Farmers Insurance Announces 5 Millionth Homeowners Customer; Agent Jose Lujan of San Antonio, Texas Gets Farmers to Goal

LOS ANGELES--March 23, 2005--The Farmers Insurance Group(R) of Companies is proud to announce their achievement of reaching five million homeowners customers in the U.S. Farmers, the nation's third largest homeowners insurer, is the 3rd largest insurer in the state of Texas. This announcement reiterates Farmers leadership position in the homeowners market and takes forward its vision of growing its customer base.

Farmers agent Jose Lujan of San Antonio, Texas wrote the five millionth policy on March 15, 2005. Mr. Lujan has been an agent with Farmers for 29 years and has nearly 4,000 customers in the San Antonio area.

"We are proud to announce the achievement of our five millionth customer," said Kevin Kelso, President, Farmers Personal Lines, "We attribute our success to the continuous focus on customers to provide them with the best agents and claims handling service in the industry." added Kelso.

Founded in 1928, The Farmers Insurance Group(R) of Companies 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(R) of Companies provide Homeowners, Auto, Business, Life insurance and financial services to more than 10 million households through 17,000 exclusive and independent agents and district managers. Farmers' customers can contact the HelpPoint claims service at 1-800-435-7764 (1-800-HelpPoint) 24 hours a day. For more information about Farmers visit our Web site at www.farmers.com.