A Florida body shop owner was charged with impersonating an insurance adjuster for three carriers at accident scenes to generate more business for his auto body shop, police say.

GEICO is offering new, lower commercial auto rates in Maryland after implementing a new rating structure in the state implemented last year.

Eleven Maryland-based insurance companies recently won an online auction of tax credits that generated $84 million for a program designed to invest in “promising” new in-state companies.

USAA beat State Farm in the “good” customer service category in a new ranking of insurers, according to the Temkin Group.

A national insurance company, based in Chevy Chase, Md., was recognized as one of the 2012 Best Places to Work in Virginia by the Virginia Business and Best Companies Group.

GEICO was fined $100,000 by Washington State officials and ordered to refund about $7.5 million in overcharges to thousands of its customers in the state.

More than 100 felony charges have been filed against suspects allegedly involved in an elaborate, organized fraud ring operating in the San Francisco area that allegedly cost 11 insurance companies up to $500,000 in losses.

A group of seven North and South Carolinians were arrested Sept. 8 and accused of conducting a more than $100,000 insurance fraud scheme involving staged auto accidents.

Geico, which already employs 3,000 people in its regional office in Virginia, is looking for more employees to support its national auto insurance operations.

Independent insurance agents ranked in the middle of the pack in a survey of customers’ experience, while insurance providers ranked well ahead of health insurance plans in the annual analysis.