{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Barna, Guzy &amp; Steffen, LTD.","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog","author_name":"John T. Buchman","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/author\/john-t-buchman\/","title":"Progressive Insurance&#039;s Tarnished Image - Barna, Guzy &amp; Steffen, LTD.","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DG6gu7aMrq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/21\/progressive-insurances-tarnished-image\/\">Progressive Insurance&#039;s Tarnished Image<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/21\/progressive-insurances-tarnished-image\/embed\/#?secret=DG6gu7aMrq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Progressive Insurance&#039;s Tarnished Image&#8221; &#8212; Barna, Guzy &amp; Steffen, LTD.\" data-secret=\"DG6gu7aMrq\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(c,d){\"use strict\";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display=\"none\";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement(\"a\"),a=d.createElement(\"a\"),s.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener(\"message\",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),c.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),i=d.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+=\"#?secret=\"+r,t.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:r},\"*\")}}}}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"I was just checking the latest news when I came across the following article from CNN Money: Progressive settles with accident victim&#8217;s family after tale went viral Progressive Insurance finally paid the victim of a family under its \u201cunder-insured\u201d motorist coverage after forcing the victim\u2019s family to go to trial.\u00a0 A young woman was killed when another driver ran a red light.\u00a0 The victim\u2019s brother was offended when his sister\u2019s insurance company, Progressive, actively participated in the negligent driver\u2019s legal defense.\u00a0 The article points out how poorly Progressive handled the case and the resulting public relations nightmare that followed after the victim\u2019s brother posted on the internet an account of what the family had to go through to get Progressive to pay. Unfortunately, this is too common an occurrence, especially before Minnesota recently enacted a \u201cgood faith\u201d statute to encourage insurance companies to properly evaluate and pay uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.\u00a0 Too often insurance companies force such claimants to try their cases because they believe they do not face any greater exposure than their policy limits.\u00a0 Minnesota\u2019s new \u201cgood faith\u201d statute provides, in some circumstances, the opportunity for such injured parties to recover additional amounts from insurance companies that resort to such tactics.\u00a0 While insurance companies spend millions of dollars representing to..."}