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GEICO Names John Zinno, Greg Jacobi for New Buffalo Center

Mar 2 2004 // GEICO’s board of directors announced that it has named John Zinno as general manager of the company’s new Buffalo, N.Y. business location, and Greg Jacobi, as director of sales and service for the new...

GEICO to Open New Facility in Buffalo

Dec 24 2003 // GEICO and New York Governor George Pataki’s office announced that the auto insurer has selected Buffalo as the site of its second major operations center in New York.GEICO plans to develop a 250,000-square-foot...

Alaska Supreme Court to Decide UM/UIM Coverage Limits Case

Feb 27 2003 // The Supreme Court of Alaska will decide whether state law requires that personal auto insurance companies include price terms when offering optional uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage limits. The court will also...

NAII Board of Governors Elect GEICO’s Nicely Chairman

Nov 8 2001 // Tony Nicely, chairman, president and CEO of GEICO, was elected chairman of the National Association of Independent Insurers board of governors on Nov. 7 during the association’s annual meeting in New Orleans.Nicely...

SAFECO Brings on Ex-GEICO Executive as New President and CEO

Jul 18 2001 // Seattle-based SAFECO appointed Michael LaRocco, a former vice president with GEICO, as president and chief operating officer of its $2.6-billion SAFECO Personal Insurance business. LaRocco, 44, has more than 20 years...

Welcome to our First Ever

Jan 8 2001 // The demarcation between years always seems to take on a contemplative aspect. We look back to where we’ve been, and then look forward to weigh our expectations. Will the market continue to harden? Will the dot-coms...

GEICO ADMITS OHIO VIOLATIONS

Sep 4 2000 // Maryland-based GEICO Corp. has admitted to violating Ohio’s consumer protection laws by allowing unlicensed agents to quote rates and discuss coverage information with consumers. The auto insurer agreed to pay the...

GEICO Admits Ohio Violations

Aug 18 2000 // Maryland-based GEICO Corp. said on Thursday it violated Ohio’s consumer protection laws by allowing unlicensed agents to quote rates and discuss coverage information with consumers. The auto insurer agreed to pay the...

Geico Accused of Using Unlicensed Agents in Ohio

Aug 7 2000 // Geico could lose its right to sell insurance in Ohio should charges levied by the state that the company allowed unlicensed employees to sell property and casualty coverages be upheld. At a hearing scheduled for Aug. 18,...

GEICO Dropping ‘Dr. Laura’

Jul 10 2000 // In a statement distributed late last week, GEICO Insurance has announced it will no longer permit its advertising to appear during Laura Schlessinger’s radio program.For three weeks, the StopDrLaura.com site urged...

INSURERS AGREE TO REFUNDS

Jun 26 2000 // GEICO and Liberty Mutual Insurance companies have agreed with Texas Attorney General John Cornyn to return nearly $600,000 deducted from Texas policyholder claims when damaged auto parts were replaced by newer parts. Under...

New GEICO Ads Go Round and Round

May 25 2000 // GEICO Insurance Co. has teamed with Manhattan-based CarroSELL, unveiling a new advertising campaign on airport baggage carrousels in New York, Dallas/Fort Worth and Honolulu. CarroSELL pioneered the medium last year and...