POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned is a director and/or executive officer of The
 Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation
 (the ?Corporation?), certain securities of which are
 registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
 Act of 1934, as amended (the ?Act?).  The undersigned hereby
makes, constitutes and appoints Daniel P. Mascaro, Michael R.
Uth, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane,
and each of them, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for me and in my name, place and stead, as my attorney-in-fact
 and agent, to:

a.	prepare, sign and file a Form ID, or successor form,
 to obtain any EDGAR or other codes necessary for the
undersigned to file documents with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission, and to prepare and sign any and all Forms
3, 4 and 5, or successor forms, and any and all amendments or
 supplements thereto, in order to report, pursuant to Section
16(a) of the Act, the number of the Common Shares and other
securities (including any derivative securities) of the
Corporation beneficially owned by the undersigned, or any change
 in the number of Common Shares or other securities of the
Corporation so owned by the undersigned or in the nature of such
ownership, and to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange the required number
of copies of such form or forms, or any such amendments or
supplements, pursuant to and in accordance with the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
 and the New York Stock Exchange; and
b.	prepare and sign any and all Forms 144, or successor
 forms, and any and all amendments or supplements thereto, in
order to facilitate the sale of Common Shares or other
securities of the Corporation beneficially owned by the
undersigned, pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of
 1933, as amended, and to file with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission and the New York Stock Exchange the required number
of copies of such form or forms, or any such amendments or
supplements, pursuant to and in accordance with the applicable
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
 and the New York Stock Exchange;

giving and granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent
 full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts
and things whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in
or about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
 the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
hereby ratifying and approving all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or any such substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
 Attorney as of the 12th day of May, 2017.



					/s/STUART B. BURGDOERFER