GEICO has filed two additional auto insurance rate decreases in Florida that will lower premiums for more than 1.3 million customers in the state, the insurer said Aug. 6. The filings give GEICO three Florida rate reductions in the past year. The company said it has cut annual premiums for Florida drivers by more than […]
Florida Auto Body Association Schedules Three-City Series on Pay Plans and Technician Retention
The Florida Auto Body Association will take a single session on labor costs, compensation and technician retention to three Florida markets in late August, with Bob Kennedy of Wesco Group as the featured speaker. The events run Aug. 25 in Jacksonville, Aug. 26 in Winter Haven and Aug. 27 in Clearwater, each built around the […]
USAA to Return Nearly $1 Billion to Florida Members in Dividends and Auto Insurance Rate Cuts
USAA said June 8 it will distribute a $500 million dividend to about 830,000 Florida auto insurance policyholders, the largest single piece of nearly $1 billion in rate reductions and direct member returns the insurer expects to deliver in the state between December 2025 and July 2026. The San Antonio, Texas-based insurer, which serves military […]
GEICO Opens Tampa Campus with Plans to Add 1,500 Jobs
GEICO officially opened a new 190,000-square-foot, three-building campus in Tampa, Fla., on May 7, with plans to add 1,500 jobs at the site as the company expands its Florida footprint to roughly 4,400 employees statewide. The build-out adds claims-handling capacity in one of the country’s largest auto insurance markets at a time when GEICO is […]
Mercury, Olympus Partner on Bundled Auto-Home Coverage in Florida
Mercury Insurance (NYSE: MCY) and Olympus Insurance announced May 7 a joint program that lets independent agents in Florida bundle Mercury auto coverage with qualifying Olympus homeowners policies, with eligible customers receiving a 10% discount on the Mercury auto policy and a 10% discount on the Olympus homeowners policy. The program pairs Mercury, which currently […]
Crash Champions Opens 20th Tampa Bay Area Repair Center
Crash Champions has opened a new collision repair center in Dade City, Fla., its 20th location in the Tampa Bay area. The 15,000-sq. ft. facility began operating April 6 at 36127 Clinton Ave. The opening continues the multiple shop operator’s buildout in Florida, where it has been actively growing its store footprint since first entering […]
Florida’s Top 5 Auto Insurance Groups Indicate Average 8% Rate Decrease for 2026
Insurance commissioner credits legislative reform for reductions. Florida’s five largest auto insurance groups are indicating an average rate decrease of 8% for 2026, Florida Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky announced March 5. The five groups — Progressive, Berkshire Hathaway (GEICO), State Farm, Allstate and USAA — collectively represent 78% of Florida’s auto insurance market. One of […]
Florida Announces Arrest of Insurance Agent for Fraudulent Tow Truck Policy Scheme
Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia announced the arrest of a licensed insurance agent and an unlicensed individual for selling fraudulent commercial insurance policies for tow trucks in Miami-Dade County. Javier Gonzalez Jr., a licensed insurance agent, and Aliba Lamas Alvarez were arrested Feb. 5 by the Department of Financial Services Criminal Investigation Division. Investigators […]
Kin Insurance Launches Auto Coverage in Florida, Texas
Kin Insurance Inc. has introduced auto insurance for existing home insurance customers in Florida and Texas, offering up to 20 percent discounts on auto premiums for policyholders who bundle both coverages. The direct-to-consumer digital insurance provider’s expansion into auto insurance targets homeowners in two states where the company already provides home coverage. Bundled customers can […]
Progressive to Begin Returning Excess Profits to Florida Auto Insurance Policyholders
Progressive Insurance will begin issuing credits to Florida personal auto policyholders after determining it exceeded the state’s statutory profit limit for the 2023-2025 accident year period. Florida law requires insurance carriers to return excess profits on a pro rata basis to policyholders when profits exceed the statutory limit. The insurer said it is issuing credits […]
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