Commercial Auto Insurance From Progressive Now Available In South Carolina
MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio — March 4, 2005 —Starting today, The Drive Group of Progressive Insurance Companies (Drive Insurance) will offer its commercial auto product in South Carolina through more than 430 agents.
DriveSM Insurance is The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies' new brand designed expressly for independent agents and brokers, and is the third largest seller of commercial auto insurance countrywide. Progressive's Commercial Auto product will also be available through Progressive DirectSM.
"We are thrilled to provide South Carolina agents with our commercial auto product," said Brian Silva, Drive Insurance Commercial Auto general manager. "We listened to agents who told us there was a need. We know our product and the technology behind it will help agents quickly and easily quote, write, service and retain more business."
Drive Insurance specializes in filling the commercial auto insurance needs of small businesses, but will insure up to 20 vehicles and offers limits up to $1 million. The company provides flexible payment options and secure online payment processing via credit or debit card. Progressive Claims Service is available to customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and features a network of commercial auto physical damage claims specialists across the country.
Progressive Commercial Auto Quick Facts:
- The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies wrote approximately $1.6 billion in commercial auto business in 2004.
- Drive Insurance Commercial Auto is now available in 46 states countrywide.
- Drive Insurance accepts a wide variety of business types, including plumbing, painting, construction, sales, trucking, landscaping, towing and farming.
The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, in business since 1937, is the nation's third largest auto insurance group. Progressive companies using the Drive Insurance from Progressive brand comprise a group that is the largest writer of auto insurance through independent agents and brokers in the U.S., based on premiums written. Agents and brokers can log in to an agency-dedicated Web site, ForAgentsOnly.com (FAO), to access customer policies, state and countrywide news, and other interactive features. The Common Shares of The Progressive Corporation, the holding company, are publicly traded at NYSE:PGR. More information can be found at driveinsurance.com.
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