Commercial truck insurance from the personal-lines machine, pointed at a truck.
An honest assessment of GEICO Commercial — competitive commercial auto for small fleets and owner-operators, a Berkshire Hathaway balance sheet behind it, and a service model built for volume rather than for complication.
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What we place with GEICO.
Commercial auto
The reason they are on this list, and about half of what we place with them.
Without it — Competitive on small fleets and single units, particularly where the driving records are clean.
Long-distance freight
Specialized freight trucking is the biggest commercial class we write here.
Without it — A market that will look at a small trucking operation without the loadings a specialist applies.
Personal auto alongside the business
Owner vehicles written next to the commercial ones, which is how a lot of these accounts arrive.
Without it — Keeping both with one carrier is usually cheaper than splitting them and is simpler at claim time.
What people ask us about GEICO Commercial.
What do you actually place with GEICO?
Auto, commercial and personal in roughly equal measure. The commercial classes are long-distance specialized freight, landscape architects, waste collection and beverage wholesalers.
Who is behind them?
GEICO is a Berkshire Hathaway company, which is the answer to the financial strength question and is the same group behind biBerk, GUARD and Berkshire Hathaway Homestate.
Where would you not use them?
Anything that needs the account underwritten rather than rated. A fleet with claims, unusual radius, hazardous cargo or a filing requirement usually does better with a trucking specialist who will look at it.
Why go through a broker instead of buying direct?
Because it does not cost you anything, which is the part that surprises people. Broker compensation is built into the carrier’s rate whether you use one or not — buying direct does not remove the cost, it removes the person being paid to be on your side of it.
Commercial insurance is 96% of what we do — it is not a department here, it is the whole business. Not ready to talk? The guides answer the questions this page raises in more depth. Already insured with us and need a certificate or a policy change? Ask the service team rather than starting a quote — it is faster and it goes to the people whose job it is. We also write home and auto, which is usually cheaper alongside the business policy than apart from it.