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please click your print icon! Progressive Corp's April profit falls 20 pct (Adds financial details, NEW YORK dateline) NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - Progressive Corp (PGR.N:), the No. 3 U.S. auto insurer, said on Wednesday that monthly earnings were 20 percent lower in April, as business fell and costs rose. Net income in April dropped to $108.9 million, or 16 cents a share, from $136.7 million, or 19 cents a share in April 2007. Progressive said net premiums written fell 2 percent to $1.4 billion, while net premiums earned were down 3 percent at $1.3 billion. April policies in force in personal lines,including autos, rose 3 percent to 10.3 million, while commercial auto policies in force rose 6 percent to 552,200, the company said. The company's combined ratio -- a measure of how much is spent for every dollar of premium earned -- gained 2.9 points to 91.7. The lower the figure, the better the insurer has been at keeping claims and other business costs in check. (Reporting by Lilla Zuill, editing by Maureen Bavdek) © Thomson Reuters 2008 All rights reserved Return to today's INSURANCE NEWSCAST
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