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“MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Employers Resource Council (ERC), Northeast Ohio’s largest employers’ association, has named car insurance company Progressive one of the best places to work in Northeast Ohio. Each year, the ERC honors 99 companies in a 22-county region that offer programs and benefits to attract, retain and motivate top performers. ‘Our success as a car insurance company is directly tied to the outstanding people who work here,’ said Val Krasowski, Progressive’s chief human resources officer. ‘Performance bonuses, flexible work arrangements, and the opportunity to advance and grow at Progressive are just a few of the benefits we offer to attract the best and brightest people around. We’re proud to be honored with a NorthCoast 99 award.’ NorthCoast 99 nominees are evaluated on benefits, employee communication, diversity, recruitment and selection, training and development, and workplace health and safety.”

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“MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Using technology to improve the experience of shopping for car insurance has put Progressive near the top of the InformationWeek 500, InformationWeek magazine’s annual ranking of the country’s most innovative users of business technology. Progressive has made the list every year for the past 10 years, but this is the first time it has landed in the top five. One of the key drivers of Progressive’s number three ranking on the list is Name Your Price^®, the company’s exclusive online tool that lets customers decide what they want to pay for car insurance. Shoppers enter basic information about themselves and their vehicles on progressive.com, and Name Your Price displays the available package of coverages, limits and deductibles closest to the price they’ve entered. Users can also drag a “slider” bar to the right or left, and coverage options are changed on the fly making it easy for users to see how their price selection affects their coverage.”

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“MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Are you the poster child for safe driving, always leaving plenty of space between you and the car ahead? Or a business traveler who parks your car at the airport several days a week? Or maybe you have a car that you only take out for a spin on warm summer days. If so, your car is probably less likely to be involved in a crash, so shouldn’t you pay less for car insurance? Progressive thinks so, and that’s why it’s introducing an optional car insurance program that offers lower rates on vehicles that are driven in less risky ways. The behavior-based insurance program, called MyRate, gives drivers a customized rate based on how, how much, and when their car is driven. It is now available to Kansas drivers who purchase policies directly from Progressive online or by phone, or through its more than 500 independent insurance agents in the state."