President, Chief Executive, Farmers Group Inc.
Vargas was appointed chief executive of Farmers Group Inc. in January 2023. He has more than two decades of international leadership experience. Prior to his current role, he most recently served as president of distribution, life and financial services at Farmers Group, overseeing sales and distribution, in addition to Farmers New World Life and Farmers Financial Solutions. 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 of Zurich Santander in Madrid, Spain.