Farm Bureau Financial Services Named as Top Performer in Insurance Industry on Ward's 50® List

Today, Ward Group announced that Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company and Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company have been named to the 2017 Ward’s 50® group of top performing companies. Together, the companies go to market as Farm Bureau Financial Services. It is one of seven organizations with affiliated companies named to both the Property-Casualty Ward’s 50® and Life-Health Ward’s 50® lists this year.

This marks the 18th time that Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company has been named to the Life-Health Ward’s 50® list and the third year in a row that Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company has been honored to the Property-Casualty Ward’s 50® list.

“We’re pleased that out of 3,000 insurance companies, our commitment to outstanding service and solid financial results continues to be recognized by the Ward Group,” said Chief Executive Officer James P. Brannen. “We focus on protecting the livelihoods and futures of the people in the communities we serve – and the results come naturally.”

Annually, Ward Group analyzes nearly 3,000 property-casualty insurance companies and more than 700 life-health insurance companies in the United States and identifies the top performers in each segment. The Ward’s 50 are selected for achieving outstanding financial results in the areas of safety, consistency and performance over a five-year period.

About Farm Bureau Financial Services
Through an exclusive, multi-state agent force, the companies affiliated with the Farm Bureau Financial Services brand underwrite, market and distribute a broad range of insurance and financial services products to individuals and businesses. Learn more about us by visiting www.fbfs.com. Or, visit us at www.facebook.com/farmbureaufinancialservices, www.twitter.com/fbfs or https://www.linkedin.com/company/farm-bureau-financial-services.

About Ward Group
Ward Group is the leading provider of benchmarking and best practices studies for the insurance industry. We analyze staff levels, compensation, business practices and expenses for all areas of company operations and help insurers to measure results compared to peer groups , optimize performance and improve profitability. Since 1991, we have performed more than 2,500 operational and compensation benchmarking exercises for companies of all sizes, including more than half of the top 100 U.S. insurance carriers.

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