Progressive Auto Insurance
Progressive paid for the rights to use E.T., purchased at least three Super Bowl spots and tied its commercials into the halftime show. All so they could make the claim, “Finally, intelligent auto insurance.” Considering the lengths it went to to make that claim, you’d think it would have supplied just one reason for people to believe Progressive’s insurance is more intelligent than anyone else’s.
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