All the headlines from our GEICO Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 16 2013 // Based on third quarter reports, GEICO Corp. has surpassed Allstate Corp. to become the nation’s second-largest private auto insurer.According to data compiled by SNL, GEICO logged $4.89 billion in direct premiums...
Dec 5 2013 // The insurance company Geico plans to open a claims center in suburban Houston that will employ up to 1,000 people.The company announced that the positions will range from entry-level to what Geico describes as...
Nov 12 2013 // Esurance, the online car insurance seller owned by Allstate Corp., is betting that bundling auto and home policies will help it compete with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Geico unit and Progressive Corp.Esurance started...
Oct 22 2013 // Direct writer GEICO’s success in auto insurance sales is due to spending dollars on effective advertising rather than on agents, according to recent research from analysts at Nomura Equity Research, which notes that...
Sep 10 2013 // Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson, whose company lost car insurance market share in the last three years, said competitor Geico could struggle to expand sales as it seeks to sell more policies at...
Aug 23 2013 // A jury says an insurance company must honor the policy of a Vermont man who was convicted of murder in a drunken driving crash that killed a woman in 2010. The insurance company GEICO had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District...
Aug 20 2013 // David Hodge has been named assistant vice president of claims for auto insurer GEICO’s Buffalo, N.Y., regional office. Hodge previously served as the liability director of GEICO’s Virginia Beach, Va., regional...
Jul 23 2013 // Billionaire investor Warren Buffett joined in a ceremony that marked the opening of a new customer service center for the Geico insurance company in suburban Indianapolis that’s expected to have as many as 1,200...
Jul 22 2013 // Following a six-year tenure as Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s chief financial officer, Sharon Binnun has accepted a position in the private sector. Binnun is joining Cypress Property & Casualty Insurance...
Jul 18 2013 // Auto insurance giant GEICO recently announced that Kirk La has been named assistant vice president of the GEICO Insurance Agency and Pionne Corbin will take over as assistant vice president of underwriting in GEICO’s...
Jul 15 2013 // Auto insurance giant GEICO promoted Rhett Rayburn to vice president of Southeast operations. He will be based in GEICO’s Macon, Ga., office. Prior to his new role, Rayburn was assistant vice president of claims...
Jul 12 2013 // Auto insurer GEICO said it will host two job fairs for auto damage adjusters in Pennsylvania on July 16 and 18.On Tuesday, July 16, the first job fair will be held at Double Tree Hotel in Green Tree, located at 500...
Jul 1 2013 // Bill Roberts has been named president and chief operating officer of GEICO, the giant insurer said. Tony Nicely will continue to serve as chairman and chief executive officer.Roberts had served as executive vice president...
Jul 1 2013 // Allstate’s “Mayhem” trumped State Farm Mutual’s the “Good Neighbor” in advertising dollars in 2012.According to an analysis by SNL Financial, Allstate’s ad spend increased 14.8...
Jun 17 2013 // 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), based in Chevy...
Apr 22 2013 // Florida’s high court is poised to decide how much money insurers owe some medical providers in cases where an auto policy does not specifically state that the fees will be based on a fee schedule approved by state...
Apr 8 2013 // Florida’s high court is poised to decide how much money insurers owe some medical providers in cases where an auto policy does not specifically state that the fees will be based on a fee schedule approved by state...
Apr 3 2013 // GEICO’s Coralville, Iowa, office plans to hire more than 100 new associates by July of this year, the direct-to-consumer insurance company announced. The new associates will fill positions in sales and customer...
Mar 21 2013 // Geico is announcing plans to bring 1,200 jobs to Indiana and pump millions of dollars into developing a campus just north of Indianapolis.The Washington, D.C.-based insurance company plans to equip a 109,000 square-foot...
Mar 14 2013 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, said Richard Solowan has been named assistant vice president of the GEICO companies. In his new role, Solowan will be responsible for the...