Farmers Mutual Insurance Company hosted an awards presentation dinner on January 24, 2008.The meeting was hosted at the company's home office. The company invited the following top twenty contingency recipients for 2008 to the awards presentation:

• Ritchie County Insurance Agency, Inc. - Ellenboro, WV
• Johnson Insurance Agencies, Inc. - Ripley, WV
• Elkview Insurance Agency - Elkview, WV
• Kniceley Insurance Inc. - Marlinton, WV
• May Insurance Agency - Fairmont, WV
• Saville Insurance Agency - Romney, WV
• Webb insurance Agency - Danville, WV
• Smallwood-Small Insurance - Martinsburg, WV
• Summit Insurance Services, LLC - Moorefield, WV
• United Security Agency II, Inc. - Bridgeport, WV
• Kniceley Insurance Inc. - Sutton, WV
• Timothy B. Close Insurance Agency - Berkeley Springs, WV
• Morgan & Morgan, Inc. - Ronceverte, WV
• Smith Insurance Agency, LLC - Clendenin, WV
• USA II, Inc. - Grafton, WV
• J.L. Massie Insurance Agency - Hinton, WV
• Pleasants County Insurance Agency, Inc. - St. Marys, WV
• Davis & Tarasuk Insurance Corp. - Fairmont, WV
• Betterway Insurance Center, Inc. - Buckhannon, WV

In addition to presenting the contingency profit sharing checks to the agencies Farmers Mutual also recognized four agencies for their outstanding performance. The four agencies receiving special recognition were as follows:

• President’s Choice Achievement Award (presented to the agency with highest agency evaluation rating score for the past two years) - Saville Insurance Agency, Romney WV.
• Performance Achievement Award (presented to the agency receiving the largest contingency profit sharing amount) - Ritchie County Insurance Agency, Inc. Ellenboro WV.
• Renaissance Achievement Award (presented to the agency with the largest percentage change in agency evaluation rating score for the current year) - Morgan & Morgan, Inc., Ronceverte WV.
• Rising Star Achievement Award (presented to an agency appointed in the past five years that has demonstrated growth, profitability and outstanding management skills) - Morris & Associates, LLC, Parkersburg WV.

Farmers Mutual is very appreciative of the profitability and dedication of all the independent agencies that represent our company. Thanks to all agencies for a job well done in 2007.

If you wish to view or download the WVU Fiesta Bowl 2008 Video - Against All Odds it is available from the "Agency Information Center" under the section labeled "Documents Available For Viewing" and selecting "Agency Correspondence" from the dropdown selection.

Release Date: January 2008

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company was upgraded by A.M.Best Rating Company in December 2007 based on A.M. Best's opinion of Farmers Mutual Company Financial Strength, it is assigned a Best's Rating of B+ (Secure) with a "Positive Outlook". The company's Financial Size Category is Class III.

Release Date: December 2007

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company hosted a two day outing at the Stonewall Resort State Park. The outing was to honor our Tier 4 Elite Agencies. Tier 4 Elite Agencies consists of agencies that have attained a one year average agency evaluation rating of 65 or greater.

A reception, dinner and dance were held on Sunday September 30th. On Monday a putting contest, golf outing and boat cruise was held followed by a patio luncheon.

The accommodations at the resort were fabulous and everyone had an excellent time.

Release Date: October 2007

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company hosted a dinner on June 22nd to honor Sue Mathews, who will be retiring on June 30th after more than 40 years of working at Farmers Mutual. The dinner was well attended by friends, family, current co-workers and former co-workers. David Corsini, President and CEO of Farmers Mutual, presented Sue with several items to mark the occasion.

Sue has been a valuable asset to the company for a number of years and she will be missed by everyone. Sue has worked as the receptionist for the company for a number of years and she always has a pleasant smile and a kind word for everyone.

Sue and her husband, Johnny will be taking an Alaskan cruise later in the year. Sue and Johnny enjoy traveling and they have been to almost every state.

Release Date: June 2007

Farmers Mutual hosted a meeting at the home office on June 12th to introduce our agency users to a new feature in our Agency Support Center. The web based submission of New Business. Over 60 agency users representing approximately 80% of our agency force attended the meeting.

Release Date: June 2007

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company has added a new meeting room to our home office site, The new room offers approximately 1,600 sq. feet of meeting space. The new room can comfortably accommodate meetings of approximately 75 people. The room features a beautiful fireplace which should add to the peaceful and relaxing atmosphere. We will be hosting various agents meeting and training sessions in this new room.

Release Date: March 2007

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company was upgraded by A.M.Best Rating Company in December 2006 based on A.M. Best's opinion of Farmers Mutual Company Financial Strength, it is assigned a Best's Rating of B (Fair) with a "Positive Outlook". The company's Financial Size Category is Class III.

Release Date: January 2007

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company hosted an agency meeting on Tuesday December 5, 2006 at the Bridgeport Conference Center located at Charles Pointe. The President and CEO David Corsini discussed the company's current financial position and the operating results for the first 10 months of 2006. Ted Richards discussed Farmers Mutual new marketing plan and Carolyn Meadows discussed underwriting changes.

Ron Jones and Vineet Arora discussed and demonstrated current features available on the Agency Support Center and also discussed new features that will be available on the system in 2007.

Release Date: December 2006

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company had the initial release of their agency support center available to their agencies on June 26th 2006.

The "Agency Support Center" currently has the following items available:

My Insco Net
Quick Rate - A rate calculation system (does not save information and no printing from this option).
New Quote - Creates, stores and prints quote information.
Modify Quote - Modification of stored quote information.
Billing Inquiry - Display of selective policy term billing and payment activity.
Claim Inquiry - Display of claim transaction activity.

Reports
Company Summary - Currently has over 60 display reports available.
Agency Information Center - Employee directory, underwriting manuals and guidelines and company holidays.

Release Date: June 2006

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company hosted an Open House on Friday August 6th 2005 celebrating our 100 Year Anniversary. The open house was attended by a number of friends and business partners. Those in attendance were presented with a commorative Fenton Glass mini iceberg engraved with the company logo and noting the 100 Years from 1905 - 2005 along with other items. The company had on display various historical artifacts and numerous photos from our first 100 years of business.

Release Date: August 2005

Farmers Mutual Insurance Company was upgraded by A.M.Best Rating Company in June 2005 based on A.M. Best's opinion of Farmers Mutual Company Financial Strength, it is assigned a Best's Rating of B- (Fair). The company's Financial Size Category is Class III.

Release Date: July 2005

Farmers Mutual converted from their windows based policy processing system of INSCO to their web based system Insco.Net in June 2005. The new system was developed in Microsoft Visual Studio.Net 2003 and utilized the latest technology. The company plans on introducing the system in a limited capacity to its agency force in the 4th quarter of 2005.

Release Date: June 2005