Progressive Insurance looks to hire 1,100 employees in Colorado Springs

Progressive Insurance is planning to hire a bunch of new workers in an effort to support its rapid growth as a company.

The insurance company wants to hire a total of 10,000 people in 2019, including 1,100 right here in Colorado Springs. It’s all in an initiative to join their most aggressive hiring push to date.

According to a press release, positions in Colorado Springs will include customer service, sales, and IT.

The are also looking to hire in the following cities:

Austin, TX – 1,000 (customer service, sales, claims representatives, bilingual Spanish sales and customer service) Cleveland, OH – 2,000 (customer service, sales, multi-product sales, claims representatives, marketing, legal, IT, business analysis and more) Colorado Springs, CO – 1,100 (customer service, sales, IT) Phoenix, AZ – 375 (customer service, sales, bilingual Spanish customer service and sales, claims representatives) Sacramento, CA – 380 (customer service, bilingual Spanish customer service and sales) Tampa, FL – 1,500 (customer service, sales, multi-product sales, claims representatives, bilingual Spanish sales and customer service)

“This is the largest hiring forecast in Progressive’s history,” said Chief Human Resources Officer, Lori Niederst. “We are excited to add hardworking talent to our team who are interested in a career with Progressive. For decades, we’ve been developing people who started in jobs like these into successful business athletes who rise to our leadership ranks. In fact, our CEO started as a claims rep and I joined Progressive as an Analyst.”

The company has grown more than 50% in the last three years, bringing in a total of $30-billion in revenue in 2018.

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