GEICO Regional Vice President Scott Markel displayed the “company screwdriver.” He purchased it from a gas station in 1990 when GEICO first opened up a Fredericksburg area office in Shannon Airport. When GEICO opened the regional headquarters building in 1994 there were 700 employees. Today there are 4,000.
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Governor George Allen attended the groundbreaking for the building. He returned for the celebration on Wednesday.




















