Show Honorable Mentions LEGAL NOTICE CONTINUED If you bought Progressive auto insurance through an independent insurance agent you could get benefits from a proposed settlement A settlement has been proposed in a class action lawsuit about nun charged for tome Progressive private paremger auto 'insurance policies sold by independent agents People included Settlement could get cash payments If you ate part of the Settlement you may send in a Claim Form exclude yourself or object to it The Circuit Court of Johnson County Illinois authorized this notice The Court will have a hearing to decide whether to approve the Settlement If it Officers Angela Freeman and Michael Wolf San Francisco Calif What can you get from the Settlement? does valid claims will be paid and the company will modify its sates practices Progressive will pay $10 for each completed six month period a you had a policy covered under the Settlement and a in that for that force amount was of a portion qualifying policy for less than six months Also Progressive will modify sales practices as described in the detailed notice and at die website In exchange for these benefits Class members release all claims against Progressive relating to ils sates practices as described in the detailed notice and on the website Who's included? How DO YOU GET if you bought Progressive private automobile insurance coverage through an independent agent at any time between January 1 990 and August 29 2002 at higherrates than were available through independent agents at the time of purchase to other people in the same “risk group” You are not a Class member if you did not purchase your policy through an independent agent lb help you determine if you ate included lists of Progressive Group affiliates included in the Settlement and the policies and years of sate that are included in the Settlement are available at wwwprogressivesetilcmentcom or by writing to the address shown in the Claim Form below Your questions may also be answered by calling toll free Refer to the website or write in to obtain the list of specific policies to confirm whether you are a Class member Then if you believe you are aClass member send in a Claim Form to get benefits Fill out the Claim Form below sign it and mail it postmarked by November 14 2001 Filing a Claim Form will not negatively affect your insurance coverage-o- r rates with Progressive and it will not cost you anything e You could be a “Class member1” 1 What's this about? s The lawsuits alleged that Progressive induced customers to buy higher priced' private passenger insurance policies through independent agents (often called “Classic" or “Advantage" policies) by concealing the availability of lower priced policies that provided identical coverage and identical service Progressive denies all the allegations and has assert- ed numerous defenses Further Progressive asserts that the alleged wrongful actions were lawful and in fyet benefited insureds consumers and independent agents The Court did not decide in favor of one side or the other Instead the parties agreed to a Settlement officers surprised men and woman at they were looting a vehicle last Nov tt When one of the men heavily armed tried to kill Wolf 27 Freeman 3L stepped brio the open to detract the assailant who fired MM at her eight time Wolf shot and killed him end the other two were captmeA The pro-rat- t THE BENEFITS? Sgt Bob Kolenda Overland Park Kan being badD capita wounded while ly Your other options If you don't want settlement benefits or if you don’t want to be legally bound by the Settlement you must exclude yourself by November 4 2001 or you won't be able to sue or continue to sue Progressive about the legal claims in this case If you exclude yourself you can't get any benefits If you stay in the Settlement ypu may object to it by November 4 2002 The website and detailed notice explain how to exclude yourself or submit objections The Court will hold a hearing in this case called Kline et'aLajhe Progressive Corporation etal No 01 on November i4 2002 to consider whether to approve the Settlement and the attorneys’ request for fees and expenses These fees and expenses will not reduce the settlement benefits You may ask to appear at the hearing but you don’t have to For more information make a free call to visit the website wwwprogressivesetttementcoin to' or write the Settlement Administrator shown in the Claim Form below -- L-6 believe you are a Class member (see XboveX fill out this Claim Form to ask for benefits Mail it to the address below postmarked by November 14 2002 Please answer as much as you can Ybu may be contacted to verify the accuracy of information that you provide If you got a notice in the mail do not complete this form instead use die form in thru notice Halm Fnrm I ' arreeting two armed men on Dead Kolenda 46t returned tiro and shot one gunman three times then helped Me partner subdue the second suspect Kolenda spent tl days in the hospital State Itoopers MyriinWimbishand Michael Middleton : Virginia troopers— The two the tint to arrive at the Pentagon on Sept tt—dashed into the burning building to search for survivor Middleton 38 stayed until he had to be taken to the hoapi- tal in critical eondttkm with burned lunge and moke tahelar tion Wknbiah 62 was badly inlired and eoukkrtwork for four month j I I I I CO Suit Zip Name ofPrvressive Companies where policies were bought policy ' Social Security Number ' Email Address I declare under penalty SipwnilV Namberaf current policies presently in Jotce of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct ' i I I I I I J charged nine sex offenders with felony violations in the last year Posing as young boya and even girla online ho also caught 12 Internet pedophiles one of whom got a sentence Young 12-ye- MOIIO- - i ar a aooa mmiob mmum |