The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Local Lion opens Farmers Insurance Agency
SOUTHINGTON >> Dan DiVirgilio, a former Torrington resident and long-time Torrington Lions Club member, has opened the new Farmers Insurance Dan DiVirgilio Agency LLC at 1460 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Southington. Working with DiVirgilio is licensed producer Janice Mitchell-Smith of Bridgeport, licensed producer/ marketing Kathy Reynolds of Goshen, social media consultant Derek Clark of Bristol, and DiVirgilio’s granddaughter Lauren Rose of Wolcott, office assistant.
DiVirgilio has been a member of the Torrington Lions Club for over 20 years and is known to get very involved in the communities where he lives and works. President of the Farmers Insurance Dan DiVirgilio Agency LLC, DiVirgilio opened the agency because as a family man, he wants to help ensure the safety of families and individuals throughout Connecticut.
“My goal when I review each client’s coverages is to be sure there are no gaps in their insurance portfolio,” he said. “The proper coverages will ensure against any loss to our client’s assets, which include their home, auto, retirement funds, and their families’ futures.”
A resident of Wolcott, DiVirgilio said that Farmers Insurance is one of the most prolific providers of auto, homeowners, life, business, personal umbrella, flood, and specialty insurance coverages in the United States.
“In life insurance alone, Farmers Insurance offers permanent, term, universal and whole life insurance policies. This award-winning company also offers financial services including mutual funds, variable annuities, and variable universal life policies,” he said.
Veterans receive special discounts on auto and homeowners policies from Farmers Insurance.
“The company offers special discounts for all U.S. military personnel nationwide,” DiVirgilio said. “These discounts include alternative fuel vehicle discounts, auto glass replacement and towing and roadside assistance discounts plus home insurance discounts for condominiums or townhouses, mobile homes, renters insurance, replacement cost on contents coverage.”
“Farmers Insurance wants to do all they can to ensure that our nation’s service men and women receive all the coverage they need or want for day-to-day living and emergency situations,” he said. “The company also offers a Mentorship and Intern Program to help all veterans work as independent Farmers Insurance agents.
As a veteran and an owner of his own independent Farmers Insurance agency, DiVirgilio visits the U.S. Veterans Administration medical locations in West Haven, Rocky Hill and Newington to actively recruit veterans to start their own Farmers Insurance agencies and educate them on all the special discounts the company offers.
Police officers and firefighters are also rewarded by Farmers Insurance with special discounts.
“(They receive the discounts because) they are courageous individuals for whom our company wants to provide money-saving products. As with military personnel, these individuals work in high-risk jobs and are innately a better risk to insure,” he said. “They too are entitled to receive alternative fuel vehicle discounts, auto glass replacement and towing and roadside assistance discounts, plus home insurance discounts for condominiums or townhouses, mobile homes, renters insurance, replacement cost on contents coverage.”
Teachers, doctors, and nurses also receive special discounts from Farmers Insurance. For business owners, Farmers Insurance offers business life insurance, permanent and term life insurance, universal and whole life policies.
To contact Dan DiVirgilio, call 860-426-3760 or email him at ddivirgilio@farmersagent.com.