Company Profile for Progressive
Progressive Corporation
| Type | Public (NYSE: PGR) S&P 500 Component |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Mayfield Village, Ohio, U.S. |
| Industry | Vehicle Insurance |
| Key People | Glenn Renwick, CEO Peter Lewis, Chairman of the Board (Non-Executive) |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The Progressive Corporation
6300 Wilson Mills Rd.
Mayfield Village, OH 44143
Toll free: 1-800-776-4737
General company info: 1-440-461-5000
www.progressive.com
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—> According to an Email received by reader Jessica, Progressive Auto Insurance is increasing rates for New York Customers by nearly 20%. And the best time to announce this? Christmas day, of course! More »
—>The Progressive auto insurance company saw our post "Why Is Progressive Using "Recent Military Service" To Determine Rates And Eligibility?" and responded to let us know that it's just to make sure that service members aren't penalized for having a lapse in their coverage due to the fact that they've been deployed overseas. They've apologized for the confusing wording on the website and have pledged to rewrite it for clarity. Full official statement, inside... More »
—>[Update: Progressive responded and clarified that the fine print does NOT mean they will use military service to give you a higher rate.] We got this email tonight from Ceaser, who wants to know why his military service would negatively affect his car insurance:
While searching for new car insurance on progressive and sadly other insurance carriers, figuring what the rate check would be I answered a few questions. Some questions asked were if I was currently in the military and in college, I am both. As an Iraq war Army vet I am currently going to school with the GI bill, and tuition assistance from the Air national guard, so I put that I am both a student and national guard.More »
—>Remember how Progressive got caught infiltrating a church support group and secretly recording it in hopes of discrediting two of its members involved in an insurance claim? And then their CEO posted a public apology, calling the incident "apalling?" Well, now, in defending itself against the lawsuit filed by the people whose privacy was breached, Progressive is calling its actions "reasonable." Progressive must be some kind of special alchemist to brew a concoction both "appalling" and "reasonable" at the same time. More »
—> We've received a follow-up email from Chuck, who has spent the better part of the week trying to determine why Progressive's Roadside Assistance service—for which he pays an additional monthly fee on top of his normal insurance premium—sucks so badly that they'd leave a motorist stranded for 45 minutes on a busy Interstate on a weekend morning. More »
