CyberScout
June 28, 2007

Farmers Alliance Provides CyberScout Resolution Service Free to All Farm and Homeowner Policyholders

Farmers Alliance Companies announced today a partnership with CyberScout® to provide the nation’s premier identity theft resolution services to all farm and homeowner policyholders and their families, at no additional charge.  Any Farmers Alliance farm or homeowner policyholder who becomes a victim of identity theft will receive free access to the fraud specialists at CyberScout, America’s leading provider of identity theft resolution and education services.

“Identity theft can impact anyone, anywhere,” said Farmers Alliance President and CEO L. Keith Birkhead.  “This isn’t just a city problem.  Rural people are as susceptible as anyone.”  More than 40 percent of Farmers Alliance’s total business is written in the farm insurance area, with policyholders living in nine states.  All Farmers Alliance farm and homeowner policyholders are included under the new partnership.

“We look for business partners that can provide the excellent level of service our customers are entitled and accustomed to,” continued Birkhead.  “CyberScout offers that level of service.”

“We’re proud to be working with Farmers Alliance to help protect its policyholders against this insidious crime,” said CyberScout CEO Sheryl Christenson.  “American farmers are the bedrock of our nation, and they deserve the best protection available.  We’ll do our utmost to make sure they get whatever help they need.”

Birkhead added, “We’re confident that if any of our customers fall victim, CyberScout will provide expert guidance and a clear road map to help them get their lives back in order.”

CyberScout Resolution Service

If a policyholder becomes a victim of identity theft, an CyberScout expert personal advocate will guide and assist them through the entire process of restoring their credit and identity.  CyberScout’s identity theft resolution service includes:

  • Unlimited one-on-one access to an expert personal advocate 
  • Fraud alerts placed with all three credit bureaus 
  • Step-by-step review of credit reports from all three bureaus 
  • Assistance preparing the Fraud Victim Affidavit and all other needed documents 
  • Assistance notifying all relevant businesses, agencies and institutions 
  • Assistance replacing checks, credit cards and debit cards 
  • A full year of credit monitoring and fraud monitoring 
  • A full year of active follow-up after resolution 
  • All services also apply to immediate family members 


In addition to identity theft resolution services, all policyholders have access to CyberScout’s proactive educational material through a dedicated website, found at http://www.fami-idtheft.com/home.htm. 

About Farmers Alliance

Farmers Alliance began in 1888 in the small, rural community of McPherson, Kansas. Started as a fire insurance company to share the mutual exposures of local farmers in the county, Farmers Alliance has grown to an organization that writes more than $125 million of premium across a nine-state region. Insurance products are oriented to a predominately rural market, and more than 40% of the total business is written in the farm insurance area. Personal and Commercial insurance products are offered as well. As a regional insurer, Farmers Alliance is represented by more than 650 Independent Insurance Agencies in the following states: Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

Farmers Alliance Companies include three regional insurance companies providing property and casualty insurance for homes, autos, businesses and farms. The companies include Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Company (the parent company), Alliance Insurance Company, Inc. and Alliance Indemnity Company. The home office is located in McPherson, Kansas, and a claims service office in Denver, Colorado.

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