All the headlines from our GEICO Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 4 2013 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, said its Fredericksburg, Va., regional office is recruiting college graduates for its “Supervisor Leadership Program.” The...
Dec 27 2012 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, recently named Jeremy Connor as assistant vice president of regional claims operations at GEICO’s regional office in Fredericksburg,...
Nov 27 2012 // Business owners in Georgia can now purchase commercial auto insurance directly from GEICO. By purchasing commercial coverage directly through the company, business owners can see significantly lower premium rates....
Sep 10 2012 // Business owners in New York can now purchase commercial auto coverage directly from GEICO, which could lead to lower premium rates for many risks.Commercial insurance packages cover the cars, trucks and vans used by small...
Sep 4 2012 // Insurance giant GEICO is going to become a lot more familiar to travelers who visit Virginia’s 43 Interstate rest stops, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced last Thursday.The company has signed on to...
Jun 26 2012 // Geico, billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s auto insurer, spent far more than property insurance peers on advertising in 2011, both on an absolute basis and as a percentage of the business the company wrote,...
Jun 25 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A++’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aaa” of the members of Government Employees Group (GEICO), which is based in...
Jun 18 2012 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, appointed Rick Hoagland as vice president of claims based in the home office. He succeeds Nancy Pierce, who was recently named regional...
May 7 2012 // Berkshire Hathaway said it generated $3.245 billion in net income overall, up from last year’s net income of $1.511 billion last year in the quarter. Last year’s results were hurt by $1.1 billion in insurance...
May 7 2012 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. said Alexander Moczarski, CEO of Guy Carpenter, has assumed the additional role of chairman at Marsh & McLennan Companies International. Moczarski will continue to be based in New...
Apr 12 2012 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, appointed two vice presidents in New York regional offices.John Pham has been named vice president of GEICO’s Woodbury, N.Y.,...
Apr 11 2012 // Usually actuaries focus on insurance rates and loss reserves, not advertisements. But according to one actuary: Jake, the State Farm agent whom a jealous housewife was convinced was up to no good with her husband –...
Mar 29 2012 // The gecko, caveman and sales clerk Flo might want to check their retirement plans. Their brands are getting overshadowed by competition from “upstarts” like the Allstate mayhem man, State Farm’s QB Aaron...
Mar 23 2012 // Insurance direct marketer, GEICO, has announced that it is lowering commercial auto insurance rates for business owners in Texas.Commercial insurance packages cover the cars, trucks and vans used in conducting business,...
Mar 5 2012 // Warren E. Buffett thinks that among large insurance operations, those owned by his Berkshire Hathaway are the “best in the world.”Buffett is chairman of the board of Berkshire Hathaway, which owns Berkshire...
Feb 27 2012 // Warren E. Buffett thinks that among large insurance operations, those owned by his Berkshire Hathaway are the “best in the world.”Buffett is chairman of the board of Berkshire Hathaway, which owns Berkshire...
Jan 5 2012 // The economy, the promised-land of a hard insurance market and the need to master technologies dominated discussion at the first annual Insurance Industry Roundtable in Irvine, Calif.The daylong event was attended by 23...
Dec 29 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article is from Insurance Journal’s annual Satire Issue, originally published on Aug. 15, 2011. The article is fictional and is meant to be humorous. Enjoy!Obsession is more than some Calvin...
Dec 21 2011 // GEICO, an auto insurer based in Maryland, has been fined $100,000 for a computer database error that caused the company to overcharge thousands of its Washington state customers.GEICO is also refunding $7.5 million, plus 8...
Nov 28 2011 // A Florida rental car customer’s auto insurer must cover crash injuries, even though the driver was someone not authorized under the rental car company’s contact.In a 5-2 opinion on Nov. 23, the Florida Supreme...