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<DESCRIPTION>FITT SIGNED POWER OF ATTORNEY
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned is a director and/or 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 Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, Michael R. Uth and David M.
Coffey, 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 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 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 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 on the
19th day of June, 2009.


/s/ Lawton W. Fitt
Lawton W. Fitt


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