Tom Rogers Joins Farmers Group, Inc. as Chief Investment Officer

PR Newswire

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Dec. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmers Group, Inc.^® today announced Tom Rogers has joined the organization as Chief Investment Officer effective December 1.

Tom Rogers, chief investment officer for Farmers Insurance

"Tom has an impressive resume of more than 30-years in the investment and asset management field," said Scott Lindquist, chief financial officer for Farmers^®. "I am certain he will continue to use his wealth of knowledge and experience working with institutional investors to the benefit of Farmers and its customers."

Rogers spent the past 15 years at Zurich Insurance in various roles including the appointment as Chief Investment Officer for Switzerland in 2015. Prior to Zurich, he held various executive positions at Fortis and at Merrill Lynch. Rogers holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Rutgers University and a Master of Business Administration degree from New York University, as well as a CFA Charterholder.

"It's a privilege to join such a respected organization in the United States," said Rogers. "I look forward to further developing Farmers already excellent financial management capabilities."

About Farmers Insurance
"Farmers Insurance^®" and "Farmers^®" are tradenames for a group of affiliated insurers providing insurance for automobiles, homes and small businesses and a wide range of other insurance and financial services and products. Farmers Insurance is proud to serve more than 10 million households with over 19 million individual policies, across all 50 states, through the efforts of more than 48,000 exclusive and independent agents and approximately 21,000 employees. Farmers Insurance Exchange®, the largest of the three primary insurance insurers that make up Farmers Insurance, is recognized as one of the largest U.S. companies on the 2016 Fortune 500 list.