Forty-five years on West Kennedy. Same desk, same handshake.
From the Westshore crawl and the run across the Howard Frankland to the boat on Hillsborough Bay and the apartment near Kennedy — Dave Donoho has been quoting the way this city actually lives for over four decades. Retired from the floor, on the phone every morning as the mentor. Still open when you get off work.
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The domain may say car insurance, but a life in this city drives, floats, rides, and rents. Dave writes all of it — and every line below earns its place the same way: because it's parked, docked, or leased somewhere between West Kennedy and the water.
The Westshore crawl at five, I-275 onto the Howard Frankland, the run up the Veterans, Bayshore on a clear morning — the office sits right on West Kennedy, in the middle of all of it. Dave has been quoting Tampa drivers since before half these ramps were built.
High-rises off Bayshore, mid-rises around Westshore and Hyde Park — a condo association's master policy stops at your front door. Dave walks you through exactly where their coverage ends and your HO-6 needs to start.
An apartment in Westshore, a place in South Tampa near the water — renting is how a lot of the Bay area lives. Your landlord insures the building; this covers everything you own inside it, for about what one dinner out costs a year.
Davis Islands, the Bay, the runs out into the Gulf — plenty of folks around here keep a boat on a trailer or a lift. Dave insures them like a man who understands the water you're pointing it at.
This is Florida — the riding season never really ends. Whether it's a bike on Bayshore at sunset or an ATV for the weekends, Dave knows what good coverage looks like on paper before you ever roll it out of the garage.
Flood is its own separate policy — written through the National Flood Insurance Program or a partner insurer, never bundled in and never assumed. Living this close to Hillsborough Bay, it's a conversation Dave would rather have before the season than during it.
Umbrella, an RV, something with more axles? The GEICO page says “and more” for a reason — call the office and ask Dave directly.
The office sits at 2703 West Kennedy Boulevard — the Westshore side of town, minutes off I-275 and the Howard Frankland, an easy run from South Tampa and Davis Islands. Walk in and someone knows your name. Not a phone tree, not a 1-800 number, not a claims portal in another time zone.
And the lights stay on. Weeknights until eight, Saturdays until half past six — still open when you finally get off work. The same desk answers in English and in Spanish, the way it has for years.
What coverage actually runs in this state, from the regulators and researchers who track it — because after forty-five years, Dave would rather show you the figures than tell you a story.
Countrywide: $1,127 — Florida runs well above the national average, which is exactly why a five-minute quote is worth the five minutes here.
Countrywide: $170 — a South Tampa apartment's worth of everything-you-own, covered for about the price of one dinner out per year.
These figures are statewide or countrywide averages published for general education only. They are not an estimate, an offer, or a promise of any premium — what you'd actually pay depends on your vehicle, residence, record, and coverage choices. For a real number, get a quote or call Dave at (813) 259-1142.
GEICO named Dave GFR of the Year in 1982. Four decades later, in June of 2023, the same company named his office Exclusive Agency of the Month. Between those two bookends is a whole Tampa career — the same phone number, the same stretch of West Kennedy, the same plain answers.
These days Dave has stepped back from the floor, but he's on the phone every morning as the mentor — the steady voice the desk still runs its harder questions by. He holds a 220 Florida General Lines license, and the office answers in English and in Spanish.
Away from the desk you'll find him on a golf course, or up in the mountains on skis — but the phone is never far, and the handshake never changed.
“Still here, still on the phone.”
Five minutes gets you a real quote that credits Dave's office — or call and talk to someone who has been answering this stretch of West Kennedy's questions for forty-five years. Hablamos Español.
2703 West Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33609 · Mon–Fri 9–8, Sat 9–6:30 · ddonoho@geico.com