Tuesday, November 9, 2010

GEICO Auto Insurance


GEICO stands for Government Employement Insurance Company, and it's a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.  As of 2007, GEICO provided coverage for greater than 10 million motor vehicles with greater than 9 million policy holders.  The company is most famous for its gecko mascot that has a Cockney accent featured in TV commercials. 

GEICO was founded in 1936 in Fort Worth, Texas by Leo and Lillian Goodwin to provide auto insurance directly to federal government employees and their families.  GEICO's current headquarters is located in Chevy Chase, Maryland.  The company's revenue in 2004 was $9.212 billion, and it employs 24,000 people.

To get an auto insurance quote from GEICO, visit: http://www.geico.com/getaquote/

64 comments:

  1. I Buy all my financial products from talking lizards. I'm a Scientologist.

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  2. cool, I always wondered what Geico stood for.
    I wish we had this kinda thing. In Canada we only have government insurance and they rape us. America has way better car insurance programs

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  3. Well, I don't have a car. :D

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  4. Quite the revenue they've posted.

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  5. Love the commercials for this company

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  6. I don't have car, but nice info btw

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  7. I would like a company with revenue in the billions of dollars!

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  8. so manyy mannnyyyy blogs about it

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  9. I didn't realize they had been around since 1936

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  10. why isnt GEICO available in canada? i see the commercials but cant get any quotes?

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  11. It's so hard to think of 'em as a serious insurance company with the amount of hilarious commercials they put out.

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  12. Well, the gecco at least looks cute :p

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  13. Wow, didn't know most of that, good info

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  14. omg i love their ads

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  15. I don't have a car but I will know who to ask for advice when I do! Thanks!

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  16. How long have they had that lizard for a mascot anyways?

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  17. great infos man, keep it up !

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  18. They have a good mascot. I heard they are a pretty good company too. Might want to check them out.

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  19. had it, switched to another company, saved $50/month. Just sayin...

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  20. GEICO is actually pretty good.

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  21. I will be satisfied when I own a company that makes a 1/4 of what they do :)

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  22. thanks for the info ! :D

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  23. ive had geico for 8 yrs, they rock, no complaints here

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  24. Same for me, I'm with Geico since 2007 and no problems except one time with the online service which ended up being a bit slow but nothing to worry about!

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  25. Back when they had the "gecko doing the robot" commercials I went to their website and never found any dancing lizards :(

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  26. Love the Geico commercials

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  27. never had problems with this company

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  28. I'm a little tired of seeing that damn gecko

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  29. I dont have insurance currently D=

    Im thinking about geiko though

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  30. Great information, but state farm is still cheaper for me, so I dont think im gunna switch!! Well see what happens, though.

    Thanks for the post

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  31. Ah yes Berkshire Hathaway, owned by one of the richest man in this country, Warren Buffet.

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  32. They advertise like crazy... multiple TV campaigns, all branded slightly differently, quite a media buy but it seems to be working for them!

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  33. They have awesome comercials, That's how you get the customers!

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  34. Thanks for the info. Very helpful

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  35. I love the gecko, but I'll stick with allstate =/

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  36. wow, I dont think insurance companies should profit in the billions. They should just barely survive!!!

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  37. geico totally has the best commercials :P

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  38. So - is the little green guy British or Australian?

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  39. Geico? Didn't know before... thanks for the info!

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  40. GEICO is great, you should give them a chance :)

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  41. I always thought the gecko was adorable :3

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  42. aha never knew what that stood for

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  43. Hmm, maybe I should switch to them.

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  44. Those commercials are sooooo funny!

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