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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): AUERPOA
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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, David M. Coffey
and Laurie F. Humphrey, 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 and file Form ID,
or successor form, to obtain any codes necessary for the
undersigned to file documents with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and 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 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,
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 1st day of April, 2015.




						/s/John F. Auer			__
						John F. Auer

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