Nationwide prepares for Tropical Storm Ernesto
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 31, 2006
Contacts:
Joe Case at (614) 249-6356
casej6@nationwide.com
Elizabeth Stelzer at (614)249-1025
stelzee@nationwide.com
Columbus, Ohio - Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. claim representatives and agents are prepared to assist customers should Tropical Storm Ernesto become a weather-related disaster. As weather alerts and reports from around the country track the storm patterns, Nationwide has people and resources in place to respond quickly to its customers’ needs.
Policyholders with storm damage should call the Nationwide claims hotline at 1-800-421-3535 or contact their local agent.
“Claims reported by our customers will be assessed quickly to assure fast and quality service,” said Ken Enscoe, Nationwide’s director of catastrophe claims operations. “It’s important for us to prepare early and be ready to act quickly for our customers.”
Storm centers are planned for areas hardest hit to receive and handle claims from customers. Claims representatives will set out from these locations to assess property damage.
Nationwide insures more than 485,000 homes and more than 765,000 vehicles in North Carolina, and is the largest property and casualty insurer in the state. Nationwide insures more than 115,000 homes and more than 314,000 auto policies in force in South Carolina, and is the third-largest insurer in the state. Currently, both states are most likely to be in the immediate path of Tropical Storm Ernesto.
Nationwide, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the world, with more than $158 billion in assets. Nationwide ranks #98 on the Fortune 100 list. The company provides a full range of insurance and financial services, including auto, motorcycle, boat, homeowners, life, commercial insurance, administrative services, annuities, mortgages, mutual funds, pensions and long-term savings plans. The Nationwide companies include the country’s seventh-largest property/casualty, the fourth-largest homeowners, the sixth-largest auto insurance group and the country’s largest farm owners insurer.
Nationwide Life Insurance Company, the major subsidiary of Nationwide Financial, ranks 11th in assets according to A.M. Best. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com.
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