Geico News

People News: GEICO, SUNZ, BSA

GEICO Names Penry AVP of Claims The GEICO board of directors announced the election of Troy Penry to assistant vice president of the company’s national claims operations. He will take on responsibility for leading GEICO’s auto damage operations across the …

Business News: MAPFRE, Safety National, GEICO

MAPFRE Insurance Launches Program To Help Insureds Restore Damaged Homes As part of an ongoing effort to better serve its policyholders, MAPFRE Insurance, a Mass.-based provider of home and auto insurance, has launched the MAPFRE Select Home Restoration Program. The …

People News: XL Catlin, BSA, GEICO

XL Catlin’s North America Property Insurance Team Promotes Two in US and Bermuda XL Catlin’s North America Property Insurance business announced two promotions. William Volz has been promoted to Southern California regional underwriting leader in Los Angeles while Mark Flanagan …

GEICO Overtime Pay Appeal Declined by U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear GEICO General Insurance Co’s appeal of a ruling that the No. 2 auto insurer in the United States must pay overtime wages to its claims investigators after the company had sought …

Business News: CoverHound, Tokio Marine America, GEICO

CoverHound Expands into Commercial Insurance for Small Businesses CoverHound, an insuretech company that allows customers to compare and purchase insurance online, is applying that unique selling proposition to commercial insurance by adding a full suite of business insurance offerings to …

Business News: Rising Tide Partners, LexisNexis, GEICO

Free Testing of New Training in Claims Communication and Negotiation Rising Tide Partners (formerly Insurance Learning Systems) announced an invitation to claims organizations to register their adjusters for complimentary seats at a beta release of The 360° Adjuster, its new …

People News: Economical, GEICO, QBE, Erie

Saunders Named President and CEO of Economical Insurance The Board of Directors of Economical Insurance named Rowan Saunders president and CEO effective November 1, 2016. This follows the announcement on February 19, 2016, that current president and CEO, Karen Gavan, …

People News: ID Experts, Great American, GEICO

Cyber Liability Expert Holmes Joins ID Experts ID Experts named Kimberly Holmes, Esq. RPLU senior vice president and counsel, Cyber Insurance, Liability and Emerging Risks. Holmes brings extensive legal and insurance experience including creating new product lines to meet increasing …

Fraud News Around the Nation

Connecticut Man Admits to Role in Staging Car Crashes A Connecticut man who authorities say conspired to stage about 50 car crashes in an insurance scheme has pleaded guilty to a federal charge. Carlins Calixte of Norwich entered the plea …

People News: GEICO, AXIS, BSA, SMA

GEICO names Burklin SVP; Ottman Head Claims Operations for Florida Region GEICO recently named Shawn Burklin senior vice president to oversee its regional operations offices in Lakeland, Fla., and Macon, Ga. The regions serve nearly 5 million customers in 16 …