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Brett Horn, CFA
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Telematics could bolster Progressive's moat.

Progressive’s first-quarter results show the company performing well in light of some industry headwinds, in our view. Net earned premiums were up 13% year over year, with policies in force in personal lines up 6%. We think this shows that the company is maintaining solid policy growth while pushing through necessary pricing increases, a trend that supports our narrow moat rating. 
The combined ratio improved to 91.7% from 94.6% last year, with this quarter’s figure moving roughly in line with t...
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Progressive Corporation

Progressive is an insurance holding company. The company's insurance subsidiaries and affiliates provide personal and commercial auto insurance, personal residential property insurance, and other insurance and related services. The company's Personal Lines segment writes insurance for personal autos and recreational and other vehicles. The Commercial Lines segment writes auto-related primary liability and physical damage insurance, and business-related general liability and property insurance, each predominately for small businesses. The company focuses on property insurance for homes, condos, manufactured homes, and renters, as well as personal umbrella insurance and primary and excess flood insurance.

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Morningstar
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Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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Brett Horn, CFA

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