EX-24.0 16 exhibit24123116.htm EXHIBIT 24.0 Exhibit
Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 13th day of February, 2017.





                        /s/Jeffrey W. Basch_____________________
Jeffrey W. Basch
                        Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer


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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 13th day of February, 2017.






/s/John P. Sauerland___________________
John P. Sauerland
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    


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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 13th day of February, 2017.





/s/Susan Patricia Griffith ___                         Susan Patricia Griffith
                        Director, President and Chief Executive Officer    

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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 15th day of February, 2017.





/s/Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
Director

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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 15th day of February, 2017.




/s/Charles A. Davis                         
Charles A. Davis
Director

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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 15th day of February, 2017.






/s/Roger N. Farah                         
Roger N. Farah
Director


























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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 15th day of February, 2017.





/s/Lawton W. Fitt                         
Lawton W. Fitt
Director



























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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 15th day of February, 2017.





/s/Glenn M. Renwick                         
Glenn M. Renwick
Director and Executive Chairman of the Board



























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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 15th day of February, 2017.





            
/s/Jeffrey D. Kelly                         
Jeffrey D. Kelly
Director

























 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 15th day of February, 2017.



/s/Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D.                     
Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D.
Director






























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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 15th day of February, 2017.





/s/Bradley T. Sheares, Ph.D.                     
Bradley T. Sheares, Ph.D.
Director

























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POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I hereby constitute and appoint Jeffrey W. Basch, John P. Sauerland, Daniel P. Mascaro, David M. Coffey, Laurie F. Humphrey and Andrew J. Kane, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Progressive Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2016, and any and all amendments relating thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and requisite to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the capacity(ies) set forth below this 15th day of February, 2017.






/s/Barbara R. Snyder                         
Barbara R. Snyder
Director



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