Foremost Insurance: Overview

Foremost is a subsidiary of Farmers Insurance with over 38,000 agents

About Foremost

In 1952, Edward J Frey and Edward L. Stoddard founded Foremost Insurance Company. Their focus was originally on people who lived in mobile homes. They created the first mobile home insurance policy in history. The company also developed safety standards for mobile homes. Today the company offers a wide range of insurance, including auto insurance, rv insurance business insurance and home insurance. Foremost Insurance Group is a member of the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies and has more than 38,000 agents across the country, operating in all 50 states. Foremost Insurance rebranded its auto insurance line as Bristol West in 2018 to improve its customer service and claims handling processes. Foremost insurance has a great reputation as a reliable insurer of nonstandard high-risk auto policies and older homes.

Foremost Facts & Ratings

Foremost Mobile App Rating

The Foremost Insurance Group mobile app, available for iOS and android, is not intended for billing or insurance information. This is an app for Foremost Insurance Group corporate and agent events. It’s only for internal use by Foremost employees. For account information, you can use the Foremost website.

Pros & Cons of Foremost

Common Questions about Foremost

A subsidiary of Farmers Insurance Group, Foremost is a financially strong insurance company with over 50 years of experience writing insurance policies.

Homeowners insurance covers water damage that results from certain covered perils. However, if there are damages from flooding, only flood insurance would cover those losses.

Foremost Insurance rebranded its auto insurance line as Bristol West Auto with a focus on improving the customer service and claims handling operations of the company.

On the consumer affairs page, Foremost homeowners insurance got 2 out of 5 stars in reviews.

Foremost insurance is not a mutual company. It is a subsidiary of the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies.

Since its start, Foremost has focused on mobile home insurance and was the first company to write policies for mobile homes.

There is no cancellation fee. When Foremost receives a request to cancel a policy, they will discontinue future automatic payments after processing the request to cancel the policy; however, it is possible that an automatic bank payment withdrawal or payment card charge may be processed about the same time as the policy cancellation.

There is a coverage gap between your personal car insurance and your business insurance coverage that you have from the rideshare company. Rideshare insurance by Foremost insurance covers this gap.

Foremost is Bristol West Auto and it is owned by Farmers Insurance.

Yes, Foremost insurance offers renters insurance.

Specialized insurance programs for AARP members including AARP mobile home insurance program and AARP motorcycle insurance program. These plans provide extensive coverage for your home, personal belongings, other structures and/or your motorcycle.

Foremost’s rental insurance coverage only applies if your car is in the shop for repairs after a covered loss.

Foremost insurance is nonstandard, meaning that they often cover people who have a hard time getting a standard policy written on their homes or automobiles.

Loan/lease coverage, or gap insurance, is intended to pay the remainder of what’s not covered by your collision coverage.

Some states, like California, do not use credit-based insurance scoring. In states that do credit-based insurance scoring, a driver’s credit is used to determine risk. A credit score predicts how likely someone is to repay a loan or other credit. It is not the only factor used to determine a rate, however.

Foremost Insurance Products

Foremost Auto Insurance Coverage

This form of coverage is required in every state. It covers bodily injuries to a third party in an accident that was deemed your fault.

This form of coverage is required in every state. It covers property damage and loss of use to a third party.

This form of coverage covers damages when the other party is at fault but is either uninsured or underinsured.

This coverage pays for damages and loss other than that caused by a collision. It is subject to a deductible.

This coverage pays for damages and loss caused by impact with another automobile, object or person. It is subject to a deductible.

If you rent a car while yours is in the shop, you are eligible for $50 a day up to 30 days, if the damage to the car was a covered loss.

This coverage pays for hospital bills and medical expenses for you and you passengers, regardless of who’s at fault. This coverage is required in some states.

If your car needs service on the road, this protection covers the cost up to limits.

This coverage is sometimes called gap insurance. It covers you if your car is declared a total loss and you owe more on the car than its covered depreciated value.

If you drive for a rideshare company like Uber or Lyft, this coverage protects you during that period of time when you’re covered neither by your personal auto insurance nor your rideshare company’s insurance.

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Foremost Contact Info

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The statistics listed on this page are from our own in house reporting. We track and record quotes that carriers have provided based on various criteria. The rates and averages shown on this page should only be used as an estimate.

Fran Majidi manages content on SmartFinancial's website. She's had nearly a decade's worth of experience writing about insurance-related topics. Prior, she was an arts and entertainment editor in New York City. She has a B.A. from Barnard College and an M.F.A. in writing from The New School. She writes books under her given name, Afarin Majidi.

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