Over twenty years. Still picks up the phone.
From the York Road commute to the Tri-State toward O'Hare, from an older Elmhurst home to a boat that only sees the water a few good months a year — Anthony Calcagno insures Chicagoland the way it was meant to be done: a real person, on the line, who knows the roads you actually drive.
Anthony CalcagnoGEICO Local Agent · IL · WI · IN
The domain says car insurance, but a life out here also parks in a garage, rides a short season, and waits all winter for open water. Anthony writes all of it — and every line below earns its place the same way: because it's garaged, docked, or parked somewhere between York Road and the lake.
York Road at eight, the merge onto the Eisenhower, the Tri-State crawl toward O'Hare — Anthony has read Chicagoland traffic for over twenty years. He writes auto coverage for the way you actually drive I-290 and I-294, not the way a call center three states away imagines it.
Elmhurst is a town of real houses — century-old homes off Cottage Hill, brick two-flats near the Prairie Path, additions that came decades after the first blueprint. Older houses carry older risks; Anthony walks the coverage line by line, long before a storm off Lake Michigan puts it to the test.
An apartment a short walk from the Elmhurst Metra stop, a rental closer to the Loop — plenty of Chicagoland starts out within earshot of the Union Pacific West line. Your building's policy covers the building. This one covers everything you carry up the stairs.
A high-rise unit downtown, a newer condo along Roosevelt or York Street — the association's master policy stops at your front door, and most owners never learn exactly where until a claim. Anthony maps that seam for you before you sign, city or suburb.
When winter finally lets go, Chicagoland heads for the water — a boat on the Fox Chain O'Lakes, a slip on Lake Michigan, a trailer behind the truck up I-90. The season is short around here; Anthony makes sure a good one never gets cut shorter by the wrong policy.
The Midwest riding season is measured in months, not years — so when the two-lanes west of the county line finally clear, you ride them. Anthony insures motorcycles and ATVs like a man who watches the same forecast: a short season is no reason to skimp, and every good-weather mile should be a covered one.
Umbrella, RV, something with more to it? The GEICO page says “and more” for a reason — call the office and ask Anthony directly.
The office sits at 170 North York Road — a short walk from the Elmhurst Metra stop and an easy hop to I-290 and I-294. Walk in and a real person knows your name. Not a phone tree, not a 1-800 number, not a claims portal in another time zone.
And Anthony doesn't stop at the DuPage line. Licensed in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana, he covers the way Chicagoland actually lives — the Loop commute, the older suburbs, the short boating and riding seasons everyone out here waits all winter for.
What coverage actually runs in this state, from the regulators and researchers who track it — because after twenty-plus years, Anthony would rather show you the real figures than tell you a story. Good news: Illinois runs under the national average across the board.
Countrywide: $1,127 — Illinois drivers pay under the national average.
United States: $1,411 — Illinois homeowners pay below the national average. Still worth a real review.
United States: $170 — real protection for less than a lot of people spend on coffee in a month.
These figures are statewide 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, home, record, and coverage choices. For a real number, get a quote or call Anthony at (630) 359-2600.
Anthony likes the things that were built to last — the ones that still sound good decades on. He carries that same taste into insurance: no phone tree, no script, no rush. Over twenty years in the business have taught him that the fastest way to do this right is to slow down and actually listen.
He works out of the Elmhurst office on North York Road, holding a Property & Casualty license across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana — so when life moves you across a state line, your coverage keeps up instead of starting over.
When the office closes, you'll find him outside: hiking and biking the Illinois Prairie Path and the DuPage trails, and lending a hand to the local No Frills for Fun charity. Same guy on the trail as on the phone — steady, unhurried, glad to help.
“The good stuff never goes out of style.”
Five minutes gets you a real quote that credits Anthony's office — or just call and talk to someone who actually picks up, the old-school way.
170 North York Rd., Elmhurst, IL 60126 · Mon–Fri 9–5, Sat 10–3 · ancalcagno@geico.com