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Jun 18 2007 // Court sides with insurers on credit reporting caseThe Supreme Court has sided with two insurance companies in a case involving alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The law requires insurance companies and...

Supreme Court Rules on Insurers’ Credit Reporting Notification Cases

Jun 5 2007 // The Supreme Court sided with two insurance companies Monday in a case involving alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.The law requires insurance companies and other businesses to notify customers who are...

Survey: Geico, NY Life Rank High in Brand Loyalty

May 10 2007 // Among insurance companies, NY Life and Geico rank highest in brand loyalty, according to the 2007 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index.The index, which examines customer relationships with 362 brands in 55...

GEICO Adds 100 Jobs in Iowa

Mar 6 2007 // GEICO Insurance plans to add 100 workers to its Coralville, Iowa office, the company announced this week. The new jobs will be entry-level sales and service jobs, said Dina Pon, manager of GEICO insurance in Coralville....

Own TV Show? It’s So Easy, Even Geico’s Cavemen Might Get One

Mar 4 2007 // The ABC network said it had ordered a pilot for a comedy, tentatively titled “Cavemen,” that features the characters used in a series of television ads by an insurance company.In the ads, cavemen appear...

Insurer Plans to Expand Tucson Work Force

Feb 19 2007 // Insurance company Geico plans to add more than 200 new customer service employees at its Tucson call center by the end of the year, part of a planned expansion that has already added 125 workers since September.Geico...

Billions at stake as Supreme Court weighs credit notice standards

Jan 29 2007 // Two large insurers defended their decision not to tell customers about their less-than-perfect credit, as the Supreme Court debated the legal standard for finding the companies liable under federal law.During an hour of...

Editor’s Note: Keeping score

Jan 28 2007 // Although 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are about notification...

Billions at stake as Supreme Court weighs credit notice standards

Jan 28 2007 // News CurrentsTwo large insurers defended their decision not to tell customers about their less-than-perfect credit, as the Supreme Court debated the legal standard for finding the companies liable under federal law. During...

Supreme Court Hears Insurers On Credit Notification Practices

Jan 18 2007 // Two large insurers have defended their decision not to tell customers about their less-than-perfect credit, as the Supreme Court debated the legal standard for finding the companies liable under federal law.During an hour...

Geico Gecko Greets N.J. Motorists on Public Road Signs, Toll Plaza

Jan 4 2007 // Geico ads to greet NJ commuters on George Washington Bridge Received by Newsfinder from AP Jan 3, 2007 20:27 Eastern Time Thousands of New Jersey motorists will drive past the Geico gecko next week on their way to New York...

13 States File Briefs Against Credit Scoring in U.S. Supreme Court Case

Dec 27 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has taken arguments against insurance industry use of credit scoring to the U.S. Supreme Court, filing a brief in a pending case involving the practice.Denn recruited 12 other...

North Texas Insurance Agent Takes on GEICO

Oct 12 2006 // “Bigger isn’t necessarily better,” says Texas independent insurance agent Al Boenker of the Al Boenker Insurance Agency. Boenker’s latest advertising puts him up against the gecko, making fun of the...

GEICO cancels Charo

Oct 9 2006 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that GEICO insurance company has said it will no longer run what Blumenthal claims is “a false and misleading television advertisement” that claims the...

GEICO Adds 800 Jobs in Virginia

Sep 21 2006 // GEICO insurance company announced it would add nearly 800 jobs at its regional headquarters in Stafford County. The facility, one of seven regional offices, employs about 3,000 people and already is one of the...

Conn. AG Says GEICO to Pull ‘Misleading Charo’ Ad

Sep 17 2006 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that GEICO insurance company has said it will no longer run what Blumenthal claims is “a false and misleading television advertisement” in the state that...

GEICO Taps Pierce to Head Mid-Atlantic and Property Operations

Sep 13 2006 // GEICO reported that Nancy Pierce will head its Middle Atlantic operations which include Washington, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia. Pierce will also head the company’s property insurance...

GEICO to Hire More Than 600 for Tucson Office

Sep 12 2006 // GEICO announced it is actively recruiting for its Tucson,Ariz., office and plans to add 600 new associates in the next 15 months. Because of GEICO’s continued growth, the company will hire associates for its customer...

R. Steven Orr, Maryland, Commissioner of Insurance

Sep 4 2006 // In January, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. selected R. Steven Orr to serve as Maryland Insurance Commissioner, succeeding Alfred W. Redmer, who resigned in October 2005 to join the private sector.Orr most recently...

The Commissioners

Sep 4 2006 // In January, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. selected R. Steven Orr to serve as Maryland Insurance Commissioner, succeeding Alfred W. Redmer, who resigned in October 2005 to join the private sector.Orr most recently...