The Geico Gecko has for years boosted the near-ubiquitous insurance company’s advertising, Now Geico is doing something to boost him. Geico on Thursday will unveil “Legend of the Lizard,” a 15-minute ...

ANNOUNCER: Denise Bazic(ph) is a real Geico customer, not a paid celebrity. So to help tell her story, we hired a celebrity. DENISE BASIC: It was Thanksgiving night when I accidentally hit a deer.

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The GEICO Gecko is arguably one of the greatest and possibly one of the most recognizable "spokes-animals" of all time. But exactly who is the voice behind that charming green CGI reptile who is able ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maxwell the Pig is crisscrossing the campaign trail to let voters know why he’s expressly qualified to be advertising’s 2012 icon of the year. “Most people know I work for ...

The GEICO lizard was created in a stroke of advertising genius in 1999 by the Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia. The company was working with GEICO to find a hot new mascot, and the gecko came about ...

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It likely did not feel like marketing magic when The Martin Agency combined insurance, a lizard and a British accent in 1999. But alas, magic it became. More than 150 commercials later, the Geico ...