BNET Industries

Progressive Corp.

(PGR) is in the Financial Services Industry

Market Cap:$11.1B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$12.8B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Founded in 1965, The Progressive Corporation (NYSE: PGR) is a leading provider of non-standard, high risk personal automobile insurance and other specialty property-casualty insurance and related services. Its three business segments include Personal Lines, Commercial Automobile, and Other. Through these divisions the company provides insurance for private passenger automobiles, primary liability and physical damage for vehicles owned by businesses, and liability insurance for directors and officers. The Company engages a network of over 28,336 agents, brokers and strategic business relationships at its headquarters in Village, OH and throughout the US.

Number of Employees 25,929

Contact Information

6300 Wilson Mills Rd

Cleveland, Ohio 44143-2109

www.progressive...

(440) 461-5000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers: 524126

Company News

Recent Events

Progressive Corp: Direct Auto Insurance Prices Up 1% In 2009

11/11/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Rhode Island Drivers Can Now Save Big Bucks Based on How They Drive as Progressive...

11/10/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Making Progress

11/02/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Sandler O'Neill Downgrades Progressive PGR to Hold

10/21/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Progressive Launches New Online Game

10/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
> Progressive Corp. posts improved bottom-line results for September, third quarter

10/14/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Goldman upgrades Progressive, downgrades Allstate

9/11/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Progressive Named One of the Best Places to Work in Northeast Ohio

9/16/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Goldman Sachs upgrades Progressive to "buy," lowers Allstate to "sell"

9/11/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Progressive Corp. PGR Two-Notches to Buy

9/11/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Progressive reports net income of $55M in August

9/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Progressive board member resigns

8/24/09 - Board Member - Leaving - View Story
Progressive Sees Profit Boost ... Finally

7/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

marketing and progressive corp. - All News and Analysis

Progressive Corporation Investor Relations Conference Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-08-26

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Michael Philips, your line is open for your question. Please state your company name. Michael Phillips - Stifel Nicolaus Stifel Nicolaus. First question, what percent of your customers are you seeing lower limits or at high deductibles or just fewer coverage's overall? Glenn Renwick Michael,...

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Zacks.com Announces That David Fried Highlights the Following Stocks: AutoZone and Progressive Corp

- 2005-08-15

CHICAGO -- David Fried, editor of the Buyback Premium Portfolio newsletter, provides a buy recommendation on an auto parts chain and an auto insurance company. Read about AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) and Progressive Corp. (NYSE:PGR). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84 Highlights from the August 11 Featured...

Tags: AutoZone Inc., FINANCE, Insurance, MARKETING, newsletter, Progressive Corp., SALES
Teens target of Progressive ads.(Marketing)(auto insurance)

- 2003-02-10

Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND Insurance to guard against pimples? Progressive Corp. isn't actually selling pimple insurance, but it's using the concept to plant the Progressive name in teen-age minds so the young consumers will remember the company w Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND ...

Tags: advertisement, insurance, marketing, Progressive Corp.
Progressive launches marketing 'experiment.' (Product News/Marketing)

- 1991-07-22

The biggest U.S. nonstandard private passenger automobile insurance underwriter is locking horns with the national direct writers in four state markets. Progressive Corporation, of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has launched marketing "experiments&q The biggest U.S. nonstandard private passenger automobile insurance underwriter is locking...

Tags: agent, insurance, marketing, Progressive Corp.