Latest GEICO Headlines
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Consumer Group Accuses Geico of Unfair Underwriting Practices
Mar 21 2006 // A U.S. consumer group has made claims that Geico Corp. uses rate-making methods that directly base eligibility and premiums solely upon the educational background and occupation of consumers. The Consumer Federation of...
News Currents
Mar 19 2006 // Berkshire’s Buffett still high on insurance despite catastrophe risk Gen Re misfortunes overcome by Geico’s stellar performance, Buffett says Warren E. Buffett, the billionaire chairman of giant Berkshire...
GEICO Seeking New Associates in Dallas Area
Mar 6 2006 // GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) announced plans to add more than 100 new associates to serve its growing number of policyholders in Texas. Currently employing more than 1,000 associates, GEICO’s Dallas...
GEICO To Hire 100 in Tucson, Ariz.
Feb 16 2006 // GEICO has announced it will be hiring 100 people for positions in sales, service and claims in its Tucson, Ariz., operations center. The company plans to recruit entry-level associates, college graduates and experienced...
GEICO REDUCING COLO. AUTO RATES
Jan 23 2006 // GEICO began reducing auto insurance rates for new policyholders in Colorado on Jan. 5. The company also said it would be reducing rates for existing policyholders beginning Feb. 20. According to the company,...
Geico Lowering Colo. Auto Rates
Jan 3 2006 // GEICO is reducing auto insurance rates for its policyholders in Colorado. The statewide average rate decrease is 7.1 percent for GEICO and GEICO General policyholders. Overall premium changes for individual motorists will...
GEICO AND GOOGLE SETTLE:
Sep 19 2005 // Google Inc. has settled the last part of a lawsuit that alleging that its online search engine advertising system illegally exploited insurer Geico Inc.’s brand. Geico stated simply that the case filed in the U.S....
Google Settles Rest of Geico Suit
Sep 9 2005 // Google Inc. has settled the last part of a lawsuit alleging the online search engine leader’s advertising network illegally exploited insurer Geico Inc.’s brand, avoiding a trial on an issue that threatened to...
Keynote: Auto Insurance Web Sites Main Consumer Source for Quotes
May 24 2005 // New competitive intelligence from Keynote Systems, The Internet Performance Authority, reported that the Web is the primary resource for auto insurance consumers with 87 percent visiting sites with the intention of...
Fitch Moves Berkshire Hathaway’s Outlook to Negative
Apr 19 2005 // Fitch Ratings has revised the Rating Outlook to Negative from Stable on the ‘AAA’ long-term issuer and unsecured senior debt ratings of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire) and its wholly-owned subsidiary GEICO...
How to Float to the Top and Other Words of Wisdom
Apr 4 2005 // Berkshire Hathaway’s Buffett on Insurance Economics, 2004 Results By Chairman Warren Buffett’s own admission, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. did not have one of its best years in 2004. Last year, Berkshire’s...
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett on Insurance Economics and 2004 Results
Mar 8 2005 // By Chairman Warren Buffett’s own admission, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. did not have one of its best years in 2004. Last year, Berkshire’s book-value gain of 10.5% fell short of the S&P 500 Index’s 10.9%...
Warren Buffett Praises N.J. Auto Insurance Market Turnaround and Outgoing Chief Bakke
Mar 7 2005 // Star mogul Warren E. Buffett loves New Jersey, at least its auto insurance market. In his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. of which he is chairman, Buffett has high praise for the turnaround in the...
GEICO TO CUT N.Y. RATES:
Jan 3 2005 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that GEICO auto insurance customers will see an across-the-board rate reduction in 2005 resulting in a savings of 6 percent for a typical policyholder....
N.Y. Insurance Department to Approve 6% Auto Rate Drop for GEICO Customers
Dec 16 2004 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced on Thursday that GEICO auto insurance customers in New York State will see an across-the-board rate reduction in 2005 resulting in a savings of 6 percent for a...
Judge Offers Decision in GEICO, Google Dispute
Dec 15 2004 // The use of the GEICO trademark to trigger Google paid ads that include the GEICO name reportedly violate the federal trademark laws. The judge presiding over the lawsuit filed by GEICO against Google Inc. ruled Wednesday...
GEICO Expansion Creates Jobs in Buffalo
Sep 14 2004 // Last month, New Jersey state officials announced that GEICO is now selling private passenger automobile insurance in the state through the company’s Web site, geico.com. This was good news not only for New Jersey...
N.J. Consumer Advocates Caution on Geico Return
Aug 24 2004 // The re-entrance of Geico into the New Jersey auto insurance market last week may not significantly affect state residents who already have difficulty getting policies, some consumer advocates contend. The state agreed to...
MARYLAND UPHOLDS PIP WAIVER:
Aug 23 2004 // A Maryland appeals court has upheld a 2003 circuit court decision by maintaining that personal injury protection (PIP) waivers remain effective until withdrawn in writing. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
GEICO Returns to N.J. Auto Market
Aug 16 2004 // New Jersey state officials this morning announced that GEICO has “good news” for state residents. Beginning today GEICO will be selling private passenger automobile insurance in the state. “This is a very...
