WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--There’s a new girl in town when it comes to GEICO insurance. ‘Lily’ is now featured on the GEICO mobile app as the interactive voice assistant, always prepared and ready to answer policyholder questions.
GEICO designed Lily with partner Nuance Communications, an industry leader in forward-thinking voice and language solutions, to be engaging and insightful as she helps GEICO App customers make an insurance payment or find answers to questions about their policy. Lily was designed to have a calming and enthusiastic demeanor, particular helpful to people in a stressful situation. Lily will also provide her candid opinion on the GEICO Gecko and a variety of topics if asked.
“With Apple’s introduction of Siri, there is no denying that interactive voice assistant technology has altered the way customers interact with their mobile devices,” said Pete Meoli, GEICO mobile and digital design director. “The voice capabilities offer our tech savvy GEICO App users a more convenient and more personable hands-free mobile experience.”
“We gave Lily a lively personality to allow our mobile customers to connect with her at a deeper level,” said Meoli. “Lily’s witty and upbeat responses paired with her undeniable efficiency will change customers' expectations of what is possible in self-service customer care.”
A recent survey of GEICO App users discovered that two out of five use voice technology on their mobile devices today. Meoli said that GEICO will continue to closely examine how customers use Lily, which will allow further development of an even more exceptional virtual assistance experience across all of the company’s self-service platforms.
Lily is available on the GEICO App for iPhone with plans to roll out an Android version later this year. For more information on mobile apps, please visit www.geico.com/about/mobile-apps/.
About GEICO
GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the third-largest private passenger auto insurer in the United States. GEICO handles auto insurance coverage for over 11 million private passenger auto policies and insures more than 18 million vehicles (auto & cycle).
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance Communications (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a leading provider of voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
