President, Chief Executive, Farmers Group Inc.
Vargas has more than two decades of international leadership experience in global life and non-life insurance markets. He was appointed chief executive of Farmers Group Inc. in 2023 and became a member of the executive committee. Before that, he served as president of distribution, life and financial services at the Woodland Hills-based company. From 2014 to 2022, he was chief executive of Zurich Santander Insurance America. Prior to that, Vargas was the head of distribution and proposition management at Zurich Santander. He is a board member of The Institutes Risk and Insurance Knowledge Group and the Southern California Leadership Council.