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New Jersey Regulators: Jobs, Education Are Sound Criteria to Rate Drivers
Apr 25 2008 // New Jersey insurers who use education and employment to rate drivers for risk are justified in doing so and the practice does not amount to racism or classism, according to a new, 581-page report released by Garden State...
Best Affirms GEICO’s ‘A++’ Ratings
Mar 18 2008 // To no one’s surprise A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A++’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aaa” of Government Employees Group (GEICO) and its...
Web Site, Ads to Help Agents Keep Mass. Auto Market Share
Jan 9 2008 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents, who now write more than 80 percent of the auto insurance market in the state, are getting some marketing help to protect that market share as they enter a new competitive rating...
Calif. approves Geico rate reduction
Sep 3 2007 // The California Department of Insurance has announced it has approved GEICO’s 10.8 percent rate reduction in personal auto insurance policies. The reduction should translate into $65.8 million in overall savings for...
Calif. approves Geico rate reduction
Sep 3 2007 // The California Department of Insurance has announced it has approved GEICO’s 10.8 percent rate reduction in personal auto insurance policies. The reduction should translate into $65.8 million in overall savings for...
GEICO Cuts N.J. Auto Rates
Aug 30 2007 // GEICO is reducing auto insurance rates for its policyholders in New Jersey by a statewide average rate decrease of 4.1 percent. GEICO said its decrease represents $30.8 million in savings for its New Jersey policyholders,...
Mass. Auto Competition: Commerce Pulls U-Turn; Will Geico Field a Team?
Aug 8 2007 // Giant direct auto insurance seller Geico has been airing ads on Boston Red Sox radio broadcasts even though it does not do business in Massachusetts. The radio games are broadcast across New England and the Northeast so...
Geico Cutting Auto Rates for some California Customers
Aug 2 2007 // Geico General Insurance Co. will cut auto insurance rates for some of its California policyholders by an average of 10.8 percent to comply with state rules requiring rates to be primarily determined by driving records,...
News Currents
Jun 18 2007 // Court sides with insurers on credit reporting case The 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 Currents 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....
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...
