Farmers Group

Parent Organization: Zurich Financial Services

The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is a personal lines property and casualty insurance group providing homeowners insurance, auto insurance, life insurance, and financial services in the United States. It is the third largest insurance group in the US servicing over 10 million households in 41 states. Farmers Group Inc. is headquartered in Los Angeles, California but is 100% owned by Zurich Financial Services based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$133,200 Given
Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

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  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.

  • Republicans vs. Democrats

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  • State vs. Federal

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  • Top PAC Recipients

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View all campaign finance data for Farmers Group Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Lobbying

$430,000 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers through Q3, 2011

Lobbying On Behalf of Farmers Group

  • Names of Lobbyists
  • Firm Hired Amount
    Ernst & Young $90,000
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
    • Taxes,
    • Fed Budget & Appropriations,
    • Finance,
    • Insurance,
    • Foreign Relations,
    • Health Issues,
    • Medicare & Medicaid,
    • Transportation
  • Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
    Bill No. Title
    H.R.3590 Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009
    H.R.4173 Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010
View all lobbying data for Farmers Group Sources: OpenSecrets.org