PROGRESSIVE CORP/OH/ — Director's Dealing 2006

Jun 22, 2006

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PROGRESSIVE CORP/OH/ (PGR)
CIK: 0000080661
Period of Report: 2006-06-12

Reporting Person: Sauerland John P (Direct Group)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common	32076.	Direct
Common	7545.32	Indirect
Common	1200.	Indirect
Common	5600.	Indirect
Common	5600.	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Option	$10.3333	2007-12-31	Common (15600.)		Direct
Employee Option	$11.8333	2008-12-31	Common (14400.)		Direct
Employee Option	$4.8072	2009-12-31	Common (13848.)		Direct
Employee Option	$4.8072	2009-12-31	Common (13848.)		Direct
Employee Option	$4.8072	2009-12-31	Common (13848.)		Direct
Employee Option	$5.5468	2009-12-31	Common (3192.)		Direct
Employee Option	$5.5468	2009-12-31	Common (3192.)		Direct
Employee Option	$5.5468	2009-12-31	Common (3192.)		Direct
Employee Option	$7.6666	2010-12-31	Common (8604.)		Direct
Employee Option	$7.6666	2010-12-31	Common (8604.)		Direct
Employee Option	$7.6666	2010-12-31	Common (8604.)		Direct
Employee Option	$7.6666	2010-12-31	Common (12912.)		Direct
Employee Option	$13.0116	2011-12-31	Common (4932.)		Direct
Employee Option	$13.0116	2011-12-31	Common (4932.)		Direct
Employee Option	$13.0116	2011-12-31	Common (4932.)		Direct
Employee Option	$13.0116	2011-12-31	Common (8700.)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes 28,452 shares of restricted stock previously
granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to The Progressive
Corporation 2003 Incentive Plan.

F2: The Reporting Person is a general partner of the
partnership that owns the reported securities. The
Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the
reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary
interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this
report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial
ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of
Section 16 or for any other purpose.

F3: The Reporting Person is trustee of a family trust, certain
beneficiaries of which are immediate family members of the
Reporting Person. The Reporting Person disclaims
beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to
the extent of his pecuniary interest therein (including the
pecuniary interest of such immediate family members), and
the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be
deemed an admission of beneficial ownership of all of the
reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other
purpose.

F4: All Derivative Security balances and exercise prices
reported herein have been adjusted to reflect a 4-for-1
stock split, which was effected in the form of a stock
dividend paid on May 18, 2006 to shareholders of record on
May 8, 2006. All such balances and exercise prices
reported by the Reporting Person in the future will
likewise be adjusted to reflect the stock split.