Vendor driving-record data error inflates renewal premium 50%
During a Progressive policy renewal, the system randomly reported it could not find the customer's driving record and raised the price over 50% as a result. Progressive attributed the error to a third-party data vendor but declined to correct the resulting overcharge or switch vendors.
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