New Accounting Standards	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
New Accounting Standards	New Accounting Standards — We did not adopt any new accounting standards during the three months ended March 31, 2022. We assessed the adoption impacts of recently issued accounting standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board on our consolidated financial statements as well as material updates to previous assessments, if any, from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. There were no new material accounting standards issued in the three months ended March 31, 2022, that are expected to impact The Progressive Corporation or its subsidiaries.

The entire disclosure for all significant accounting policies of the reporting entity.

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