GEICO GloveBox offers quotes and sales on multiple systems and smartphones
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 25, 2011 – As the demand for information on the go continues to grow, GEICO leads the mobile technology landscape with its growing family of auto insurance applications. The company started 2011, its 75th anniversary, by becoming the first auto carrier in the nation to offer the ability to buy a policy completely via mobile. As more and more consumers use their smartphones to conduct business, GEICO’s new sales capability adds another quick and easy way to purchase policies online.
Throughout 2010, GEICO launched versions of its top-rated GloveBox mobile application for the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry®, iPad, iPod Touch, and Windows Phone 7 operating systems. Earlier this year, the company also released the innovative SnapQuote application, which enables consumers to get an auto insurance quote by taking a photo of their driver’s license and sending it directly to an online site.
“We moved very quickly from launching mobile apps for online quoting, to giving customers an easy way to purchase policies right on their mobile devices,” said Steve Smith, GEICO assistant vice president information technology. “GEICO has taken the lead in this growing segment by staying on the cutting edge of mobile apps technology.”
The company also added a number of useful customer features to its GloveBox app over recent months. From changing a phone number, to tracking a claim, to inserting the GEICO Caveman into a photo, GloveBox has the widest range of functionality available from any auto carrier mobile application. So consumers without a smartphone are not left out, GEICO also recently launched a mobile Website with many of the same features as GloveBox.
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the third-largest private passenger auto insurance company in the United States. GEICO provides millions of auto insurance quotes to U.S. drivers annually. The company is pleased to serve more than 11 million private passenger customers and insures more than 18 million vehicles (auto & cycle).
GEICO's online service center helps policyholders take care of policy sales, policy changes, claims reporting and to print insurance ID cards.
GEICO also provides insurance quotes on motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), travel trailers and motorhomes (RVs). Coverage for boats, life, homes and apartments is written by non-affiliated insurance companies and is secured through the GEICO Insurance Agency, Commercial auto insurance and personal umbrella protection are also available.
For more information, go to www.geico.com.
