The Buffalo News reports _ “National auto insurer GEICO Corp. will be adding about 300 jobs to its Amherst service center, boosting employment to about 1,800, sources confirmed Tuesday.

Gov. David A. Paterson is expected to make the formal announcement at 11 a.m. today at the CrossPoint Business Park facility.

The Washington, D.C.-based carrier, the nation’s fourth largest private-passenger car insurer, will move a home insurance agency subsidiary to Amherst. The jobs are expected to be filled during the next two years.”

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