Telecommunications

Farmers Union is the largest insurer of rural telecommunications companies in the United States. Our Account Executives market property and casualty insurance exclusively to telecommunications businesses and have the expertise to insure your business. We have been the leader in insuring the telecommunications industry for over 40 years, and are active members of national, regional and state telecommunications associations.

Features

We offer specialized one-policy, multi-peril insurance coverage specifically designed for the telecommunications industry's business exposures.

• No co-insurance requirement
• No fellow employee exclusion
• No explosion, collapse, or underground exclusion
• No property or general liability audit
• Blanket property coverage
• Replacement cost property coverage available

Risk Management

The primary purpose of Farmers Union Insurance's Risk Control Team is to work with your in-house safety personnel and programs to help prevent losses from occurring, and to help limit the severity and frequency of any losses that do occur. To that end, we offer many services and materials at no charge to assist our policyholders:

• Evaluation of your company's risk exposures and loss control needs
• Assistance in evaluating records that may be pertinent to your company's claims and loss experience
• Performance of a partial or complete on-site risk control survey to identify loss exposures related to insured hazards
• Assistance with evaluating your risk control programs and procedures to identify deficiencies and suggest areas for improving your company's safety and risk management practices
• Assistance in identifying your safety training needs and available resources
• Provision of follow-up services for evaluating the effectiveness of the service provided
• Between the Lines – A four page bi-monthly safety newsletter containing safety topics and tips designed exclusively for telephone/telecommunications companies and cable television operations
• Safe Driver Awards – Awarded each year to individual employee drivers who have completed the calendar year with no chargeable vehicle incidents
• Audio Visual Library – Free use of our library of videotaped materials covering over 100 titles relating to safety
• Specifically designed safety training modules on subjects such as driver improvement, post incident procedures, accident/incident investigation, and business resumption planning
• Assistance in evaluating loss history performance
• Various miscellaneous safety promotion items such as "No Smoking" signs, vehicle accident reporting kits, "Buckle Up" stickers, etc.

Industry Links

Please visit these Business Partner sites:

• NTCA, The Rural Broadband Association
• Western Rural Telephone Association
• United States Telecom Association

Please visit these state Telecom Associations:

• Alaska Telephone Association
• Arkansas Telecommunications Association
• Colorado Telecommunications Association
• Georgia Telephone Association
• Illinois Telecommunications Association
• Indiana Telecommunications Association, Inc.
• Iowa Telecommunications Association
• Kentucky Telephone Association
• Communications Coalition of Kansas
• Minnesota Telephone Association
• Minnesota Association for Rural Telecommunications
• Montana Telecommunications Association
• Nevada Telecommunications Association
• North Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives
• Ohio Telecommunications Industry Association
• Oregon Telecommunications Association
• Pennsylvania Telephone Association
• South Carolina Telephone Association
• Tennessee Telecommunications Association
• Utah Rural Telecom Association
• Washington Independent Telephone Association
• Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association