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Progressive Reaches Settlement With GBTV‘s Matt Fisher After Defending Sister’s Killer

After creating a massive PR nightmare for themselves, Progressive Corp. has finally agreed to settle with GBTV‘s Matt Fisher’s family over the 2010 loss of Kaitlynn Fischer. As reported earlier on TheBlaze, rather than honor Kaitlynn’s policy, the insurance company had instead chosen to defend the other driver (who was found at fault) .

“If you are insured by Progressive, and they owe you money, they will defend your killer in court in order to not pay you your policy,” Fisher wrote in a post last Monday on Tumblr.

The The Wall Street Journal explains the situation:

Mr. Fisher wrote in his blog post that his family sued the other driver in the accident that killed his sister, Kaitlynn Fisher, as a means to collect what they believed they were owed on her Progressive policy. The policy included coverage that is supposed to pay out when a policyholder is involved in an accident with an uninsured or underinsured driver.

Even though they had an “interested party” involved on the behalf of the driver who was found at fault, Progressive disputed Fisher’s claim:

I’d like to take this opportunity to explain Progressive’s role in this complex case. First and foremost, our deepest sympathies go out to Kaitlynn Fisher’s family.

To be very clear, Progressive did not serve as the attorney for the defendant in this case. He was defended by his insurance company, Nationwide.

There was a question as to who was at fault, and a jury decided in the Fisher family’s favor just last week. We respect the verdict and now can continue to work with the Fisher family to reach a resolution.

But, you see, some people are really, really good at fact-checking claims like the one Progressive made:

Progressive Settles With GBTVs Matt FisherOh, would you look at that.

After igniting a media firestorm (and getting caught in their own wordsmithing), Progressive finally decided to settle. Fisher’s family was awarded $760,000 by a jury in a Maryland circuit court last week. Progressive finally coughed up $75,000, according to the Fishers’ attorney, Allen Cohen

“Progressive has also agreed to pay ‘tens of thousands’ more to settle with the Fishers over the way the company treated the claim and involved itself in the case,” the Journal reports.

“They paid what we asked them to pay,” said Cohen.

Progressive, announced last Thursday that it has “worked with the Fisher family and their legal representative to resolve the claim.”

So, how do you think this will play out long-term for the insurance company?

“Despite the settlement, Progressive is likely to feel a lingering public relations effect, as plenty of people still post negative comments to the company’s social media accounts,” writes Mediaite’s Andrew Kirell.

Indeed, as Kirell notes, one doesn’t need to look any further than Progressive’s Facebook page to see how unpopular they have made themselves: “Hey look at that, you agreed to pay off the claim the family was originally entitled to. All it took was losing a trial, a media firestorm, and the impending loss of countless customers.”

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Comments (142)

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  • hauschild
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:05am

    Looks like I’ll be headed back to Geico.

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    • TAXEVERYONE
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:17am

      The CEO of Progressive Insurance has been giving $MILLIONS to Obama and Soros.
      You think the name is a coincidence?

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    • sbenard
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:26am

      Geico is also a progressive-owned company! Warren Buffett owns GEICO and uses its profits to push Obama and his agenda of tyranny! He also uses it to make donations to abortion clinics and to push an agenda of coerced population control worldwide through the UN. Geico and Progressive are the only two insurance companies I absolutely REFUSE to do business with! It’s because they both pursue progressive politics and both support Emperor Obama!

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    • michael48
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:16pm

      if at all posible..i don’t deal with dem-wits…period…”dem-wits need not apply”…or best keep your mouths shut..the coup failed, I won’t EVER forget!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:20pm

      I regret to say that I have been using this company for some of my insurance needs. I am now searching for a company to replace them. The knowledge that this company is in the practice of attacking their own customers to avoid paying a small claim will prevent me from ever using them again.

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    • pdw
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:39pm

      At one time GEICO was Government Employees Insurance Company for employees only. From my experience this is an on going process by ALL Insurance companies. I remember the time when I could buy my insurance for the total of $59 per year but then cars sold for around 2 to 3 thousand dollars new. Also at that time if anyone had an accident the Insurance company just paid there was none of this haggling of if when how or why. This is one reason why Obama gets away with what he says and does. Half truths are the tools of liars.

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:42pm

      Let‘s see an insurance company that takes money from it’s customes and then when the insured has a claim they don’t pay. Sounds like a criminal organization to me. If this were still a country ruled by law, they would be investigated. The ultimate irony is that the CEO is an uber lib socialist. Frankly anyone who does business with liberals is not only hurting the country they get and deserve what they pay for!

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    • RonmeyPaulBotsrOdd
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:50pm

      I have friends that fell for the tracker installation in their vehicles to save some bucks…bet when Big Brother needs some info on their whereabouts, Progressive will be there to assist. I used to think they were low cost, but saved nearly 1500/year with Allied. Never looking back.

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    • Kathleen3
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:50pm

      Bit of advice: Before you commit to any insurance company check out who heads the company and decide if you agree with their political agenda. I cancelled all State Farm policies several years ago when I learned they were denying claims submitted by victims of a hurricane while simultaneously donating millions to the radical organization, LaRaza.

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    • WATER-THE-TREE
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 1:45pm

      A stitch in time saves nine….. Look at how much they had to pay compared to just settling like they should have in the first place….. and that is not counting how much they will pay in lost business.

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 2:02pm

      I’ve never had progressive insurance, and now I NEVER WILL!

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 2:06pm

      @ Kathleen

      I didn’t know that about State Farm.
      I’ll have to check that out because I do have policies with them.
      Thanks.

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    • sillyfreshness
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 2:17pm

      The only reason why Progressive settled is because of all the negative publicity. I didn’t know Progressive is more than just a name until now. Ties to “chosen people” George Soros and Obama. I will be canceling my policy next time it’s due. They do have low rates, but doesn’t sound like they will defend their policyholders, so it doesn’t matter how low their rates are. I’m done with Progressive.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 2:51pm

      So… in this Society… you Must have POWER… to get JUSTICE?

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 3:12pm

      For years, in Ohio, Progressive has been the ONLY carrier available for HIGH RISK Insurance, after someone has had license suspended, had an accident, or dropped their insurance and been caught driving without. Definitely won’t hurt their bottom line in Ohio unless they get the competition. Also the only one Licensed to carry auto insurance on my favorite soldier when he was stationed on a DC area base during Desert Storm!

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    • pavnvet
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 4:13pm

      If you are active duty/retired/veteran try USAA. Low cost, good and competent customer service has been my experience. I checked Geico out a couple of years ago and found them to be hundreds more per year for the same coverage. I also checked Esurance with the same results. The point is to shop around. Remeber who pays for all that advertising…you do. Progressive spends a half billion a year on advertising. If they have ten million policies in force that amounts to $50 per policy per year cost of advertising.

      I am glad Mr. Fisher’s family received a settlement. They didn’t need to go through this.

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    • MrDog
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 4:27pm

      me too

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    • SunnyinVegas
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 4:30pm

      I think Kathy’s Estate can sue Progressive for Bad Faith. Don’t know all the details but if Progressive treated its insured bad, they can sue the company for their bad faith in dealings.

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    • jzs
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 4:47pm

      I guess I should remind all the idealistic communists here what business an insurance company is in. Taking care of your health? Wrong! Correct answer: making as much money as possible. Every dollar they pay on a claim is a dollar less that they make. Simple. So of course they are not going going to pay if there is any way to avoid it.

      Now if Romney and Ryan have there way, these companies will be the ones covering you under Medicare. So you have that to look forward to when you retire.

      Stop whining. This is America.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 4:51pm

      USAA rocks. No problems, ever.

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    • nomark
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 5:48pm

      You do realize Geico stands for Government Employees Insurance Company, right? Which is owned by Warren Buffet. The same Warren Buffet Obama gives a medal to and then a little later comes out in favor of higher taxes. ie, it’s just another progressive company.

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    • comeANDtakeIT_78629
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:44pm

      I’m not sure if this is still the case, but GEICO in past was a participant in the boycotting of Glenn Beck when media matters was aggressivley trying to chase his advertisers away. I have a Progressive policy and I thought about canceling my PAID IN FULL policy. I’m still debating whether I should.

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    • Rogue
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:17pm

      If I were still a customer, this would prompt a change. However, I dropped Progressive a few years ago, when I learned the chairman, Peter Lewis, had close ties to Soros, Moveon.org, ACORN, and of course bundling and donating millions to Obama and the DNC.

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    • Wee-Don-Nee-No-Steekeen-Badjez
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:44pm

      All you have to know is Progressive is closely tied to George Soros and YOU SHOULD LEAVE ANYWAY and never look back (something about turning into a pillar of salt):

      http://atrueott.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/progressive-peter-b-lewis-the-story-behind-the-story-of-o-w-s/

      “It’s amazing what you stumble upon when researching seemingly unrelated topics! I have been pouring over the financial disclosures of TIDES Foundation the past two days, (the primary money behind the “OCCUPY” movement) and I came across something VERY eye-opening. TIDES is the proud owner of 6,633 (a devil of a number) shares of PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE INC. donated by founder Peter B. Lewis. Apparently George Soros is not the only bad apple in the O.W.S. barrel!

      “Yes, that’s right – Progressive is that company with those obnoxious TV commercials featuring the ditzy girl decked out in the white frock. Bet you didn’t know that profits from one of America’s largest insurance companies are being donated to fund some VERY anti-American and subversive activities.

      “Let’s take a closer look at Mr. Peter B. Lewis, and see what we find.

      “According to a story by John Gizzi, published in “Foundation Watch” – Mr. Lewis is apparently the “Aviator” of the Left. See the full story at: http://www.capitalresearch.org/pubs/pdf/FW0505.pdf

      “According to Gizzi, Mr. Lewis is a billionaire Jew who meets regularly with his “good friend” George Soros to further the global socialist ag

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    • Former_Road_Finisher
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:58pm

      Dumped Progressive two weeks ago for a much better deal with Auto Owners.

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    • rtyaw
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:58pm

      I have another little gem that I would like to share with you regarding Progressive insurance. It all started on a beautiful summer night in August of 1999. It was tee-shirt weather and I stopped by the local saloon for a stiffy. After ordering my poison, I asked the barkeep if he had any Tums. “Just Rolaids” he replied. I went across the street to the mini mart to get the medicine and a funny thing happened on the way back; I got smacked by a car. I mean I really got smacked.
      My left foot was nearly amputated. This was among the numerous other “minor” injuries like broken ribs a punctured eardrum and road rash–lots and lots of road rash (two months later I was still picking gravel out of my scalp). A few days after the accident and while still in the hospital, Progressive insurance contacted me. They wanted to know when they could expect the $6,000.00 payment from me for totaling out their client’s car with my body.
      A couple of months later I began America’s favorite gimp sport, wheelchair lawyer shopping. I talked to several attorneys before spotting a trend. As soon as I mentioned the word “Progressive”, they all declined the case. The last one confirmed this to me saying “I can’t take the case because Progressive will not pay up.” “They defense the hell out of it and simply make it false economy for a lawyer to challenge them.” This is a big concern to the attorneys because they work on a contingency fee and have to put out all

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    • Nolan Ryan-s Fastball
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 2:14am

      You mean the Government Employee Insurance Company? Just as bad as Progressive if not worse. Essentially using taxpayer dollars to create an insurance company in order to bilk more money from responsible citizens. Methinks we can do better than they, sir.

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    • Ultra_C_
      Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:11am

      One of the worst examples I’ve seen of failure to pay on an uninsured motorist claim is due to Geico. Actually, I’ve not had huge problems with Progressive (which is fairly good at settling third party claims) or (interestingly) Allstate.

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  • sndrman
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:05am

    there one thing liberals hate more than Conservative,and that’s to part with their money…….ask will smith about frances 75% tax on the “rich”….and yes by the way progressive‘s owner is a liberal who routinly donates money to soros’s projects…………..i will never by progressive no matter how cheap it is

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    • Godfather.1
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Is Becket Adams f-ing retarded? Where in the screencap does it say that Progressive defended the guy who caused the accident? All it says is they were an interested party. Nowhere does it say they represented the defendant. Nice try Becket Adams, but it appears you are stupid as Glenn Beck, which of course is why he hired you to work as a “reporter” for his site.

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    • Socco
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 3:49pm

      The only ****** here is apparently you, scrodfather. Try reading everything about this before you embarrass yourself any further.

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    • Godfather.1
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 4:21pm

      @Socco

      Please point me to the evidence cited by ******* Becket Adams that says that Progressive defended the driver at fault.

      The only reason this story is on TheBlaze is because the guy works for lord and savior Glenn Beck and because the insurance company is called Progressive.

      At trial, Progressive attempted to show that the guy’s sister was at fault to avoid paying out — something all insurance companies do — but that does not mean they represented the defendant, something Becket Adams made up out of thin air.

      I know TheBlaze is not a fan of facts because its owner is not a fan of facts and its readers are not fans of facts. Based on this, Becket Adams posted something that in no way supports his BS theory, and then claims that it is the smoking gun. He is either incredibly retarded or believes that all Blaze readers are stupid enough to believe it.

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    • Nolan Ryan-s Fastball
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 2:31am

      @ Godfather.1
      The ostrich act doesn’t work here, and only serves to make your most prominent characteristic apparent to all. Today’s modern journalism utilizes hyperlinks…do you know what those are? They’re highlighted in red here on The Blaze, kind of hard to miss. Might try following them through to the original reporting on this follow-up piece. Try clicking on “last Monday on Tumblr” (the very first link) which immediately references another link (“My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court.”) which is Mr. Fisher’s original story, which relates just how Progressive attorneys appeared in court, representatives on behalf of the man who killed Mr. Fisher’s sister. With those and many other links, it is safe to say Mr. Adams has diligently referenced all the available facts in this case.
      As for your despicable name calling, clearly Mr. Adams is rubber and you are glue, no more need be said on that matter lest I lower myself to your level. I think I won’t.

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  • Teufel Hunden
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:51am

    The best Progressive Insurance commercial was the one with the boat called “The Sea Hag”! Quite appropriate and funny!

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    • Sirfoldallot
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:06am

      Agree , lol

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    • ijava44
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:09am

      I’ll never view a Flo progressive commercial the same as before. Flo is now wearing the burning pants.

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    • hayesstephen
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:35am

      I had to look up the meaning of your handle. I read it and could not remember what it meant. Of course U.S. Marines! Thank you for your service to our once Glorious Country.

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    • bjorn-free
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 1:29pm

      Hoo-rah…..
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_Dog

      Nice handle bro…from an old Army vet….. prrrrrrreeeeeeeeee……sent…… hu-Arms…!

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  • bdandsl
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:47am

    As my Mom would have said, ‘Cut off your nose to spite your face.’ Progressive Insurance has a big job in damage control. Not sure it can survive, hopefully they don’t. People deserve better.

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  • Hermeneuticals
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:45am

    I had a similar though non-tragic situation with 21st Century. After my wife’s accident my insurer backed the other side because it was cheaper for them to blame us rather than fight for us. I was able to demonstrate that a “neutral” witness could not be giving a factual account, but it didn’t matter to them. An attorney told me my insurer “is not representing you”, but there wasn’t enough money involved for me to hire him.

    What would our political candidates do to address this?

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  • bigbear_awake
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:44am

    I cancelled my policy last year after I heard soros owned the company

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  • bigbear_awake
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:41am

    i cancelled mind last year after i heard soros owns it

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  • poorboy08
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:40am

    PROGRESSIVE IS HORRIBLE! I have had them in the past and will never use them again! To be quite honest this type of behavior does not surprise me one bit.

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    • VanceUppercut
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 1:02pm

      @poorboy08

      How dare you badmouth these golden-hearted job creators. For shame!!

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  • joe.r.piehole
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:40am

    Becket Adams is such a hack. Who’s nephew is this kid writing these dumbass articles.

    Look at all these imbeciles making the “progressive” connection. You stupid idiots, the DEMOCRATS have been the only party seriously trying to reign IN insurance companies. You all sound like libs demonizing a private company for trying to increase profits at all costs.

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    • GoodStuff
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:50am

      You’re not too bright.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:52am

      Everyone that disagrees with Joe Blowhole is and idiot. Everybody got that? OK Joe, you can STFU now, we all know what you’re going to say on every story.

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    • ahurl7
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:56am

      Peter B Lewis, who is the founder and owner of Progressive Insurance, is, in fact, a huge Democrat donor.

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    • hayesstephen
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:16am

      Oh blow it out your barracks bag.

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    • Jim
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:37am

      Shut your pie hole until you can be polite, you…you LIBERAL!

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    • hayesstephen
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:37am

      Once more in case you have already forgotten my my very sound advise. BLOW IT OUT OF YOUR BARRACKS BAG.

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    • tcseacliff
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:39am

      hey piehole, you should actually shut yours, you tool! Soros and O bama are dangerous, wake the hell up! yeah, Obamacare really reigns in the insurance companies!!

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:27pm

      So where does Joe R NAhole go after his God loses the election? Can his mom still afford to keep him in the basement?

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    • bccrane
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:55pm

      @Joe.R.Piehole: See right here is the difference between the Conservatives and the Liberals. Progessive caved to public pressure through the use of Capitalism and will now think twice before pulling this stunt again. The Liberal solution would be to use the heavy hand of the Gov’t to regulate therefore cutting into their profits (and it is profits that pay these settlements) and to make up the difference because they still have to operate and pay out claims they will find ways to make it up through higher premiums less benefits to customers etc. and the thing is the Gov’t does it to the entire industry therefore you can no longer shop around because everyone is operating under the same regulations. Capitalism would give people a choice and to compete with each other the companies will cater to the customer, those that don’t will lose their customer base and go under or be bought out.

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    • Anadara
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 1:17pm

      Please oh, please… Run out right now and get yourself Progressive Insurance. Some people must burn themselves before they wise up. I had progresive for about 4 months. It was expensive and basically worthless. – Lesson learned.

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  • Eric_The_Red_State
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:39am

    One thing about Liberals – they need conservatives to defend their freedom and support them economically – Conservatives on the other hand could live quite well without Liberals.

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    • JRook
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:48am

      Ah so every time a corporation does something that you don’t agree with they must be a liberal corporation. But the wonderful, conservative, christian bankers who came up with mortgage back securities to side step banking regulations, credit default swaps to side step insurance regulations and falsified the LIBOR rate so they could make millions on arbitrage trades are ok. Again, it must be tough to have to fit everything into an ideological view which deviates so far from reality.

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    • QuincySmith
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:11am

      jrook;

      Interesting theory, do you have EVIDENCE to support your claim?

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    • marine249
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:20pm

      no I just run off the mouth

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    • katybarthedoor
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 1:20pm

      I would dearly love to see liberals put in a position where they had to be self-supporting. Can you not see and hear all the name calling, backstabbing, two-faced lying, lower than a snakes belly in a wagon rut liberals fighting over which one of them was going have to work to support them now attitude?

      To Jcrook – Your democratic poster boys, Clinton, Dodd and Franks are the ones that caused the housing market crash with their government controlled Fanny Mae and Freddie Mack mortgage demands and the bundling of bad mortgages sold to the banks. Why do you people insist on lying about who started it. Oh yeah I forgot, you’re liberals.

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    • Amarilloan
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 1:38pm

      Eric, we still need them to keep us grounded. After all, we need to hear insults, be called names, and be taxed into oblivion so we can see the better side. There can be no God without the Devil.

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  • JUSTANOTHEROPINION
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:37am

    To me this would be the same as my Lawyer turning against me. Imagine this, you have a Lawyer on retainer for two or thee years, you get into some legal problems at no fault of your own and your Lawyer goes to court against you. Same as what Progressive Insurance did in this case. Progressive Insurance is a dishonorable Company and needs to go in my opinion, however, you decide!

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  • NoContest
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:31am

    This is not the first time that Progressive has gotten themselves into hot water over not paying valid claims. Just the first one with a member of GBTV. They are for non-standard and high risk individuals–High risk that you won’t get paid!!!

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  • term limits for congress
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:31am

    No mas pantelones!

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  • Pat_in_NC
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:30am

    We’ve already dropped Progressive.
    So long Flo.

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  • Tampa Ken
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:30am

    Good! Too bad it took all that to hold progressive’s feet to the fire, and Pay what they said they’d pay In there own Contract with the Fishers..

    Glad this is over, and may she R.I.P.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:30am

    First time iI saw an ad on TV by Progressive Insurance I yelled, “No way!“ because I ”knew” they were what their name implied, “progressive”. Lo and behold, I was right. Thank YOU, GOD, for the spirit of discernment. In JESUS’ SWEET AND MIGHTY NAME, amen.

    Good for you Glenn, for Matt Fisher and his parents for not letting this perpetrated fraud continue. GOD BLESS each and everyone of you. May HE bring healing to your hearts and lives, Matt. We are so very, very sorry for your loss.

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    • joe.r.piehole
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:41am

      No, you weren’t “right” you IMBECILE. Their name has nothing to do with the ideology you despise so much and about which you know so little.

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    • 65Mustang
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:49am

      PIEHOLE: you cannot be so stupid as not to believe that the name Progressive has nothing to do with Soros and his ideology…are you a dumba** or what.

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    • DIR
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:09pm

      @KICKAGRANDMA

      JOErBUTTHOLE claims the insurance company‘s name ’Progressive,’ owned by a left wing nut job, has nothing to do with the ‘progressive’ movement. Really? Joe should know? Joe must be correct because that person most assuredly has a doctorate in stupidity which was obtained from
      F U(niversity). The university that says it all when addressing Joe, especially when accompanied by the university’s traditional middle finger salute.

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  • D-Fence
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:30am

    I love it. RIP Kaitlynn. My condolences to the Fishers.

    Dear Russ,I‘d like to take this opportunity to explain Progressive’s role in this complex case. First and foremost, our deepest sympathies go out to Kaitlynn Fisher’s family.

    To be very clear, Progressive did not serve as the attorney for the defendant in this case. He was defended by his insurance company, Nationwide.

    There was a question as to who was at fault, and a jury decided in the Fisher family’s favor just last week. We respect the verdict and now can continue to work with the Fisher family to reach a resolution.

    –Chris Wolf, Claims General Manager, Progressive

    — Original Message —
    From: XXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com
    Received: 8/16/12 11:54:22 AM EDT
    To: suggestion@email.progressive.com
    Subject: Customer Feedback

    ======================================
    GENERAL MESSAGE CONTENT
    ======================================
    Message: I’ve used your insurance in the past. I would consider it in the future, if you hadn’t put Profit Over People. In the case of Matt Fisher, you were wrong and should make good to the family, and retrain the individual who made the decision or policy that puts POoP. This is going to cost you, and I think you know it.

    –Chris Wolf, Claims General Manager, Progressive

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  • woodyee
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:30am

    After a subdued debate during this weekend with family members with regards to this case, we’ve decided to dump Progressive, and our agent will be learning of it in a few hours (CA time).

    I DO NOT want my family to be back-stabbed by a company hired by us to protect us. (Yes, we’ve already found a replacement to begin at the end of the month! ;-)

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  • cemerius
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:29am

    The name says it ALL “progressive”!!

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  • 702TruthSeeker
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:28am

    I know for a fact that they lost at least one customer because of this

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  • The Giver
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:27am

    May this family have time to heal now. This might have had a different ending if not for GBTV and The Blaze. I wonder how many more people this has happened to with Progressive and other insurance companies.

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  • IrritableGimp
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:26am

    I wouldn’t, and do not, give Progressive Ins. the time of day, much less my hard earned money…May they wither and die on their own ideology.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:26am

    Yeah, well, I guess I’ll never use Progressive Insurance for any of my needs.

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  • BubbaGrump
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:25am

    The first word of their company, after all, IS “PROGRESSIVE”.
    I have them for my motorcycle insurance. Time to find another insurance carrier. All I need is to be involved in a collision (there are no “accidents”), and have to fight my own insurance carrier to make a claim. But, that‘s what ATTORNEY’S are for, right?

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    • Wurlitzer28
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:12pm

      I also had them for my motorcycle ins for about a month until I instructed my agent to cancel them and never use them again.

      My future son in-law had a progressive policy and one Sunday morning he gets a text on his phone that they canceled his policy as of the previous Friday. Even though he received no advanced notice, had no accident, no traffic tickets, they canceled them and then NY State piled on and charged him $75 for driving from Friday->Monday without insurance.

      We checked out a complaint line run by NY and this practice is not unique by progressive. They have received numerous complaints.

      Seems NY does not want to address this as they are making money by the fines for driving without insurance when the company back dates the cancellation date.

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  • The_Jerk
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:24am

    Progressive is progressive. They like other people’s money.

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    • wtd
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:31pm

      Quote The_Jerk:
      “Progressive is progressive. They like other people’s money”

      +100

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    • wtd
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 12:39pm

      That insurance company is so Progressive it even offers it‘s customer’s their own “BIG BROTHER” device to install voluntarily . . .Snapshot device

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