An analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence has Progressive overtaking State Farm as the nation’s largest private passenger auto insurer. Progressive’s direct written premiums for the 12 months ending March 31, 2026 hit $70.2 billion.
That’s approximately $1.5 billion more than State Farm’s figure of $68.7 billion. The company has been the top auto insurer since 1942. That means this is the first time since World War II that State Farm isn’t the biggest auto insurer of them all.
“Over the past three decades, Progressive has successfully leveraged technological evolution and changing consumer behavior to transform from a nonstandard auto insurer into a standard-market powerhouse across both independent agency and direct-to-consumer distribution channels, expanding its private auto market share by upwards of 16 percentage points,” S&P GMI said.
