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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">August 12, 2025</span></p>
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Emeriti & Retirees</span></p>
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Retirement Center on behalf of UCR Central HR Benefits Office </span></p>
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Cancels Farmers Home and Auto Insurance Vendor Contract</span></p>
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Effective August 8, 2025, UC Systemwide Procurement (SWP) cancelled the
Farmers Insurance program and contract due to the recent drastic changes in
the California insurance market. To help staff understand this change, SWP
has placed the Notice below on the UC Procurement Portal: <a href="https://procurement.ucop.edu/news/farmers-insurance-no-longer-available-uc-staff-and-retirees" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://procurement.ucop.edu/news/farmers-insurance-no-longer-available-uc-staff-and-retirees</a>
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<b>Notice to UC Staff, Emeriti and Retirees:</b></span></p>
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to major shifts in California’s insurance market, the University of
California has ended its contract with Farmers Insurance. Farmers was unable
to meet the terms of the original agreement under the new market conditions.<br>
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As a result, the <b>Farmers Home and Auto Insurance® program is no longer
available</b> to UC staff or retirees. This applies to all 10 UC campuses,
six health centers, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC College of the
Law, and Berkeley Lab.<br>
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We encourage emeriti and retirees to explore alternative insurance options on
the open market.<br>
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All references to Farmers home and auto insurance have been updated on the
UCnet website, and it has also published this article titled, “Farmers
Insurance Program no longer available to UC staff and retirees” which can be
viewed here: <a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/farmers-insurance-program-no-longer-available-to-uc-staff-and-retirees/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/farmers-insurance-program-no-longer-available-to-uc-staff-and-retirees/</a>.
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