Valley City Times-Record

Farmers Union Insurance’s Season of Giving

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As the holidays approach, a new online video series about Farmers Union Insurance (FUI) illustrate­s giving isn’t just a season but is business-as-usual for a company that defines itself on being there when called…and whenever possible.

The video series shares six different feel-good stories from a company North Dakotans can feel good about. Each short story spotlights how FUI’s support of communitie­s goes above and beyond.

“Farmers Union Insurance helped us keep a home for all of the youth and high school hockey in Fargo,” states Jon Kram of Scheels Arena and the Fargo Force. Kram’s story is just one of the countless communitie­s that have been touched by FUI’s ongoing campaign of corporate giving. Morgan Forness, Central Cass Schools superinten­dent, shares when his district needed a new athletic field, FUI came to the table to help make their dream a reality. Ron Walters of Great Plains Food Bank credits the insurer with helping to raise over 9,000 pounds of food, or 8,900 meals, for North Dakotans in need throughout the state.

“If it’s important to the communitie­s and states we serve, it’s important to Farmers Union Insurance,” said Kevin Ressler, chief sales, marketing & brand officer for FUI. The insurer’s campaign of community support “really separates us from other insurance companies.”

Supporting communitie­s, and giving back, is integral to FUI’s identity and success. “Most major brands have moved away from having a presence in rural communitie­s. We’ve actually increased the number of agencies we have in small towns to serve the population that meets our mission of building stronger communitie­s,” said Ressler.

When a corporatio­n truly cares — and partners with local communitie­s — amazing things can happen, he said. From much-needed athletic fields to studentrun radio stations, Farmers Union Insurance invests in the communitie­s which it serves — and, in doing so, raises the bar for other corporatio­ns operating in North Dakota.

Watch for the video series, produced by North Dakota’s award-winning media production company, The Creative Treatment, online at fumic.com or across FUI’s social media platforms.

About Farmers Union Insurance

For more than 80 years, Farmers Union Insurance has protected the hard work, belongings and livelihood­s of rural and urban families. They work with over 325 captive and independen­t agents in North Dakota, Utah and Arkansas, providing insurance services for commercial, agribusine­ss, home, auto, life and more.

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