FREDERICKSBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GEICO's board of directors recently named John Zinno a vice president of the company. In his new assignment he'll serve as president of GEICO Insurance Agency (GIA), with offices in Fredericksburg, Va., and Buffalo, N.Y.

A company subsidiary, GEICO Insurance Agency is a personal lines insurance agency that provides a wide variety of non-automobile property insurance products to customers including homeowners, renters, boat, motorsports and other coverages.

Previously Zinno served as an assistant vice president.

Zinno joined GEICO in 1973 as a management trainee in Woodbury, N.Y. He was named director of sales and service for the Fredericksburg, Va., regional office, went on to serve as assistant vice president of GEICO's centralized services in Macon, Ga., and was later named president of GEICO's Safe Driver Motor Club. From 2004 to 2006, Zinno served as assistant vice president and general manager of GEICO's regional operations in the Buffalo, N.Y., office.

Zinno graduate from the University of Maine where he earned a B.S. degree in marketing.

Under John's guidance, the GEICO Insurance Agency has grown and become a significant component in GEICO's efforts to provide our customers with a wide variety of products, said Bill Roberts, executive vice president. We know he'll continue to deliver excellent results in his new assignment.

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) - as part of Berkshire Hathaway - is the third-largest private passenger auto insurer in the United States. GEICO provides auto insurance coverage for 9 million policyholders and insures more than 16 million vehicles.

In addition to auto insurance, GEICO offers customers insurance products for their motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), boats, homes, apartments and mobile homes. Commercial auto insurance and personal umbrella protection and life insurance are also available.