Auto-insurance giant GEICO has closed all 38 branches in California, becoming the latest private insurance company to reduce business operations in the state.
Locally owned branch offices were told of the company’s decision in a two-minute zoom call, one agent who asked to remain anonymous told The Epoch Times.
“It’s criminal,” the branch office owner said, calling GEICO’s famous green gecko mascot “heartless” and “cold-blooded.”
The owner was packing up the office Aug. 2 after opening just over a year ago, pouring money and time into the business, and recruiting employees. The owner is seeking legal representation and is waiting for an additional response from the company….