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Geico defends auto rating criteria in N.J.
Jul 3 2006 // New Jersey state Senator Nia Gill, D-Essex, has sponsored a bill to ban auto insurance companies from taking education and occupation into account when setting policy prices, arguing that the practice is discriminatory and...
Geico defends auto rating criteria in N.J.
Jul 3 2006 // New Jersey state Senator Nia Gill, D-Essex, has sponsored a bill to ban auto insurance companies from taking education and occupation into account when setting policy prices, arguing that the practice is discriminatory and...
N.J. Lawmaker Not Swayed by Geico’s Defense of Rating Criteria
Jun 15 2006 // Auto insurance companies that use a person’s education and occupation to set rates are discriminatory and circumvent laws against using race and income to calculate prices, a state senator said this week. After...
Geico Sells 7 Millionth Auto Policy
Apr 21 2006 // On the evening of March 13, 2006, Geico sales representative Stephanie Hall, of Buffalo, N.Y. made history by selling the company’s seven millionth policy. Hall, who has been with the company since December 2004,...
News Currents
Apr 17 2006 // GEICO settles lawsuit over discount policy Californians who purchased auto policies from GEICO and were denied a discount for not having proof of prior insurance will receive refunds as part of a settlement between the...
GEICO, Consumer Group Settle Lawsuit Over Discount Policy
Apr 6 2006 // Californians who purchased auto policies from GEICO and were denied a discount for not having proof of prior insurance will receive refunds as part of a settlement between the company and a consumer advocate...
Consumer group accuses Geico, other insurers of unfair underwriting
Apr 3 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...
Consumer group accuses Geico, other insurers of unfair underwriting
Apr 3 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...
Consumer group accuses Geico, other insurers of unfair underwriting
Apr 3 2006 // News Currents 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...
Md. Commissioner Orr Defends GEICO Against Unfair Underwriting Charges
Mar 29 2006 // In a letter to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and to the New Jersey Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange (CURE), Maryland Insurance Commissioner R. Steven Orr dismissed allegations by those organizations that...
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...
