<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-16-039350.txt : 20160203
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160203172000
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-16-039350
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160201
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160203
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160203

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PROGRESSIVE CORP/OH/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000080661
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				340963169
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6300 WILSON MILLS RD
		CITY:			MAYFIELD VILLAGE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44143
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4404615000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6300 WILSON MILLS RD
		CITY:			MAYFIELD VILLAGE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44143

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Broz Steven
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001665574

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09518
		FILM NUMBER:		161385833

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		6300 WILSON MILLS ROAD
		CITY:			MAYFIELD VILLAGE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44143
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    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-02-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000080661</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PROGRESSIVE CORP/OH/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PGR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001665574</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Broz Steven</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>6300 WILSON MILLS RAOD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MAYFIELD VILLAGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>44143</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Information Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7182.626</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Unit</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>17218.113</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents time-based restricted stock units granted to the reporting person between 2012 and 2015.  Subject to the terms of the plan and the award agreements, each award vests in 3 equal installments on the January 1 of the third, fourth and fifth year following the date of grant or, with respect to the grants made in 2013-2015, on an earlier date that the reporting person achieves qualified retirement eligibility as defined in the plan.  The following number of units is scheduled to vest on January 1 of each of the following years:  2017 - 5,854.282 units; 2018 - 5,661.578 units; 2019 - 3,825.253 units; 2020 - 1877 units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Expiration Date is the same as the Date Exercisable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each Restricted Stock Unit represents a contingent right to receive one Common Share of the Company's stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Laurie F. Humphrey, By Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-02-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): BROZPOA
<TEXT>
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 25th day of January, 2016.




						/s/Steven Broz
						_______________
						Steven Broz

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