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GEICO was among 100 honorees on the Business Journal’s 2026 Best Places to Work in North Texas list, which is based on confidential employee surveys measuring trust in leadership, communication, workplace culture and team dynamics. Extra-large employers have 500 or more employees. Final rankings were announced at an Oct. 15 awards event and published in the Business Journal’s print and digital editions.
The Dallas Morning News named GEICO to its 2026 Top Workplaces D-FW list, ranking the company No. 31 among large employers in its first year on the list. The recognition is based on anonymous employee surveys administered by research partner Energage, with GEICO’s results exceeding national benchmarks. The list was announced Nov. 4.
Richardson Life Magazine named GEICO a Best Place to Work in its annual Best of Richardson list. The magazine described GEICO’s Richardson office as “proof that great careers call North Texas home,” citing its competitive pay, career development opportunities and culture of teamwork and community.
“These honors recognize both our new office and the employees who make it a great place to work,” said Jason Andrukonis, head of commercial insurance operations at GEICO and Richardson campus leader. “GEICO started in Fort Worth 90 years ago, and it means a lot to be recognized by North Texas employees as a place they’re proud to build a career.”
GEICO has deep roots in Texas. The company was founded in Fort Worth in 1936 and is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. GEICO’s Dallas regional office opened in June 1986 to support the company’s Southwest and Midwest expansion. In 2016, the company relocated to a 232,000-square-foot office on Greenville Avenue in Richardson.
GEICO expanded to its new Galatyn Commons office in January. The campus covers nearly 600,000 square feet across three buildings and brings thousands of jobs to the area in support of the company’s growing personal and commercial insurance businesses.
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.
Less than a year after opening its new Galatyn Commons campus, GEICO is being recognized as one of North Texas’ best places to work. The insurer ranked fourth among extra-large employers on the Dallas Business Journal’s 2026 Best Places to Work list and earned honors from The Dallas Morning News and Richardson Life Magazine.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A gunman killed a man inside a busy gym during morning workouts on Thursday before fleeing and shooting four more people, shocking a popular capital neighborhood and attracting a swarm of police officers who ascended to the roof of a building during the search and chaos.
He fatally shot himself while holed up in his penthouse apartment, where he had been speaking by phone with police negotiators, said Jeffery Carroll, interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department.
The gunman was identified as a doctor locked in a dispute with building management over mold and moisture problems in his seventh-floor unit, court records show.
Mayor Muriel Bowser said she was “devastated” at the loss of life in a “senseless act of gun violence.”
The shootings occurred around 8 a.m. in Logan Circle, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) north of the White House. Much of the block on 15th Street Northwest was cordoned off as police urged people to avoid the area, which includes the VIDA Fitness center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, residences and a Whole Foods store. Schools were locked down.
Law enforcement SWAT teams and other officers had their guns drawn on the roof of an apartment building and on the ground below.
Carroll said one man died at VIDA and another victim was in critical condition.
James Spellman, who was at the gym, said there were about 50 people there when the shooting began.
“Within seconds there was a man who fell to the ground, and a pool of blood came out,” he said. “One gym member rushed to help him. He was instantly dead. He had been shot in the neck.”
Anthony Mirones was in the gym’s cardio area when he heard a loud bang and thought something fell off the wall. He said someone was trying to help the wounded man but then a fire alarm went off and many people ran.
“The people in cardio had to step over the body,” Mirones said.
Another witness, Ryan Dubicki, said he was in his nearby apartment around the same time when he “heard about five bangs.”
“They were really spread out so I thought it was construction,” said Dubicki, an AP employee on the elections team. A short time later “there were cops everywhere.”
Authorities have preliminarily identified the shooter as Matt Lambert, according to two law enforcement officials and another person familiar with the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they weren't allowed to publicly discuss the investigation.
Lambert was deeply upset with his condo building's management. He filed a lawsuit last year, alleging that he hadn't been able to use his penthouse since 2024 because of mold, moisture and water problems. He claimed the problems began after a contractor had worked on the building's exterior.
The litigation was ongoing, with mediation scheduled for next March, according to court filings. Lambert appeared to share his condo woes, including photos and an engineering report, on an X site titled OfMiceandMold.
The Logan Circle neighborhood has seen violence before. In early August 2025, a onetime member of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted early on a Sunday morning in the neighborhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman, authorities said.
Days later, Trump fulfilled his threat to bypass local authority and imposed direct federal control over the city, sending in hundreds of National Guard members to reduce crime. That deployment continues today.
This story has been corrected to show the interim police chief’s name is Jeffery, not Jeffrey.
Associated Press writers Rebecca Santana and Gary Fields in Washington and Dave Collins in Hartford, Conn., contributed to this report.
Members of the Chief Medical Examiners Office wheel a gurney with the body of a man who fatally shot himself while holed up in his penthouse apartment, where he had been speaking by phone with police negotiators following reports of an active shooting, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A bullet hole is seen following reports of an active shooting, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Metropolitan Police Department interim Chief Jeffery W. Carroll, stands in the doorway of the VIDA fitness center, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Local and federal law enforcement and emergency medical services respond to reports of an active shooting, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Locals look on as law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, left, speaks alongside Metropolitan Police Department interim Chief Jeffery W. Carroll during a news conference in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Local and Federal law enforcement and emergency responders, are seen responding to reports of an active shooting investigation, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Local law enforcement and National Guard, are seen responding to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
