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New Hampshire High Court Invalidates Geico Underinsured Claim Provision

Nov 14 2024 // A claim provision requiring insureds to seek underinsured benefits from their auto insurer within three years of an accident is unenforceable in New Hampshire because it restricts the insureds’ right to obtain the...

Berkshire’s GEICO Turns in Strong Q3 but Overall Insurance UW Income Slips

Nov 4 2024 // Third quarter underwriting income with Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance units fell about $1.7 billion to $750 million due to estimated losses of about $565 million from Hurricane Helene and increases in losses from...

GEICO Can’t Sue or Void Invoices from Auto Glass Shops, Florida Supreme Court Says

Sep 26 2024 // In the long war between auto insurers and windshield repair shops, the Florida Supreme Court this week sided with glass companies, leaving GEICO with little choice but to ask lawmakers to change the law if it feels repair...

Georgia Investment Manager Charged with Siphoning $6M from GEICO

Aug 14 2024 // A Georgia grand jury has indicted an investment manager, charging that he diverted almost $6 million from GEICO Insurance for his own use.Dwayne Peterson Davis, 54, of Atlanta, was a business partner with GEICO in a...

GEICO to Pay $6 Million to Settle Auto Adjusters’ Claims of Unpaid Overtime Hours

Jul 8 2024 // Insurer GEICO has agreed to pay $6 million to settle claims by auto damage claims adjusters who allege the insurer failed to pay them for all hours they worked “off-the-clock.”The settlement affects 806...

Patronis Names GEICO Claims Director to FIGA Board

Jul 2 2024 // The Florida Insurance Guaranty Association now has an auto insurance representative on its board.Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced last week that he has appointed D. Ryan West, the senior director of...

Surgeons Can’t Slip Out of GEICO’s Latest RICO Fraud Lawsuit in NC, Judge Says

Jul 1 2024 // GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled in June that two of those...

GEICO Tops Progressive With Higher J.D. Power Scores

Jun 26 2024 // Although Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and Ajit Jain told investors last month that GEICO is playing catch-up with Progressive to improve technology and connect rate to risk, Berkshire’s personal auto...

Surgeons Can’t Slip Out of GEICO’s Latest RICO Fraud Lawsuit in NC, Judge Says

Jun 6 2024 // GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled this week that two of those...

Berkshire’s ‘Most Important’ Biz Drives Q1 Results; GEICO Still Behind on Tech

May 6 2024 // Berkshire Hathaway continued to deliver eye-popping results for its insurance and reinsurance operations during the first quarter of 2024, with underwriting profits for personal auto insurer GEICO and reinsurance...

GEICO’s ‘Eye-Popping’ 2023 Insurance Profits, Falling Employee Counts

Feb 26 2024 // Even though Berkshire Hathaway’s latest annual report featured Warren Buffett’s forecast that the days of “eye-popping performance” for the giant conglomerate are over, readers focused on...

Court Says Bulk of GEICO’s $2.3 Million Fraud Case Belongs in Arbitration

Jan 5 2024 // Insurer GEICO has been dealt a setback in its efforts to get back $2.3 million in what it alleges were fraudulent medical and chiropractic service charges it paid to several clinics under New Jersey’s no-fault...

GEICO Charges New York Pharmacy, Medical Clinics With $3.7M in Prescription Fraud

Dec 12 2023 // Insurance company GEICO has filed suit against a New York pharmacy and five medical clinics and their owners alleging they perpetrated a fraudulent scheme under the New York no-fault auto insurance system by submitting...

Judge Gives Early Nod to GEICO’s $5M Settlement in Georgia Class Action

Dec 8 2023 // GEICO Indemnity Co. has agreed and a federal court in Georgia has given approval to a preliminary settlement of $5.1 million in a class-action lawsuit in which plaintiffs said the insurer had shorted them on ad valorem...

GEICO Lays Off 6% of Workforce and Will Require More In-Office Time

Oct 20 2023 // In a letter to employees, GEICO president and chief executive officer Todd Combs said the Berkshire Hathaway company is laying off 2,000 associates, or about 6% of the workforce.“This will allow us to become more...

GEICO to Pay $805K to Settle Overtime Wage Disputes With Claims Adjusters

Jun 30 2023 // Insurer GEICO has agreed to pay $805,000 total to settle class action lawsuits by claims adjusters alleging they were entitled to unpaid wages for overtime worked between May 27, 2019 and May 27, 2022.The settlement...

GEICO Suit Alleges $1.8M in Fraudulent Billings by New Jersey Healthcare Providers

Jun 30 2023 // Insurer GEICO is suing to recover more than $1.8 million in allegedly fraudulent and unlawful no-fault insurance charges it says it has paid to several New Jersey health centers since 2018.The charges were for a range of...

5th Circuit Clears Texas Class-Action Suit Against GEICO

May 19 2023 // GEICO must defend itself against a class-action lawsuit that alleges it failed to include the cost of sales taxes and purchasing fees when it paid total loss auto collision claims in Texas, depriving policyholders of...

Berkshire’s Jain on GEICO Profit: ‘Don’t Take It to the Bank’

May 8 2023 // Even though Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO achieved a 93 first-quarter combined ratio, an enviable result measured against industry peers, the leader of Berkshire’s insurance operations said the figure is not a...

Judge Clears Class-Action Suit Alleging Geico Underpaid Auto Claims

Apr 17 2023 // Geico General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents.U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry in federal court in Eastern New...