David Stringer

Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer Progressive

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

David Stringer has been Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of Progressive since January 2024. He leads the insurer’s legal group, which supports all of its business units and its board of directors. Stringer joined Progressive in 2004 as senior counsel, coming from the law firm Ropes & Gray in Boston, and served as deputy general counsel for corporate litigation and employment before his appointment. Over two decades at the company he has advised on core business issues, public-company matters, class action and complex litigation, emerging regulation and human resources practices, and he has served on its HR leadership team. He rose to the legal chief’s role from the company’s litigation and employment practice.

Career Highlights

• Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of Progressive since January 2024.
• Deputy General Counsel for corporate litigation and employment before that.
• Joined Progressive in 2004 as Senior Counsel.
• Previously at the law firm Ropes & Gray in Boston.
• Has served on Progressive’s HR Leadership Team.

Professional Journey

Stringer holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Rutgers University and a law degree from Harvard Law School, according to Progressive. Before joining the insurer he was at the law firm Ropes & Gray in Boston.

He joined Progressive in 2004 as senior counsel. Over the following years he advised on matters ranging from core business issues to public company concerns, class action and complex litigation, emerging regulations and the full scope of human resources practices, and he served on the company’s HR leadership team.

He became deputy general counsel for corporate litigation and employment, and in January 2024 was named vice president, secretary and chief legal officer, responsible for leading the legal group that supports all of Progressive’s business units and its board of directors.

Progressive’s 10-K notes that its insurance and claims organizations are generally managed state by state because of the nature of insurance, legal and regulatory requirements and other local factors. Progressive, an insurance holding company in Mayfield Village, Ohio, wrote $83.2 billion of net premiums in 2025, according to its 10-K.

Progressive’s 10-K describes a management team that supports the chief executive in overseeing the business and the corporate functions serving the whole organization: the chief financial, marketing, investment, information, human resources, strategy and legal officers, and the presidents of the personal lines, commercial lines, claims and customer relationship management groups. Stringer has represented the legal function on it since January 2024, after two decades in the company’s legal group, latterly as its deputy general counsel for litigation and employment.

Education

Harvard Law School

JD

Rutgers University

Bachelor’s degree, Economics and political science