<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-17-018256.txt : 20170516
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-17-018256.hdr.sgml : 20170516
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170516134728
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-17-018256
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170512
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170516
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170516

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:			Burgdoerfer Stuart B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001396061

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09518
		FILM NUMBER:		17848020

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THREE LIMITED PARKWAY
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43230
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    <periodOfReport>2017-05-12</periodOfReport>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001396061</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Burgdoerfer Stuart B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>6300 WILSON MILLS</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MAYFIELD VILLAGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>44143</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2017-05-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4053</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>67061</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Restricted stock grant, made pursuant to The Progressive Corporation 2017 Directors Equity Incentive Plan, and which will vest on April 12, 2018.  The Progressive Corporation allowed each director to indicate their preference to receive their compensation for the 2017-2018 term in the form of 100% restricted stock or 60% restricted stock and 40% cash.  The reporting person indicated a preference to receive their compensation in the form of 60% restricted stock and 40% cash.  After considering such preference, the Compensation Committee granted a restricted stock award representing 60% of the reporting person's compensation for the 2017-2018 term, and authorized a cash payment on April 12, 2018 for the remaining 40% of the reporting person's compensation.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David M. Coffey, By Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-05-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC): BURGDOERFER POA 2017
<TEXT>
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
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