Financials
Insurance - Property & Casualty
$147.51B
61.4K
Progressive Corporation is an insurance holding company offering personal and commercial auto insurance, along with other property-casualty insurance and related services. It operates throughout the United States, holding a strong market position in the private passenger auto insurance market and leveraging competitive pricing and a leading brand. Its primary revenue streams are personal and commercial auto insurance.
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Total investment income, before expenses and taxes, was $3.1 billion in 2024, compared to $2.3 billion in 2023 and an investment loss of $0.7 billion in 2022. This indicates a strong turnaround in investment performance.
The company had net premiums written of $74.4 billion, with a statutory surplus of $27.2 billion. This indicates continued growth in the insurance business.
The annualized employee retention rate for 2024 was 89%, up three points from the prior year. This suggests improved employee satisfaction and reduced costs associated with employee turnover.
The Personal Lines segment accounted for 85% of total net premiums written in 2024, compared to 84% in 2023 and 82% in 2022. This indicates a strong focus and success in the personal auto and related insurance market.
Progressive has ranked number one in the U.S. commercial auto market since 2015, and the company believes it continued to hold that position for 2024. This demonstrates a sustained competitive advantage.
The new BOP product model was in 24 states that represented approximately 75% of our trailing 12-month countrywide BOP premiums as of the end of 2024, with plans to expand to additional states during 2025. This shows a continued focus on growth in the commercial lines segment.
In 2024, over 75% of open positions above entry level were filled by promoting from within, including just over 2,100 managerial positions. This indicates effective talent development and succession planning.
The company continues to refine product segmentation, underwriting models, and pricing through new product models and Snapshot programs. This demonstrates a commitment to innovation and competitive pricing.
The company is focused on forming deeper, longer-term customer relationships by bundling personal auto, property, and other insurance and non-insurance products. This strategic initiative aims to increase customer retention and reduce claims costs.
The company's financial condition depends on its ability to accurately underwrite and set rates for a full spectrum of risks. Inaccurate pricing could result in underpricing or overpricing risks, which could materially affect the company's financial condition.
The company's insurance operating results are materially affected by severe weather and other catastrophe events, and climate change may be exacerbating these events and their impacts. This could lead to increased insured losses and adversely affect profitability.
The company's business could be materially adversely affected by a security breach or other attack involving technology systems or the systems of one or more vendors. These attacks are becoming more frequent and sophisticated.
The insurance markets are highly competitive, with competition based on price, agent commission rates, brand recognition, coverages offered, and other product features. This could impact the company's ability to generate new business and retain existing customers.
Progressive has ranked number one in the U.S. commercial auto market since 2015, demonstrating a strong competitive position in this segment.
The company's success depends on its ability to innovate effectively and respond to competitors' initiatives, including technological advances. Failure to do so could materially adversely affect the company's competitive position.
The company refines its risk measurement and price segmentation skills, closely manages expenses, and achieves operating efficiencies to remain competitive. This indicates a focus on cost control and operational effectiveness.
Labor shortages can impact loss expenses directly through higher labor costs and indirectly through delays in services or through lower quality, as companies hire less experienced workers to perform services. This could negatively impact operational efficiency.
The company must accurately evaluate and pay claims that are made under insurance policies. Failure to pay claims fairly, accurately, and in a timely manner could result in unanticipated costs and undermine customer goodwill.
The company regularly introduces new commercial auto product models designed to improve pricing accuracy and competitiveness. This indicates a focus on technological innovation.
The Commercial Lines business offers its commercial auto customers UBI options, such as Smart Haul and Snapshot ProView. These programs use driving data to offer discounts and value-added services.
The company is subject to new AI-focused regulations and regulatory expectations that could impose varied compliance and reporting requirements and challenges that could impact the operations or ability to write business profitably in one or more jurisdictions.
Progressive's financial policies state that it will repurchase shares to neutralize dilution from equity-based compensation in the year of issuance and as an option to effectively use under-leveraged capital. This indicates a focus on returning value to shareholders.
The company intends to pay a dividend on common shares on a quarterly basis and to consider paying a variable dividend on at least an annual basis. This provides a regular return to shareholders.
The company's access to capital markets, ability to obtain or renew financing arrangements, and business operations are dependent on favorable evaluations and ratings by credit and other rating agencies. This highlights the importance of maintaining a strong financial position.
In its actively managed fixed-income securities portfolio, the company believes that, in addition to traditional considerations, there is less risk in securities that score higher across various environmental, social, and governance factors.
The company believes that it needs to anticipate and understand the needs of its customers. Therefore, it aspires to take full advantage of the rich diversity of its employees' unique backgrounds, experiences, skills, talents, and perspectives.
The company supports efforts to contribute to our communities, through our Keys to Progress® programs (which provide vehicles to veterans and veteran-focused organizations), and by supporting programs which furnish homes for individuals emerging from homelessness.
The company's business and that of other insurers may be adversely affected by a downturn in general economic conditions and other forces beyond their control. Issues such as unemployment rates, the number of vehicles sold, technological advances, home ownership trends, inflation or deflation, tariffs, consumer confidence, and construction spending, among many other factors, will have a bearing on the amount of insurance that is purchased by consumers and small businesses and the costs that they incur.
The company is subject to a variety of complex laws and regulations, including insurance regulations, data privacy and security laws, and regulations relating to the use of artificial intelligence. Compliance with these laws and regulations will result in increased costs.
The company's insurance operating results have been and likely will continue to be materially adversely affected by severe weather and other catastrophe events, and climate change may be exacerbating these events and their impacts.