Insurers Set Up Special Toll-Free Numbers to Assist Policyholders with Hurricane Frances-Related Claims

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NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2004 - Policyholders with questions regarding their coverage for damage caused by Hurricane Frances should contact their insurance agent or company representative. To assist consumers, special toll-free numbers have been set up by insurance companies. This and other hurricane-related information can be found at the Insurance Information Institute's website, www.insurance.info.

The following insurance companies have set up 800 hotlines for those insureds displaced by Hurricane Frances:

Acuity - 800-242-7666
Allmerica - 1-800-628-0250
Allstate - 800-54-STORM (800-547-8676)
American Bankers Insurance Company - 800-245-1505
American Federation Insurance Company - 800-527-3907
American International Group - 800-433-8880 (auto & home)
American Reliable Insurance Company - 800-245-1505
American Skyline Insurance Co. - 888-298-5224
American Strategic Insurance - 866-274-5677
Arch - 800-817-3252
Armed Forces Insurance Exchange - 800-828-7736
Atlantic Mutual - 800-945-7461
Atlantic Preferred Insurance Company - 800-673-4952
AXA Re Property and Casualty - 800 216-3711
Bankers Insurance Company - 800-765-9700
Bankers Security Insurance Company - 800-765-9700
Bituminous - 800-822-2905 (Florida)
Bristol West Insurance Group - 800-Bristol
Century Surety Insurance Company - 800-850-0422
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. - 866-411-2742
CHUBB - 800-CLAIMS-0 (800-252-4670)
Church Mutual - 800-554-2642
Citizens - 866-411-2742
Clarendon Select Insurance Company - 800 216-3711
Clarendon National Insurance Company - 800-216-3711
CNA - 877-733-4250
Colony Insurance Company - 800-577-6614, ext. 1715
CUNA Mutual - 800-637-2676
Cypress - 888-352-9773
Erie Insurance Group - 800-367-3743
Farmers - 800-435-7764
Federated National Insurance Company - 800-420-7075
Fidelity National P&C Insurance Group - 800-220-1351
Fireman's Fund - 888-FIREHAT (888-347-3428)
First Floridian 1-800-CLAIM-33 (1-800-252-4633) (homeowners or auto claims)
First Premium Insurance Group (Lloyd's Mobile Home) - 800-432-3072
First Trenton - 800-468-7341
Florida Family Insurance Company - 888-486-4663
Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies - 800-330-3327
Florida Preferred Property Insurance Company - 800-673-4952
Florida Select - 888-700-0101
FM Global - 877-NEWLOSS
Foremost Insurance Company - 800-527-3907
Foremost Property Casualty - 800-527-3907
GE Employers Re - 866-413-8978
GEICO - 800-841-3000
Granada Insurance Company - 800-392-9966
Guide One - 888-748-4326
Harbor National Insurance Company - 800 216-3711
The Hartford - 800-243-5860
Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest - 800-637-5410
Hartford Steam - 800-HSB-LOSS
Holyoke Mutual - 800-225-2533
Interstate Fire & Casualty - 800-456-8458, Ext. 7770
Liberty Mutual - 800-2CLAIMS (800-225-2467)
Louisiana Farm Bureau - 866-275-7322
Mercury Insurance Group - 800-987-6000
MetLife Auto & Home - 800-854-6011
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) - 1-800-427-4661
National Insurance Company - 800-329-2121
Nationwide - 800-421-3535
North Pointe Insurance Company - 877-878-1991
Old Dominion Insurance Company - 877-425-2467
Omega Insurance Company - 800 216-3711
OneBeacon - 877-248-4968
Progressive Auto Insurance - 800-PROGRESSIVE (1-800-776-4737)
QualSure Insurance Corp. - 877-563-0150
Royal & Sun Alliance - 800-847-6925
SAFECO - 800-332-3226
Scottsdale Insurance Co. - 800-423-7675
Security National Insurance Company - 800-Bristol
Selective - 866-455-9969
Shelter Insurance Group - 800-SHELTER
Sompo Japan - 800-444-6870
Southern Family Insurance Company - 800-673-4952
Southwest Business Corp. (Lloyd's Excess Flood) - 800-527-0066
St. Johns Insurance Company - 800-748-2030
St. Paul - 1-800-STPAUL1 (1-800-787-2851) (business claims)
St. Paul Travelers - 1-800-238-6225 (business claims)
State Farm Insurance - 800-SF-CLAIM (800-732-5246)
Sunshine State Insurance Company - 877-329-8795
TAPCO - 888-437-0373
Texas Farm Bureau - 800-772-6535
Tower Hill Insurance Companies - 800 216-3711
Travelers - 1-800-356-6663 (flood claims)
Travelers - 1-800-238-6225 (business claims)
United Property and Casualty Insurance Company - 800-861-4370
Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. - 800-425-9113
United Services Automobile Assn - 800-531-8222
Universal Insurance Co. - 888-846-7647
USAA - 800-531-8222
USLI - 800-523-5545
Vanguard Fire & Casualty Company - 888-343-5585
XL - 1-214-559-1574
Zurich - 1-800-987-3373