Progressive Goes Into Review

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Progressive Insurance has placed its planned $70 million account into review, ending a brief relationship with New York’s Arnell Group Brand Consulting.
Sources said the client is contacting shops in the Southwest, East and Midwest to handle a greater load of direct response television and direct mail chores. The client is expected to nearly double its estimated 1998 budget of $30-40 million.
Arnell chairman Peter Arnell said the Cleveland-based auto insurance company was looking for an agency with direct marketing capabilities–something his shop does not offer.

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