GEICO Names Nestegard Assistant Vice President of Tucson Claims Operation

Joe Nestegard has been named assistant vice president of claims for GEICO’s Tucson regional office. Previously, Nestegard served as the auto damage director of GEICO’s Fredericksburg, Va., regional operations.

Nestegard joined GEICO in 1988 as an auto damage adjuster in Atlanta, Ga., and advanced through the ranks to become a supervisor in Pensacola, Fla., in 1993, before taking on the challenge of auto damage manager in 1997. In 2002, he was promoted to auto damage director for GEICO’s Virginia Beach regional office prior to assuming the auto damage director’s role in Fredericksburg in 2012.

Nestegard succeeded Rhett Rayburn as claims assistant vice president, when Rayburn was named vice president of GEICO’s southeast region in Macon, Ga.

Source: GEICO