BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 8, 2026--
GEICO is tracking Hurricane Isaias, which is forecast to strengthen before approaching the northern Gulf Coast on Friday, Oct. 9. According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm poses a risk of dangerous storm surge and damaging hurricane-force winds along portions of the coast. Heavy rainfall is also expected across much of the Southeast from Friday into the weekend.
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“For 90 years, GEICO has been there for our customers when severe weather strikes, and that experience shapes how we prepare and respond,” said Frank Pickering, GEICO’s vice president of claims. “GEICO's Catastrophe Response Team is watching this storm closely and is ready to deploy. We're doing the work now so that if Isaias affects our customers, we can respond quickly, communicate clearly and help them get back on the road.”
Getting ready before landfall
GEICO's Catastrophe Response Team is monitoring the forecast, and a large team of GEICO employees, including adjusters and support staff, is on standby to deploy to affected areas if needed. That readiness includes regular preparation exercises ahead of hurricane season. If the storm causes significant damage, GEICO may establish drive-by inspection locations in high-loss areas, with tents and multiple inspection lanes so vehicles can be inspected on site. These locations help speed up claims handling, reduce disruption and get people back on the road faster. The team will remain on the ground as long as necessary to assist affected customers.
How to prepare now
To get ready for Isaias, GEICO urges customers in the storm’s potential path to take these steps:
Customers should also monitor the latest forecasts at hurricanes.gov.
After the storm: safety first
GEICO reminds customers to use extreme caution, as damage from wind and flooding could be severe.
In situations with major safety risks, GEICO's claims team will work with customers and come directly to them to inspect a vehicle that isn't drivable. Customers just need to file a claim first, and GEICO will then work with them to set up a field inspection appointment as quickly as possible.
How to file a claim
For the fastest service, file a claim online at geico.com/response or through the GEICO mobile app. Follow the prompts to note the type and severity of the damage. You can also file by phone at 1-800-841-3000. BoatUS claims can be filed at boatus.com/claims.
Watch:GEICO's Catastrophe Response Team is ready to serve customers when they need it most.
About GEICO
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company), the third-largest auto insurer in the U.S., was founded in 1936 and insures vehicles in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. GEICO, a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, constantly strives to make lives better by protecting people against unexpected events while saving them money and providing an outstanding customer experience. Along with personal auto insurance, commercial auto and personal umbrella coverages are also available. Homeowners, renters, condo, flood, identity theft, term life, and more coverages are written through non-affiliated insurance companies and are secured through the GEICO Insurance Agency, LLC. Visit GEICO.com for a quote or to learn more.
GEICO Catastrophe Response Team at a drive-by inspection site. GEICO's CAT team is often among the first on the ground after severe weather, helping customers get back on the road.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern.
Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said the author was in Iceland “listening to the wind” when the academy reached her to notify her of the win.
“She was very taken by surprise,” Carlberg said.
Toronto-born Carson, 76, draws on themes and stories from ancient Greek and Roman literature for works that often blend elements of poetry, essay and fiction.
Her books include “Eros the Bittersweet,” a look at the pleasure and pain of desire in ancient Greek literature, verse novel “Autobiography of Red,” “Men in the Off Hours,” a collection of poetry and prose that won Canada’s Griffin Prize for poetry in 2001 and “Norma Jeane Baker of Troy,” which compares Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy.
Carson also has translated works of classical Greek literature that, the Swedish Academy said, “may be regarded as independent works in their own right.” They include “If Not, Winter,” based on poem fragments by Sappho, Sophocles’ tragic plays “Electra” and "Antigone” and Euripides’s “Bakkhai.”
“Almost all her literary production has centered upon the intersection between the philologist’s obsession with words and the poet’s desire for new meaning,” said Anders Olsson, chair of the literature committee.
Olsson added that Carson’s juxtaposition of influences ranging from the ancient Greeks to John Keats, Virginia Woolf and Emily Bronte “leads to playful and ironic works that move not only between classical and modern poetry but also between different genres and artforms.”
Carson has taught classics at several North American universities and has lived in Iceland, where she and her husband, Robert Currie, were granted citizenship in 2022.
The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The Associated Press' efforts to reach Carson and her literary agent, Nicole Aragi, were not immediately successful.
Last year, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whose surreal and anarchic novels combine a bleak world view with mordant humor, won the Nobel Prize in literature for work the judges said upholds the power of art in the midst of “apocalyptic terror.”
Three science awards were announced earlier this week. The Nobel for medicine went to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. The physics award recognized a scientist’s efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos. The chemistry prize recognized two scientists for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs.
This week ends with Friday's peace prize. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced Monday.
The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million).
Dazio reported from Berlin and Lawless reported from London. Hillel Italie in New York contributed to this report.
AP Nobel Prizes: https://apnews.com/hub/nobel-prizes
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Ingrid Carlberg announces Canadian writer Anne Carson as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday Oct. 8, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Ingrid Carlberg announces Canadian writer Anne Carson as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday Oct. 8, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
After the announcement of the Canadian writer Anne Carson as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, a man's hand holds her book "Red Doc>", in Berlin, Thursday Oct. 8, 2026. (Soeren Stache/dpa via AP)
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Ingrid Carlberg announces Canadian writer Anne Carson as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday Oct. 8, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
FILE - Anne Carson attends the dedication ceremony for The Shed, a performing arts center at Hudson Yards, April 1, 2019 in New York. Anne Carson, Canadian poet and essayist, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in literature. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
FILE - A Nobel medal is seen at the Swedish ambassador's residence in London, Dec. 8, 2020. (Niklas Halle'n/Pool via AP, File)
