Progressive Corporation Announces 2001 Investor Relations Webcast; Wednesday, March 21 at 9:00 AM ET

    MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio--March 14, 2001--The Progressive Corporation , one of the nation's largest auto insurance companies, will hold its 2001 Investor Relations Webcast on Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
    This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at Progressive's Web site at http://www.progressive.com/investors/events.htm.
    The Webcast is also distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investor can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel, Fidelity Investments(R) (Fidelity.com) and others. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). StreetEvents allows institutional investors to identify, organize, and track the hundreds of conference calls that occur each day during earnings season, to download events of interest to their Outlook calendar, and to RSVP to events online.

    About Progressive

    Progressive, with headquarters in Mayfield Village, Ohio, is the nation's fourth largest auto insurance company. In business since 1937, the Company provides all drivers with competitive rates and 24-hour, in-person and online services. The Company sells its products over the phone at 1-800-AUTO-PRO(R), online at progressive.com and through more than 30,000 independent agencies throughout the US. More information about the Company can be found at www.progressive.com.