Geico bounces back but still faces big IT challenges
Geico has a reputation for being a technology laggard in the Personal Lines P&C industry. They've acknowledged this. But Progressive, their longtime rival, is the industry technology leader. So much so that they avoided the massive post-covid meltdown that the rest of the industry experienced. So how is Geico going to catch up? By implementing the same package software core systems that the rest of the industry have. Or by building tools that enable much more granular and event driven risk selection throughout the policy lifecycle? Which is where the money is and is something core systems can't solve.
To regain its leadership position Geico needs to become an IT innovator, not just an imitator
Geico’s laying off 6% of their employees and saying they are going to invest in ‘IT’. But will it make a difference? […]
