SCHEDULE II - Condensed Financial Information Of Registrant Progressive Corporation Cash Paid (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Income taxes	$ 702.6	$ 715.6	$ 459.4
Interest	154.0	146.3	139.2
Parent Company
Income taxes	679.2	669.7	450.2
Interest	$ 153.6	$ 142.2	$ 134.2

Amount of cash paid for interest, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest and payment to settle zero-coupon bond attributable to accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount; classified as operating and investing activities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98513485&loc=d3e4297-108586

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