BUFFALO (AP) -- The insurance company, Geico Corp., has announced plans to hire 800 people for its Buffalo-area office in 2013.

The Washington, D.C.-based insurer currently employs about 2,400 people at its service center in the suburb of Getzville.

Company officials said Friday that the new hires will be for a variety of positions, including sales and customer service.

Geico opened the western New York service center in 2005.

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