Farmers Insurance Earns Another Award for It's Corporate Training

Don Swanson and Platinum Elite Marketing pride themselves on the training and guidance they provide their Farmers Insurance Agent affiliates.

A part of the training new Farmers Agent receive, besides our in-house training in San Diego, includes training provided by the University of Farmers.  This is the same University of Farmers portrayed with fun in all the current commercials starring Professor Burke.

The Real University of Farmers was won many other awards for corporate training including from Training Magazine.  Read HERE.

press release

April 4, 2012, 4:19 p.m. EDT

Farmers Insurance and the University of Farmers Receive Learning Elite Award From Chief Learning Officer Magazine

MIAMI, FL, Apr 04, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- For the second year in a row, Farmers Insurance and the University of Farmers have won the Learning Elite award by Chief Learning Officer magazine.

The award was presented to Farmers Chief Learning Officer Annette Thompson during the magazine's April 1 annual symposium's gala held in Miami Beach, Florida.

This year, the magazine ranked Farmers No. 7 out of more than 200 applicants. Only UPS, McDonald's, Accenture, Defense Acquisition University, AT&T and General Mills came in ahead of Farmers. "This No. 7 ranking also moves us up by four over last year's winners, and had us topping such recognizable brands as Coldwell Banker, Deloitte, Prudential, Qualcomm, IBM and Nationwide Insurance. Moreover, Farmers is the highest-ranked financial services organization in the competition," noted Thompson.

Newest Farmers Insurance Commercial: Gatorade Bath

Definitely a reason to celebrate.  The University of Farmers is named  #1.

Click HERE to learn other reasons why you should not only consider a career with Farmers Insurance, to do it as a member of the Platinum Elite Group.

The newest television commercial in the "University of Farmers" themed Farmers Insurance commercials is set to debut shortly.  Here it is now:

Click HERE to also watch it on our Platinum Elite YouTube Channel.

This newest live action commercial is next in the series starring J.K. Simmons (Spider-man, Juno, Law & Order) as Professor Nathaniel Burke, the mythical leader of our own University of Farmers.

Past recent ads:  The X-Men  -   Dryer Fires  -  Distracted Driving  -  Cat Burglars & Home  -  Lobsters at Work (business insurance)  -  Expansion into Pennsylvania

See our Platinum Elite YouTube Channel for more ads.

The story behind the commercial:

Earlier in the year, Training magazine analyzed thousands of different companies and organizations by several criteria and named Farmers Insurance and it's "University of Farmers" as #1.

Excerpt from earlier blog:

Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, San Diego, CA.: Farmers proudly took first place at Training Magazine’s 11th-annual Training Top 125 contest.

As the leading business publication for learning and development professionals, Training ranks thousands of companies from around the world for their excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs. See the above link for the complete list.

Being named No. 1 means beating out such powerhouses as Microsoft, Verizon, Bank of America, McDonald's, Best Buy, Intel, FedEx, the Loews Hotels, and the United States Navy.


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All of the members of the Platinum Elite Group study educational programs developed by the University of Farmers and at various stages attend the actual University of Farmers to learn to better serve their clients' needs.

In the end, its the quality of service and education your insurer gives you, the customer, that really differentiates one insurance company from another.  Call an agent below and discover the difference.