They will not deal with progressive or geico because they will NOT pay to have a vehicle fixed properly without shortcuts, inferior parts, etc.
Which is why many insurance companies have body shops that they recommend, because they will do substandard work.
That being said, all insurance companies seem to have the policy of don't pay the claim unless forced to.
I once had a manager and the adjuster from the ins company come out to my body man's place because of a grossly low dollar solution for fixing my vehicle.
The manager listened to the body man, and told his adjuster to write the checks at what my guy's price was.
It was several thousand dollars worth of work they were trying to cheat me out of.
IMO this will not work out well dollar wize for the companies that have pulled their products off of Beck's show.
But money isn't the bottom line for them, political influence is.
Great post in #86, Syncro. Very interesting...