Tag Archives: Progressive

Make Good on Your New Year’s Resolution: Ways to Save on Your Auto Policy

With 2012 right around the corner, many of us are dreading the credit card bills that can hit us hard after the holiday season.  While there may be many resolutions you aspire to achieve in the coming year, one that MassDrive can help with is saving you money without adding risk to your everyday life. [...]

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Progressive Falls Behind

Flo, the popular Progressive personality, will bring higher premiums with her quirky commercials and price zapping gun this quarter. Progressive entered the Massachusetts auto insurance market two years ago with rates attractively lower than most competitors. The lower premiums however have not endured as Progressive raises their rates for a fourth time since their debut [...]

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Progressive settles charges for $120,000

Why will Progressive be paying Massachusetts $120,000? If you haven’t heard, Progressive was investigated for its business practices after entering the Massachusetts insurance market in May of 2008. Attorney General Martha Coakley was the first to draw attention to the problem. From the start of their operations until late last year Progressive was comparing their [...]

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Progressive raising their rates in MA – Bait & switch or natural market adjustment??

The Boston Herald reports that Progressive plans to raise their rates in MA starting April 1.   Critics point to this as the bait and switch they were expecting from the Ohio-based insurance company that took 1.2% of the MA auto insurance market in less than a year.  Progressive representatives argue that the rate hike is [...]

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'You're Entering Massachusetts,' Progressive

Progressive Auto Insurance is now available for Massachusetts Car Insurance buyers, due to the introduction of competition by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  According to this article in the Insurance Journal, Progressive is selling its services both directly to consumers and through agents.  According to Cathy Wilton-Bransch, a spokesperson for Progressive: “We appreciate the work the [...]

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