All the headlines from our GEICO Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 28 2023 // Geico General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents.U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry in federal court in...
Mar 16 2023 // A licensed insurance agent, and the insurer she represents, owe a duty of care to a customer to explain coverages but neither the agent nor the insurer has a fiduciary duty to an insured under Connecticut law.U.S. District...
Feb 27 2023 // Berkshire Hathaway recorded its first full-year underwriting loss since 2017—but a small one—as strong profits from reinsurance operations were almost enough to counterbalance the deteriorating results from the...
Feb 6 2023 // Geico is off the hook, at least for now, from paying a Missouri woman $5.2 million because she said she contracted a sexually transmitted disease in the car of a man who is insured by the company.The Missouri Supreme Court...
Jan 12 2023 // Geico is off the hook, at least for now, from paying a Missouri woman $5.2 million because she said she contracted a sexually transmitted disease in the car of a man who is insured by the company.The Missouri Supreme Court...
Dec 15 2022 // GEICO and location-technology provider what3words announced a new partnership to provide enhanced roadside assistance to customers across the U.S. With what3words, GEICO teams can pinpoint a customer’s precise...
Dec 8 2022 // An auto insurance policy that includes coverage for both uninsured and underinsured motorists does not require the insurer to pay the policy limits twice, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled.The high court reversed a ruling...
Nov 1 2022 // A federal judge on Monday said a lawsuit accusing Geico Corp. of overcharging more than 2 million California policyholders on car insurance early in the COVID-19 pandemic may proceed as a class action.U.S. District Judge...
Oct 21 2022 // Plymouth Rock Names GEICO’s Measley Chief Claims OfficerPlymouth Rock Assurance Corp. has appointed Paul Measley as its chief claims officer. Measley joins Boston, Massachusetts-based Plymouth Rock from GEICO and is...
Aug 1 2022 // GEICO is closing all of its offices in California, according to reports.The company shut down all of its 38 offices in the state and hundreds of GEICO workers are being laid off, the news website SFGate is reporting....
Jul 19 2022 // With an overall combined ratio in excess of 100 for the first time since 2017, private passenger auto joined homeowners in unprofitable territory last year, prompting carriers to respond with pricing and underwriting...
Jul 18 2022 // When Warren Buffett told Berkshire Hathaway investors that State Farm continues to dominate the large auto insurance carrier landscape during this year’s annual meeting, he was referring to scale rather than customer...
Jun 20 2022 // The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has affirmed a $5.2 million judgment against Geico in a case involving a Jackson County woman who contracted anogenital human papillomavirus (HPV) during sexual encounters in...
Jun 10 2022 // The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District has affirmed a $5.2 million judgment against Geico in a case involving a Jackson County woman who contracted anogenital human papillomavirus (HPV) during sexual encounters in...
Apr 22 2022 // Estée Lauder’s Burrell Joins GEICO as Chief Marketing OfficerInsurer GEICO announced Damon Burrell has joined the company as chief marketing officer. Burrell will oversee all of GEICO’s marketing efforts....
Mar 1 2022 // The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s denial of class certification to a group of Louisiana GEICO customers who allege the insurer’s proprietary valuation system...
Feb 28 2022 // Although Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest insurance operation GEICO reported a 63 percent drop in pretax underwriting income in 2021, overall the conglomerate’s insurance and reinsurance operations saw pretax...
Feb 18 2022 // In a case that went all the way to the federal appeals court level, a panel of judges has found that GEICO General Insurance adequately investigated a Florida claim after an insured motorist killed a cyclist, and did not...
Feb 4 2022 // New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff, Frank Carone, was subpoenaed for documents in a $4.5 million federal civil racketeering lawsuit over alleged fraudulent insurance charges.The subpoena to Carone, who...
Nov 1 2021 // A Missouri woman is suing GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company.The woman, identified in District Court documents as M.O., had a sexual relationship with the insured, M.B.,...