Arizona Farmers Insurance Companies to Conduct First Ever EARS® / m.i.l.k.® Digital ID Event

Pet owners are urged to bring their pets and children for a FREE digital photo and FREE copy of the Home Organizer^® Software Program ($49.95 Value) featuring the m.i.l.k.^® Digital ID and EARS^® Digital ID

GOODYEAR, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Farmers Insurance Group of Companies® invites all pet owners in and around Goodyear to bring their children and pets this Saturday, November 15, to Roscoe Dog Park.

“We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to provide this service to our community. This is one way parents can better protect their kids and pets, and with agent Scott Hoppa’s new RV unit – we’re hard to miss.”

“We want it to be the biggest m.i.l.k. / E.A.R.S. event ever,” said Farmers agent Scott Hoppa of Goodyear, Arizona. “A group of Farmers agents will man a specially-designed 36-foot Managing Information for Lost Kids (m.i.l.k.) / Electronic Animal Recovery System (EARS) mobile unit, the very first of its kind. We will photograph each pet and child and place the images on a CD-R which will be given to parents along with a copy of the Home Organizer software. Should a child or pet go missing, the appropriate Digital ID created by Home Organizer can be forwarded to the proper authorities. The RV advertises the m.i.l.k. and EARS program in pictures and words. It’s a reminder of Farmers’ commitment to keeping the kids and pets in Goodyear safe.”

What:	Wag and Tag Event and Farmers E.A.R.S. and M.i.l.k. program.
Where:	Roscoe Dog Park, 15600 W Roeser Rd, Goodyear, AZ 85338 West of Estrella Parkway, South of MC85. This is a City sponsored event.

“All of us are committed to family safety, and want to do our part to keep children and pets as safe as possible,” Farmers agent Fabiola Arviso stated. “We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to provide this service to our community. This is one way parents can better protect their kids and pets, and with agent Scott Hoppa’s new RV unit – we’re hard to miss.”

Farmers Group, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services, an insurance-based financial services provider with a global network of subsidiaries and offices in North America and Europe as well as in Asia Pacific, Latin America and other markets. Farmers® is the nation's third-largest Personal Lines Property & Casualty insurance group. Property and casualty products are underwritten and issued by the Farmers Exchanges and their subsidiaries, which Farmers Group, Inc. manages but does not own. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Farmers insurers provide Homeowners, Auto, Business, Life insurance and financial services to more than 10 million households. For more information about Farmers, visit our Web site at www.farmers.com.