EX-24.1 8 dex241.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY Powers of Attorney

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned officer of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Brian C. Domeck, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 18, 2011    

/s/ Jeffrey W. Basch

      Jeffrey W. Basch
      Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned officer of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 21, 2011    

/s/ Brian C. Domeck

      Brian C. Domeck
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned officer and director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 18, 2011    

/s/ Glenn M. Renwick

      Glenn M. Renwick
      Director, Chief Executive Officer and President


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 22, 2011    

/s/ Stuart B. Burgdoerfer

      Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
      Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 21, 2011    

/s/ Charles A. Davis

      Charles A. Davis
      Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 16, 2011    

/s/ Roger N. Farah

      Roger N. Farah
      Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 18, 2011    

/s/ Lawton W. Fitt

      Lawton W. Fitt
      Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 17, 2011    

/s/ Stephen R. Hardis

      Stephen R. Hardis
      Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 24, 2011    

/s/ Abby F. Kohnstamm

      Abby F. Kohnstamm
      Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned officer and director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 18, 2011    

/s/ Peter B. Lewis

      Peter B. Lewis
      Chairman of the Board and Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 17, 2011    

/s/ Norman S. Matthews

      Norman S. Matthews
      Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   February 22, 2011    

/s/ Patrick H. Nettles

      Patrick H. Nettles
      Director


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT: The undersigned officer and director of The Progressive Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make, constitute and appoint, Jeffrey W. Basch, Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, and David M. Coffey, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to affix for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, as attorney-in-fact and agent, his signature to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other form in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to 18,000,000 of the Company’s Common Shares, $1.00 par value, issuable under The Progressive Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and exhibits to such Registration Statement, and to any and all applications, instruments and other documents pertaining thereto, giving and granting unto each such 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or any such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Date:   March 2, 2011    

/s/ Bradley T. Sheares

      Bradley T. Sheares
      Director