Progressive finds everyday ad buddy for Flo

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Jacob Doherty, a 21-year-old loan collector from Kentucky who's "friendly, helpful and loves insurance," has won the chance to be in Progressive print and video ads from Arnold with Stephanie Courtney, aka Flo—the woman who inspires intense feelings from the AdFreak readership. Doherty's video, below, beat out 2,500 others to land him this gig, and it's not bad. His concept is decent, and similar setups have worked for other brands (Old Spice's "I'm a Man" ads spring to mind).

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