1 commercial insurance sales spot, ahead of all other insurance companies in the state. We look forward to Farmers maintaining that position for many, many years to come.”

Dave Taylor, an elite Farmers commercial agent in Shoreline, Wash., credited the carrier’s market growth to competitive prices, especially for habitational and artisan contractors coverage, a strong underwriting team knowledgeable about the needs of Washington businesses, and agent support materials that enable Farmers’ agents to quickly look up coverage for any type of business and give quotes that meet all of the needs of a particular business.

Source: Farmers Group, Inc.

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  • February 20, 2008 at 9:15 am
    Ex Farmers agent for 20+ years says:
    Current independent agent for 20 years who is former top producer in US for Farmers. They will get in and then they will get out. That is why I became an independent.
  • February 19, 2008 at 6:05 am
    Geo says:
    Like the Condo programs, Farmers was dynamite with apartment policies until they took their 457% increase on the liability portion a few years ago.
  • February 19, 2008 at 3:19 am
    aha! says:
    So THAT'S how they did it - they snapped up all of the artisan contractors that Safeco dropped like hot potatoes two years ago, right? Yeah, they'll bail on that soon, for the... read more

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