Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Edgecliffe-Johnson Jeremy David	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Protective Insurance Corp [ PTVCA/B ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 111 CONGRESSIONAL BLVD, STE 500	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 6/1/2021
(Street) CARMEL, IN 46032 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class B Common Stock	6/1/2021		D		34196	D	$23.3 (1)	128741	D
Class B Common Stock	6/1/2021		D		128741 (2)	D	$23.3 (3)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 14, 2021 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Protective Insurance Corporation (the "Company"), The Progressive Corporation ("Progressive") and Carnation Merger Sub Inc., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Progressive ("Merger Sub"), at the effective time (the "Effective Time") of the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, which Effective Time occurred on June 1, 2021, each outstanding share of the Company's Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (other than certain excluded shares and the outstanding time-based restricted stock awards granted under the Company's equity incentive plan (the "Company RSAs")) was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to $23.30, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes.
(2)	Includes the following Company RSAs: 40,000 restricted shares that were to vest on July 1, 2023; 35,000 restricted shares that were to vest on June 1, 2022; 21,000 restricted shares that were to vest on June 1, 2023; 14,000 restricted shares that were to vest on June 1, 2024; 9,371 restricted shares that were to vest on March 6, 2022, and 9,370 restricted shares that were to vest on March 6, 2023.
(3)	Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, immediately prior to the Effective Time, the restrictions on each of these Company RSAs automatically lapsed and each Company RSA was canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the total number of shares of the Company's Class B Common subject to the Company RSA, multiplied by (ii) an amount in cash, without interest, equal to $23.30, plus any cash dividends or cash dividend equivalents accrued on such Company RSA, less any applicable withholding taxes.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Edgecliffe-Johnson Jeremy David 111 CONGRESSIONAL BLVD STE 500 CARMEL, IN 46032	X		Chief Executive Officer

Signatures
John R. Barnett on behalf of Jeremy David Edgecliffe-Johnson		6/3/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date