Progressive Insurance has launched a Flo Chatbot on Facebook Messenger to communicate with policyholders and offer quotes to prospective customers on social media.
The artificial intelligence tool is now available to 1.4 billion monthly active Messenger users via
Progressive says it will continue to enhance its AI technology over time as it learns from customer inquiries. To begin with, Flo Chatbot will only answer basic questions around deductibles, claim status and the quoting process.
"We know our customers are busy and they're looking for convenient ways to access information about insurance," said Dan Witalec, customer acquisition leader at Progressive, in a statement. "By creating the Flo Chatbot for Messenger we are able to make the process of getting an auto quote as simple as possible by talking with them exactly where they are."
