Article: Garamendi, Farmers swap ratings gripes. (California Department of Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and Farmers Insurance Group dispute customer grievance statistics)

Garamendi, Farmers swap ratings gripes

Farmers Insurance Group charged last week that the Department of Insurance manipulated customer grievance statistics in order to single it out for criticism in a survey of complaints against California insurers.

"I think they are making an example of one of the large companies," said Jerry Clemans, a spokesman for Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance, the largest property/casualty insurer in the state. "I think what's being done is that if you can show what a large company is supposed to be doing, the other (smaller) companies will be a little more timid in standing their ground (on other issues)."

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