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| For the rest of the country, we feel good at the rate we have gotten for the last several years |
| It is important to note that we see this retention improvement, whether they are Progressive underwritten policies or network carrier policies, leading us to believe that meeting all insurance needs is the driver of customer loyalty even if we leverage other insurance carriers to do so |
| So we're excited about the future |
| In the current environment, while rates are rising and underwriting is more restrictive, the ability to shop several carriers across the same product produces significant value to the customer and in turn Progressive |
| This, in turn, increases the volume available to Progressive and the carriers within our network, incentivizing more carrier participation within our agency, strengthening the multi-carrier model further |
| So we feel much better about it |
| So those ancillary products that where we believe we have the right to play and the right to win, and those have been really exciting expansion for Karen and her group |
| So very excited about that |
| We've since leveraged our learnings and success in bundling personal insurance products in the commercial market, where we continue to be an industry leader |
| This gives us another avenue to serve more customers and cross-sell from our expanding portfolio of products |
| Additionally, as previously highlighted, meeting more customer needs strengthens our brand and improves our sales yield, mitigating some of the standard competitive risk that insurance companies face |
| The result of these efforts has been pretty incredible |
| We continue to work on the integration of the acquisition, we feel positive about the acquisition |
| And we've done extraordinarily well |
| Right now, actually, two of the people are in London, talking with our reinsurers, we feel like we'll have some positive results come the June renewal |
| The more products the customer purchases from Progressive, the stickier the customer becomes leading to higher lifetime profits and lower per policy acquisition costs |
| Happily, this is not the case as we are pleased to be able to continue to build and grow our Progressive Advantage Agency with a full suite of insurance products and a network of participating carriers |
| That's really why we've had the HomeQuote Explorer, BusinessQuote Explorer, AutoQuote Explorer to be able to gather more market share, be transparent for our customers and give them an easy way to shop and save even if it's not with us |
| And ultimately, we believe, make good on our win-win-win strategy of delivering value to our direct customers, our network of carriers and to Progressive and our shareholders through the operation of this best-in-class internal agency |
| Additionally, our industry-leading brand and acquisition engine provides growth opportunities for our partners |
| So -- for our core commercial business, I feel much more positive where we are from a combined ratio perspective, especially with 16 points yet to earn in this year |
| But in general, this Destination Era Strategy allows us to achieve greater top line growth, better efficiency in our media spend, extends household retention and serves as a stable source of revenues complementary to our underwriting profits |
| Finally, the creation of the Progressive Advantage Agency creates a multitude of benefits for Progressive and our shareholders |
| Yes, I would, anything with -- that begins with one and another number, I'm pretty impressed with PIF growth with the book of our size |
| Being a part of our carrier network allows for leveraging these experiences to efficiently and effectively quote and bind customers which presumably leads to positive brand association for our participating carriers |
| So we have already enjoyed retention improvements, and we expect to continue to enjoy retention improvements |
| So on a competitiveness basis when the renewals come through, we think we're going to be in a good place, and that will help drive policy in force growth as well |
| We do have a contingent component which self-cures when we're not making money, and we think that's a superior design, because you're aligned incentives and when the business performs well, agents get paid well |
| And we feel like we're in a really great position right now |
| This recipe is proving very successful delivering 200% growth in premiums written through our agency in less than a decade |
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| And we think that will potentially hinder their ability to restore growth when they want to come back in the market later in '24 or beyond |
| So you're just going to see a little bit of a negative trend |
| And we are constantly challenging ourselves to what's that right balance of investing, but getting those economies of scale |
| Obviously, my whole theme for the annual report was uncertainty |
| So just following up on one of your earlier answers, you mentioned the app comparison, comp comparisons being tough and that will suppress growth in the app count in 1Q |
| When you look at, last year, we were affected by fixing cars, and that seems to be a little bit calmer |
| So, or the letter I should say, is uncertainty |
| Those do put a little pressure on our core business, but we think it's important to invest in them |
| It was just a tremendous quarter and we actually tried to slow growth |
| So I guess on the last earnings call, I recall you alluded to growth likely being a little more subdued versus the beginning of '23 when you last one of the offenses |
| Especially compared to January of last year, it was like 4.5 points lower |
| All I can say is that we'll get what we need to, to be at our target profit margins, or won't be able to be as open, which is like I said, unfortunate for consumers |
| This includes prominent risks such as weather and natural disasters |
| I mean, I like the fact that severity seemed to moderate a little bit |
| As Progressive and competitors advance their products, adding credit, underwriting and tiering, our precision in providing comparison rates declined |
| Consumers saw decreasing value in the range of rates we provided to adjust to these conditions |
| This is not surprising, but still critical in the face of greater underwriting restrictions for specific products such as homeowners |
| So there will be pressure on the expense ratio |
| I think you had some volatility in the TNC business last year, both in terms of the top line growth and more importantly, there's the loss ratio |
| So whether it's starting with reducing verification or opening up more favorable bill plans, then spending more than if we're doing all those and unable to drive conversion at a level that we want to grow, we would potentially lower rates at that point |
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