July 16, 2019—The GEICO board of directors recently promoted Shane Wheeler to vice president in charge of the company's claims operations. Wheeler will be based at GEICO corporate headquarters in Chevy Chase, Md.

Since 2016, he had served as assistant vice president of claims for GEICO’s regional operations in Tucson, Ariz. Before that, he was the liability director for the regional office in Dallas.

Wheeler holds a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma and a master’s degree from the University of Arizona. He earned his Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriting (CPCU) designation in 2007.