The University of California (UC) and Farmers Insurance® offer auto insurance policies to all UC staff and retirees. This program is available for employees at all 10 University of California (UC) campuses and their academic health centers, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC College of the Law and the Berkeley Lab, making this the first multicampus relationship to span the full university system. (Please note that due to significant recent changes in the home insurance landscape, Farmers is no longer offering homeowners insurance in California.)
Employees and retirees can call Farmers Insurance® at 855-246-0285 to explore automobile coverage options from Farmers. The relationship with Farmers® will provide employees access to convenient payment options, educational opportunities and one-on-one consulting.
Farmers Insurance coverage renewal
If you have a current home or auto insurance policy through UC with Farmers GroupSelect or Farmers Direct and want to ensure new coverage upon expiration of that policy, you must contact Farmers now at 855-246-0285.
This agreement was originally launched under UC Partnership Programs in June 2019. More recently, UC Systemwide Procurement has assumed these dynamic multicampus and systemwide partnerships between business providers and the University of California.
“Our focus is on working with our strategic partners to deliver value in all senses of the word. We are not solely focused on reducing cost. We are focused on increasing service and opportunities for faculty, staff and students, and on positively impacting the broader community.”
Paul Williams, UC Associate Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer
This insurance program was selected after a robust and collaborative request for proposal (RFP) evaluation process in summer 2020. Each potential provider was scored based on stakeholder benefits, insurance products and services, strategic brand alignment, corporate social responsibility, research and innovation, and total campus revenue and cost savings.
About UC Systemwide Procurement
The University of California Systemwide Procurement creates dynamic systemwide partnerships between business providers and the University of California, a world-class public research university with 10 campuses, 280,000 students, 227,000 faculty and staff, and over two million living alumni. UC Systemwide Procurement works collaboratively across campuses to build and extend strategic partnerships that value the university’s brand association, interests and business opportunities, and the values and mission of teaching, research and public service.
About Farmers Insurance
“Farmers Insurance Group®” “Farmers Insurance®” and “Farmers®” are trade names for a group of insurers providing insurance for automobiles and small businesses, and a wide range of other insurance and financial services products. For more information about Farmers Insurance, visit Farmers.com, Twitter, and Instagram, @WeAreFarmers, or Facebook.com/FarmersInsurance.
Frequently Asked Questions
The University of California recognizes that traditional approaches to contracting for some business products and services can be more effective and mutually beneficial if the breadth and depth of these relationships are expanded to seek and advance a set of shared objectives and principles among multiple campuses. With that understanding, the University Partnership Program (UC Berkeley), the Preferred Partnerships Program (UC Davis), and the Campus Partnership Program (UC San Diego) joined under the UC Partnership Programs (UCPP) to pursue a strategic multicampus business relationship within certain industries of opportunity.
The multicampus relationship will provide personal auto, homeowners (not condos) and renters insurance products to members of the University of California.
The relationship does not include coverage for institutional insurance products, including general liability, employment practices liability, property, health, dental, vision, cyber, or worker’s compensation insurance.
Farmers® was selected after a robust and collaborative review process by the Berkeley, Davis and San Diego Insurance Working Groups. Each campus’s Insurance Working Group included representation from various stakeholders across their respective campuses, including but not limited to undergraduate and graduate student populations; faculty; and staff from the Divisions of Student Affairs, Intercollegiate Athletics, Alumni Associations, and Human Resources.
The campus’s Insurance Working Groups reviewed and scored potential insurance partners based on a variety of areas, such as stakeholder benefits, insurance products and services, strategic brand alignment, corporate social responsibility, student engagement, research and innovation, and product pricing and campus revenue.
The University of California continues to offer a wide array of high quality benefit plans, allowing campus constituents to select a provider that best meets their insurance needs. This does not impact any formal employee benefits such as health insurance.
The Farmers Insurance relationship will offer personal property and casualty insurance products and services which includes traditional insurance products (automobile, homeowners, renters) specifically to University of California members. The relationship does not grant exclusivity to Farmers Insurance, and allows campus constituents to work with any provider.
Through this relationship, Farmers® will provide additional benefits to campus, including: discounts on individual or bundled insurance packages; convenient, automatic payment options; access to educational content; one-on-one consultation; and support of campus life including staff and student development, multicampus initiatives and research.
The UC Partnership Program adheres to a set of Guiding Principles when reviewing and selecting partners. These principles help to ensure the campuses are entering into a well-rounded partnership that aligns with the university’s mission and values.
- Strategic Brand Alignment – Develop authentic partnerships that are aligned with and support the university’s mission of teaching, research and public service.
- Priority Services and Engagement – Secure partnerships that provide support through products or services that contribute to and enhance the daily experiences of our students, faculty, staff and alumni.
- Campus Impact – Enhance the lives of our students, faculty, staff, alumni and our community through support of priority campus programs that highlight the University of California’s Values.
- Revenue Growth – Pursue strategic, significant partnerships that unlock new campus revenues and program support aimed at advancing the mission of the university.
The relationship formally launched in October 2020, and will last five years.
If you have a current home or auto insurance policy through UC with Farmers GroupSelect or Farmers Direct and want to ensure new coverage upon expiration of that policy, you must contact Farmers now at 855-246-0285.
YOU MUST CALL TO ESTABLISH NEW COVERAGE.