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GEICO...

retroxler58retroxler58 Member Posts: 32,693 ✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
Government Employees Insurance COmpany...

That's jus'gotta give ya a warm fuzzy feelin'.... Jus'sayin'...
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,162 ******
    edited November -1
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  • legearlegear Member Posts: 6,716
    edited November -1
    Or you can use Allstate, just heard an ad for them claiming to support HBC.
    Do you know what an HBC is? I know, ill give some time to think about it.
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  • LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,142 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by legear
    Or you can use Allstate, just heard an ad for them claiming to support HBC.
    Do you know what an HBC is? I know, ill give some time to think about it.
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anything but progressive.....

    I find USAA to be my favorite.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,162 ******
    edited November -1
    state farm has done good by us.[^][:)]
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by CaptFun
    Anything but progressive.....

    I find USAA to be my favorite.


    USAA for my Jeep and Truck. But they do not cover Bikes So Its Geico for that.
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  • MMOMEQ-55MMOMEQ-55 Member Posts: 13,134
    edited November -1
    Geico is anti gun. They would not cover my guns so I went to Farmers.
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  • jev1969jev1969 Member Posts: 2,691
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    quote:Originally posted by CaptFun
    Anything but progressive.....

    I find USAA to be my favorite.


    USAA for my Jeep and Truck. But they do not cover Bikes So Its Geico for that.


    Same with me.
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,190 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by MMOMEQ-55
    Geico is anti gun. They would not cover my guns so I went to Farmers.
    Farmers is who we have for our home, Pemco for autos.
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    USAA wouldn't take me --- because I had been enlisted in the Army, not an officer. I wasn't good enough for you then, don't expect my business now.

    GEICO sells insurance TO government employees, it is not run BY the government. I left them because they treated me poorly, just like----Allstate, State Farm, Liberty Mutual.

    I now have an independent agent. The company moves ALL its customers if they have problems with an insurance company, giving them plenty of clout.

    Neal
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    GEICO was formed as Government Employees Insurance Company many many years ago and really was an insurance company for Government Employees. It was similar to USAA without the banking.

    In 1962 I tried to join GEICO. I was an E-4 at the time. The lady said I wasn't qualified because I wasn't a "government employee". I explained to her that the U. S. Navy is affiliated with the government. She said for me to call her back after she had time to check on that.

    I called her back and she said they do make exceptions for E-5 and above or E-4 with over four years of service. I had less than four years service so I didn't call her again until I was an E-5.

    When I call her again as an E-5, she told me I didn't qualify because I wasn't twenty-five years of age or older.

    This time I gave up on ever joining GEICO. I think I was more irritated that she didn't tell me all that on the first call than I was about not being qualified. Anyhow, I scratched them from my list of companies to do business with. Now it is no longer a member owned company like USAA, but I'm still not interested in doing business with them.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • bartman45bartman45 Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I hear that gecko tastes like chicken.................
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  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    USAA wouldn't take me --- because I had been enlisted in the Army, not an officer. I wasn't good enough for you then, don't expect my business now.

    GEICO sells insurance TO government employees, it is not run BY the government. I left them because they treated me poorly, just like----Allstate, State Farm, Liberty Mutual.

    I now have an independent agent. The company moves ALL its customers if they have problems with an insurance company, giving them plenty of clout.

    Neal


    You sure about USAA Since I was just a GySgt and not an Officer.
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    quote:Originally posted by nmyers
    USAA wouldn't take me --- because I had been enlisted in the Army, not an officer. I wasn't good enough for you then, don't expect my business now.

    GEICO sells insurance TO government employees, it is not run BY the government. I left them because they treated me poorly, just like----Allstate, State Farm, Liberty Mutual.

    I now have an independent agent. The company moves ALL its customers if they have problems with an insurance company, giving them plenty of clout.

    Neal


    You sure about USAA Since I was just a GySgt and not an Officer.

    25 yrs ago both were very selective about who they would take. Now if you have a pulse you are in.
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  • machine gun moranmachine gun moran Member Posts: 5,198
    edited November -1
    I was taken by USAA on the basis of an honorable Army discharge, after a regular-term enlistment. BTW, they doubled my liability coverage while cutting my rates in half, from what American Family was charging me [:)].
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  • Sooeyman2035Sooeyman2035 Member Posts: 3,226
    edited November -1
    USAA is great!
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  • gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hmmmmmmmmm

    It seems no one here is as happy as a Slinky on an escalator!

    I had GMAC for a long time, now use Allstate. [;)]
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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  • 35 Whelen35 Whelen Member Posts: 14,307 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've been with Geico for over ten years now. No problems. Allstate and Farmers were always at least double, if not triple, on premiums, and my driving record is spotless.
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Amica.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,404 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by montanajoe
    state farm has done good by us.[^][:)]
    State Farm was one of the biggest lobbiers in DC to mandate that folks carry auto insurance.
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    GEICO isn't the same company it was when it was for government employees only. The only thing left of the original GEICO is the name. It was originally set up to operate similar to a co-op. Members owned it. Members were invited to attend annual meetings to elect officers or to sign a proxy to be voted by somebody else. Several years ago they reorganized as a corporation similar to any other publicly owned insurance company. Then a few years after that they sold the company. Now it is functionally the same as State Farm, Travelers or most of the others.

    USAA was formed by a group of Army officers because it was hard for them to get insurance overseas. It was set up for Army officer membership only, which wasn't much of an issue at the time because in those days it was rare for enlisted personnel to own cars, especially overseas.

    Later they wanted to expand the membership so they opened it up to officers of all services. The next expansion opened it up to all active duty military and then to active duty, former active duty and reserve personnel. Now almost any connection with any military, including Coast Guard is eligible for USAA membership.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,190 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    quote:Originally posted by montanajoe
    state farm has done good by us.[^][:)]
    State Farm was one of the biggest lobbiers in DC to mandate that folks carry auto insurance.
    I worked in a repair/tire shop that also had a body shop. This was back in the mid 80s. I can still see that State Farm adjuster screwing with the body shop guy. Never have and never will have ANYTHING to do with State Farm.
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