NU Online News Service, May 2, 11:25 p.m. EDT

Progressive Corp. has filed separate patent-infringement lawsuits against Hartford Financial Services and State Farm over usage-based-auto insurance.

Like Progressive's “Pay As you Drive” program, the competing auto insurers also have products that obtain data on driving characteristics in order to compile a rating, the insurer says in court filings in U.S. District Court in Ohio.

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