Paul N. Hopkins

Chairman of the Board of Farmers Group, Inc. and CEO, Americas

1956, US Citizen

Paul N. Hopkins is a member of the Group Executive Committee of Zurich Financial Services Ltd (Zurich) and President US Personal Business. He joined the Farmers organization in 1978 as an agent and subsequently became a Farmers employee, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the sales and marketing area. In 1992 he transferred to the Los Angeles Regional Office as Assistant Vice President, Regional Operations. He became Vice President, Agencies in 1995, and Senior Vice President, Agencies two years later. Mr. Hopkins was assigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in 1998, a position he held until January 1, 2000 when he was appointed Senior Vice President of State Operations. His next assignment, as Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances, became effective April 2001. In August 2002 he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Market Management, and two years later became President of Farmers Group, Inc. Mr. Hopkins was appointed a member of Zurich’s Group Management Board in December 2004. From April 2005 until December 2008 he was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Farmers Group, Inc. and a member of Zurich’s Group Executive Committee (GEC). He is Chairman of the Board of Farmers New World Life Insurance Company. In 2006, Mr. Hopkins was named Chairman of the Board of ZFUS Services, LLC, Zurich’s North American shared services platform. As of January 1, 2009 he was appointed CEO Americas and Chairman of the Board of Farmers Group, Inc.

Mr. Hopkins also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, as well as of the Board of the Insurance Information Institute.

Mr. Hopkins holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business of the Eastern Illinois University and completed the Advanced Executive Education program of the Wharton Business School.