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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-10-040100
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B3
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20100729
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100729

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000230557
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				222168890
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		424B3
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-136024
		FILM NUMBER:		10978351

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 WANTAGE AVENUE
		CITY:			BRANCHVILLE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07890
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9739483000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 WANTAGE AVE
		STREET 2:		40 WANTAGE AVE
		CITY:			BRANCHVILLE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07890

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SRI CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19860508
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SHARES OF COMMON STOCK</font></div>
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PURCHASE PLAN FOR INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENCIES (2010)</font></div>
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(&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Common
Stock</font>&#8221;) of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Selective</font>&#8221; or the
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offered under the Amended and Restated Selective Insurance Group, Inc. Stock
Purchase Plan for Independent Insurance Agencies (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Plan</font>&#8221;). Selective&#8217;s
independent insurance agencies and their principals, general partners, officers,
stockholders, key employees, and their individual retirement accounts, Keogh
plans, and employee benefit plans are eligible to participate in the Plan as
described in this prospectus. Participants in the Plan may use cash, all or a
portion of their earned cash commissions, or all or a portion of their
distributions earned under Selective&#8217;s supplemental commission program for
agents to purchase shares under the Plan. The agency principal determines what
portion of that agency&#8217;s maximum contribution amount each participant affiliated
with that agency may contribute.</font></div>
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Common Stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the trading
symbol &#8220;SIGI&#8221;. The purchase price for shares offered under the Plan is the
closing selling price for Selective&#8217;s Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Global
Select Market on the applicable Purchase Date, minus 10%. The last sale price of
the Common Stock on the NASDAQ on July 28, 2010 was $15.50.</font></div>
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purchased under the Plan will be restricted for a period of one year. During
this period a participant in the Plan may not sell, transfer, pledge, assign or
dispose of its shares in any way.</font></div>
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should carefully consider the risks of an investment in Selective&#8217;s Common
Stock. Risk Factors begin on page 3.</font></div>
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the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is
truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.</font></div>
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Prospectus is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan. All
capitalized terms used but not defined herein will have the meanings ascribed to
the terms in the Plan.</font></div>
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summary highlights selected information from this prospectus and may not contain
all of the information that is important to you. You should read all of the
information in this prospectus along with the other information and financial
statements Selective refers you to in the section &#8220;Where You Can Find More
Information&#8221; appearing at the end of this document.</font></div>
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offers property and casualty insurance products and services through its various
subsidiaries. Selective classifies its businesses into two operating
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eliminated its third operating segment, Diversified Insurance Services in two
steps in 2009: In the first quarter, the Company reclassified its federal flood
insurance administrative services business into Insurance Operations because of
changes in the way Selective managed the business; and (ii) in the fourth
quarter, the Company sold its human resource administration outsourcing
business. </font></div>
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offers its insurance products and services through the following
subsidiaries:</font></div>
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      Auto Insurance Company of New
Jersey;</font></div>
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      Insurance Company of South
Carolina;</font></div>
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      Insurance Company of New England.</font></div>
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was incorporated in New Jersey in 1977 to acquire all of the shares of Selective
Insurance Company of America, formerly named &#8220;Selected Risks Insurance
Company.&#8221;</font></div>
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Selective is a holding company, Selective relies on its subsidiaries for cash to
pay its obligations and dividends to its stockholders. State insurance laws and
regulations, as administered by state insurance departments, restrict how much
money its insurance subsidiaries may distribute to the Company.</font></div>
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principal executive offices are located at 40 Wantage Avenue, Branchville, New
Jersey 07890 and Selective&#8217;s telephone number is (973) 948-3000.</font></div>
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Selective Insurance Group, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan for Independent Insurance
Agencies</font></div>
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independent insurance agency that is under contract with any of Selective&#8217;s
insurance subsidiaries to promote and sell Selective&#8217;s subsidiaries&#8217; insurance
products, other than the agencies that promote and sell only Selective&#8217;s
subsidiaries&#8217; flood insurance products, is eligible to enroll in the Plan and to
purchase shares of Common Stock. Eligible agencies are under no obligation to
enroll in the Plan or to purchase shares under the Plan. Also eligible to
purchase shares under the Plan are:</font></div>
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      principals, general partners, officers, and stockholders of, and
      designated by, an eligible agency (collectively, &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Principals</font>&#8221;);</font></div>
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administrator of the Plan will determine whether any agency, or any entity,
individual person, or benefit plan designated by an agency, is eligible to
purchase shares under the Plan.</font></div>
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participants can generally make purchases of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock under the
Plan on the first day of March, June, September, and December of each year or
the next succeeding business day; however, Selective does not guarantee that
these days will be purchase dates and may designate other dates as purchase
dates. Selective will provide an enrollment/purchase form to each insurance
agency that wants to participate in the Plan. An eligible agency that chooses to
participate in the Plan must complete the enrollment/purchase form and return it
to Selective at the address indicated on the form. To make a purchase under the
Plan, the agency must complete the form indicating the dollar amount of
Selective&#8217;s Common Stock to be purchased on the next purchase date. The form and
any cash contributions must be returned to Selective at the address indicated on
the form at least 10 business days before the scheduled purchase date. If any of
the Principals, Key Employees, or their individual retirement plans or Keogh
plans, or employee benefit plans of an agency wish to participate in the Plan,
the agency must indicate on the form the amount to be invested by each of them
and they must sign the form. If a participant is purchasing shares for cash, the
participant must enclose a check for the amount the participant chooses to
invest when the participant returns the election form to Selective. If the
participant is purchasing shares with earned cash commissions, the agency must
indicate the total monthly amount of withholding, along with the percentages
allocated to applicable participants. If a participant is purchasing shares with
earned supplemental commission distributions, the agency must indicate the total
amount of withholding along with the percentages allocated to applicable
participants.</font></div>
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in the Plan may elect to purchase shares for cash, apply all or a portion of
their earned cash commissions, or apply all or a portion of distributions earned
under Selective&#8217;s supplemental commission program for agents. Each participating
agency, together with the participants affiliated with the agency, may invest in
each calendar quarter up to a certain maximum contribution amount based upon the
amount of total written premiums by the agency during the previous calendar year
with any of Selective&#8217;s insurance subsidiaries. Participants pay no brokerage
commissions or other charges on their purchases of shares under the
Plan.</font></div>
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minimum purchase amount is required for purchases under the Plan by a
participant per calendar quarter. If a participant does not purchase $100 of
Common Stock per a calendar quarter, any amounts below the minimum will be
refunded, without interest, to the participant by check as soon as practicable
after the end of the quarter.</font></div>
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is offering its Common Stock under the Plan for purchase generally on the first
day of March, June, September, and December or the next succeeding business day.
The purchase price for shares offered under the Plan is the closing selling
price of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
on the date of purchase, minus 10%.</font></div>
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uses a book-entry system for the Plan. Selective establishes an account for each
participant with Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, Selective&#8217;s transfer agent and
registrar. The shares purchased are credited to each participant&#8217;s individual
account, and Selective registers each participant&#8217;s shares on its stock records.
Each participant receives a written account statement each time shares are
purchased.</font></div>
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purchased under the Plan will be restricted for a period of one year beginning
on the purchase date and expiring upon the first anniversary of that purchase
date. During this time, participants cannot sell, transfer, pledge, assign, or
dispose of their shares in any way. During the restricted period, participants&#8217;
shares will be held in their accounts at Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, but
participants will not be allowed to have share certificates issued. Following
the expiration of the one year restricted period, a participant can request, in
writing to Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, that its shares be transferred or
sold, that certificates be issued, or that the participant&#8217;s account be
closed.</font></div>
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the restricted period participants can vote their shares and participants will
receive dividends declared and paid on their shares. There is no risk of
forfeiture of participants&#8217; shares during the restricted period.</font></div>
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will receive all of the cash proceeds from the sale of its shares of its Common
Stock under the Plan, and Selective will retain cash applied to the purchase of
shares of its Common Stock from agencies&#8217; commissions and distributions from
Selective&#8217;s supplemental commission program. Selective will use the proceeds for
general corporate purposes.</font></div>
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risk factors exist that can have a significant impact on Selective&#8217;s business,
results of operations, and financial condition. The impact of these risk factors
could also affect certain actions that Selective takes as part of its long-term
capital strategy including, but not limited to, contributing capital to
subsidiaries in its insurance operations and diversified insurance services
segments, issuing additional debt and/or equity securities, repurchasing shares
of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock, or increasing stockholders&#8217;
dividends.</font></div>
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following list of risk factors is not exhaustive and others may exist. Selective
operates in a continually changing business environment, and new risk factors
emerge from time to time. Consequently, Selective can neither predict new risk
factors nor assess the impact, if any, they might have on its business in the
future.</font></div>
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Operations</font></font></div>
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failure of Selective&#8217;s risk management strategies could have a material adverse
effect on the Company&#8217;s financial condition or results of
operations.</font></div>
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are not limited to the following:</font></div>
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      and to apply that information to risks of current insureds and prospective
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limitations. Selective cannot be certain that an event or series of
unanticipated events will not occur and result in losses greater than the
Company expects and have a material adverse effect on the Company&#8217;s liquidity,
capital resources, results of operations, and financial condition.</font></div>
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reserves for the Company&#8217;s estimated liability for losses and loss expenses
associated with reported and unreported insurance claims. Selective&#8217;s estimates
of reserve amounts are based on known facts and circumstances, including the
Company&#8217;s expectations of the ultimate settlement and claim administration
expenses, predictions of future events, trends in claims severity and frequency,
and other subjective factors relating to the Company&#8217;s insurance policies in
force. There is no method for precisely estimating the ultimate liability for
settlement of claims. From time-to-time, Selective adjusts reserves and
increases them if they are inadequate or reduces them if they are redundant.
Selective cannot be certain that the reserves the Company establishes are
adequate or will be adequate in the future. An increase in reserves: (i) reduces
net income and stockholders&#8217; equity for the period in which the deficiency in
reserves is identified; and (ii) could have a material adverse effect on the
Company&#8217;s results of operations, liquidity, financial condition, and financial
strength and debt ratings.</font></div>
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losses from natural and man-made catastrophes, including but not limited to;
hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, earthquakes, hail, terrorism, explosions,
severe winter weather, floods, and fires, some of which may be related to
climate changes. The frequency and severity of these catastrophes are inherently
unpredictable. One year may be relatively free of such events while another may
have numerous events. For further discussion regarding man-made catastrophes
that relate to terrorism see the risk factor directly below this one regarding
the potential for significant losses from acts of terrorism. Furthermore,
scientists, legislators, and regulators are among a broad spectrum of the public
which have a heightened interest in the effect that greenhouse gas emissions
have on the environment in particular to a change in climate. If greenhouse
gases continue to shift the climate, more devastating catastrophic events may
occur. Catastrophe losses are determined by the severity of the event and the
total amount of insured exposures in the area affected by the event. Selective&#8217;s
insurance operations business is concentrated geographically in the Eastern and
Midwestern regions of the U.S. New Jersey accounted for 27% of the Company&#8217;s
total NPW during the year ended December 31, 2009 and therefore catastrophes in
these areas could adversely impact Selective&#8217;s business more so than in other
geographic areas. Although catastrophes can cause losses in a variety of
property and casualty lines, most of Selective&#8217;s historic catastrophe-related
claims have been from commercial property and homeowners coverages. In an effort
to reduce the Company&#8217;s exposure to catastrophe losses Selective purchases
catastrophe reinsurance. Despite acquiring this protection, reinsurance could
prove inadequate if: (i) the modeling software the Company uses to analyze the
Insurance Subsidiaries&#8217; risk results in an inadequate purchase of reinsurance by
Selective; (ii) a major catastrophe loss exceeds the reinsurance limit or the
reinsurers&#8217; financial capacity; and (iii) the frequency of catastrophe losses
results in the Insurance Subsidiaries exceeding their one reinstatement. Even
after considering Selective&#8217;s reinsurance protection, the Company&#8217;s exposure to
catastrophe risks could have a material adverse effect on Selective&#8217;s results of
operations or financial condition.</font></div>
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amended, (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">TRIA</font>&#8221;) requires
private insurers and the United States government to share the risk of loss on
future acts of terrorism that are certified by the U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury. As a Commercial Lines writer, Selective is required to participate in
TRIA. Under TRIA, terrorism coverage is mandatory for all primary workers
compensation policies. However, insureds with non-workers compensation
commercial policies have the option to accept or decline Selective&#8217;s terrorism
coverage or negotiate with the Company for other terms. In 2009, approximately
87% of Selective&#8217;s Commercial Lines non-workers compensation policyholders
purchased terrorism coverage.</font></div>
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coverage exclusions for terrorism. Many of the states in which Selective writes
commercial property insurance, however, mandate that the Company cover fire
following an act of terrorism. Under TRIA, each participating insurer is
responsible for paying a deductible of specified losses before federal
assistance is available. This deductible is based on a percentage of the prior
year&#8217;s applicable commercial lines premiums. In 2009, the deductible would have
been approximately $189 million. For losses above the deductible, the federal
government will pay 85%, up to an industry limit of $100 billion, and the
insurer retains 15%. Although TRIA&#8217;s provisions will mitigate Selective&#8217;s loss
exposure to a large-scale terrorist attack, the</font></div>
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December 31, 2014. Currently, the Obama Administration&#8217;s proposed budget
includes provisions to scale back TRIA by removing coverage for domestically
inspired acts of terrorism, increasing private insurer deductibles and
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underwriting risk exposure to reinsurance companies. Through the Company&#8217;s
reinsurance arrangements, a specified portion of Selective&#8217;s losses and loss
adjustment expenses are assumed by the reinsurer in exchange for a specified
portion of premiums. The availability, amount, and cost of reinsurance depend on
market conditions, which may vary significantly. While reinsurance agreements
generally bind Selective&#8217;s reinsurers for the cost of reinsurance on existing
business reinsured, market conditions beyond the Company&#8217;s control determine the
availability and cost of the reinsurance for new business. In certain
circumstances, the price of reinsurance for business already reinsured may also
increase. Any decrease in the amount of Selective&#8217;s reinsurance will increase
the Company&#8217;s risk of loss. Any increase in the cost of reinsurance will, absent
a decrease in the amount of reinsurance, reduce Selective&#8217;s earnings.
Accordingly, Selective may be forced to incur additional expenses for
reinsurance or may not be able to obtain sufficient reinsurance on acceptable
terms. Either could adversely affect the Company&#8217;s ability to write future
business or result in the assumption of more risk with respect to those policies
the Company issues.</font></div>
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      The relatively small size of the reinsurance market and the Company&#8217;s
      objective to maintain an average weighted rating of &#8220;A&#8221; by A.M. Best on
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      Operations liability associated with this plan. To the extent that credit
      risk adversely impacts the valuation and performance of the invested
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operations.</font></div>
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conditions could increase the Company&#8217;s credit risk. Selective&#8217;s exposure to
credit risk could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations or
financial condition.</font></div>
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property and casualty insurance industry is subject to general economic
conditions and is cyclical.</font></div>
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industry has experienced significant fluctuations in its historic results due to
competition, occurrence or severity of catastrophic events, levels of capacity,
general economic conditions, interest rates, and other factors. Demand for
insurance is influenced significantly by prevailing general economic conditions.
The supply of insurance is related to prevailing prices, the levels of insured
losses and the levels of industry surplus which, in turn, may fluctuate in
response to changes in rates of return on investments being earned in the
insurance industry. As a result, the insurance industry historically has been a
cyclical industry characterized by periods of intense price competition due to
excessive underwriting capacity as well as periods when shortages of capacity
permitted favorable premium levels. For example, competitors pricing business
below technical levels could force Selective to reduce its profit margin in
order to protect the Company&#8217;s best business.</font></div>
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and loss trends on the statutory combined ratio: Taking a pure price decline of
1.4% and removing the expense that directly varies with premium volume yields an
adverse combined ratio impact of approximately one point. In addition, a claims
inflation increase of 3% will cause the loss and loss adjustment expense ratio
to increase approximately two points, all else remaining equal. The combination
of claims inflation and price decreases could raise the combined ratio
approximately three points in this example, absent any initiatives targeted to
address these trends.</font></div>
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losses;</font></div>
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changes.</font></div>
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Selective&#8217;s results of operations and financial condition.</font></div>
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conditions in global capital markets and the economy may adversely affect
Selective&#8217;s revenue and profitability and harm its business, and these
conditions may not improve in the near future.</font></div>
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affect the Company&#8217;s results of operations. Concerns over the issues as the
availability and cost of credit, the stability of the U.S. mortgage market,
declining real estate markets, increased unemployment, volatile energy and
commodity prices, and geopolitical issues, also have led to declines in business
and consumer confidence and precipitated an economic slowdown.</font></div>
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business investment, government spending, the volatility and strength of the
capital markets, and inflation all affect the business and economic environment
and, indirectly, the amount and profitability of Selective&#8217;s business. In an
economic downturn characterized by higher unemployment, lower family income,
lower corporate earnings, lower business investment, and lower consumer
spending, the demand for insurance products could be adversely affected. In
addition, Selective is impacted by the recent decrease in commercial and new
home construction and home ownership in 2009 because 39% of direct premiums
written in the Company&#8217;s Commercial Lines business were generated through
contractors business. In addition, 36% of direct premiums written in Selective&#8217;s
Commercial Lines business is based on payroll/sales of its underlying insureds.
The impact of the economic downturn on Commercial Lines can be seen in the
approximately $73 million of audit and endorsement premium the Company has
returned to its insureds during 2009. Further unfavorable economic developments
could adversely affect the Company&#8217;s earnings if its customers have less need
for insurance coverage, cancel existing insurance policies, modify coverage, or
choose not renew with the Company. These circumstances could have a material
adverse effect on Selective&#8217;s business, results of operations and financial
condition. Challenging economic conditions also may impair the ability of
Selective&#8217;s customers to pay premiums as they come due. Selective is unable to
predict the likely duration and severity of the current economic conditions in
the U.S. and other countries, which may have an adverse effect on the
Company.</font></div>
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ratings could result in a loss of business and could have a material adverse
effect on the Company&#8217;s financial condition and results of
operations.</font></div>
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financial strength ratings on the Insurance Subsidiaries are as
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particularly from A.M. Best, could: (i) affect Selective&#8217;s ability to write new
business with customers, some of whom are required under various third party
agreements to maintain insurance with a carrier that maintains a specified
minimum rating; or (ii) be an event of default under the Company&#8217;s line of
credit with Wachovia Bank, National Association (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Line of Credit</font>&#8221;). The
Line of Credit requires the Company&#8217;s insurance subsidiaries to maintain an A.M.
Best rating of at least &#8220;A-&#8221; (two levels below the Company&#8217;s current rating) and
a default could lead to acceleration of any outstanding principal. Such an event
also could trigger default provisions under certain of Selective&#8217;s other debt
instruments and negatively impact its ability to borrow in the future. As a
result any significant downgrade in ratings could have a material adverse effect
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long-term debt creditworthiness. Credit ratings indicate the ability of debt
issuers to meet debt obligations in a timely manner and are important factors in
the Company&#8217;s overall funding profile and ability to access certain types of
liquidity. Selective&#8217;s current credit ratings are as follows:</font></div>
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ratings could have a material adverse effect on its financial condition and
results of operations in many ways, including making it more expensive for the
Company to access capital markets.</font></div>
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experienced by many financial institutions, including insurance companies, and
the public criticism of NRSROs, Selective believes it is possible that the
NRSROs: (i) will heighten their level of scrutiny of financial institutions;
(ii) will increase the frequency and scope of their reviews; and (iii) may
adjust upward the capital and other requirements employed in their models for
maintaining certain rating levels. Selective cannot predict possible actions
NRSROs may take regarding its ratings that could adversely affect the Company&#8217;s
business or the possible actions it may take in response to any such
action.</font></div>
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industry is very competitive and it has many competitors and potential
competitors.</font></div>
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competitive. The current economic environment has only served to further
increase competition. Selective competes with regional, national, and
direct-writer property and casualty insurance companies for customers, agents,
and employees. Some competitors are public companies and some are mutual
companies. Many competitors are larger and may have lower operating costs or
lower costs of capital. They may have the ability to absorb greater risk while
maintaining their financial strength ratings. Consequently, they may be able to
price their products more competitively. These competitive pressures could
result in increased pricing pressures on a number of Selective&#8217;s products and
services, particularly as competitors seek to win market share, and may impair
the Company&#8217;s ability to maintain or increase its profitability. Selective also
faces competition, primarily in Commercial Lines, from entities that self-insure
their own risks. Because of its relatively low cost of</font></div>
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the Internet has also emerged as a significant place of new competition, both
from existing competitors and new competitors. It is also possible that
reinsurers, who have significant knowledge of the primary property and casualty
business because they reinsure it, could enter the market to diversify their
operations. New competition could cause changes in the supply or demand for
insurance and adversely affect Selective&#8217;s business.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>Selective believes that insurance
companies are competing and will continue to compete on their ability to use
reliable data about their insureds and loss experience in complex analytics and
predictive models to select profitable risks. With the consistent expansion of
computing power and the asymmetric decline in its cost, Selective believes that
data and analytics use will increase and become more complex and accurate. As a
regional insurance group, the loss experience from Selective&#8217;s Insurance
Operations is not large enough in all circumstances to analyze and project the
Company&#8217;s future costs. Selective uses data from ISO to obtain sufficient
industry loss experience data. While statistically relevant, that data is not
specific to the performance of risks the Company has underwritten. Larger
competitors, particularly national carriers, have sufficient data regarding the
performance of risks that they have underwritten. Their analytics of their loss
experience data may be more predictive of profitability of their underwritten
risks than the Company&#8217;s analysis using, in part, general industry loss
experience. For the same reason, should Congress repeal the McCarran-Ferguson
Act and Selective is unable to access data from ISO, the Company will be at a
competitive disadvantage to larger insurers who have more sufficient loss
experience data on their own insureds.</font></div>
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depends on independent insurance agents.</font></div>
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insurance products exclusively through independent insurance agents who are not
its employees. Selective believes that independent insurance agents will remain
a significant force in overall insurance industry premium production because
they can provide insureds with a wider choice of insurance products than if they
represented only one insurer. That, however, creates competition in the
Company&#8217;s distribution channel and it must market its products and services to
its agents before they sell them to Selective&#8217;s mutual customers. The Company&#8217;s
financial condition and results of operations are tied to the successful
marketing and sales efforts of its products by its agents.</font></div>
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faces risks regarding its Flood business because of uncertainties regarding the
funding of the NFIP program.</font></div>
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insurance group participating in the WYO arrangement of the NFIP, which is
managed by the Mitigation Division of FEMA in the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security. For WYO participation, Selective receives an expense allowance, or
servicing fee, for policies written and claims serviced. Currently, the expense
allowance is 30% of direct written premiums.</font></div>
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last several years, funding of the program has continued through short
extensions as part of continuing resolutions to temporarily maintain current
spending. At present, the funding for the program is set to expire on September
30, 2010. Some members of Congress have expressed a desire to explore a
comprehensive revision of the program, its costs, and its administration.
Selective is actively monitoring developments in Washington regarding reform
proposals to the NFIP, particularly regarding any changes to the fee structure.
Selective cannot predict whether proposals will be adopted or, if adopted, what
impact their adoption could have on the Company&#8217;s business, financial condition,
or results of operations.</font></div>
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is heavily regulated and changes in regulation may reduce its profitability and
limit its growth.</font></div>
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heavily regulated and subject to extensive laws and regulations that are subject
to change. By virtue of the McCarran-Ferguson Act, Congress has traditionally
ceded insurance regulation to the various states. Selective, however, is subject
to federal regulators, such as the SEC, for securities issues, and the Federal
Trade Commission, for privacy issues. The Company also is subject to
non-governmental regulators, such as the NASDAQ Stock Market and the New York
Stock Exchange, where it lists its securities. Many of these regulators, to some
degree, have overlap with each other on various matters. They also have
different regulations on the same legal issues that are subject to their
individual interpretative discretion. Consequently,</font></div>
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has the risk that one regulator&#8217;s position may conflict with another regulator&#8217;s
position on the same issue. As compliance is generally reviewed in hindsight,
Selective also is subject to the risk that interpretations will change over
time.</font></div>
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insurance regulation is the protection of policyholders and claimants over all
other constituencies, including shareholders. By virtue of the McCarran-Ferguson
Act, Congress has traditionally delegated insurance regulation to the various
states. For Insurance Subsidiaries, the primary regulators of their business and
financial condition are the departments of insurance in the states in which they
are organized and are licensed. The broad regulatory, administrative, and
supervisory powers of the various state departments of insurance
include:</font></div>
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      minimum capital and surplus requirements, standards of solvency, security
      deposits, methods of accounting, form and content of statutory financial
      statements, reserves for unpaid loss and LAE, reinsurance, payment of
      dividends and other distributions to shareholders, periodic financial
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      to Selective&#8217;s general business, review and approval of such matters as
      certificates of authority and other insurance company licenses, licensing
      and compensation of agents, premium rates (which may not be excessive,
      inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory), policy forms, policy
      terminations, reporting of statistical information regarding the Company&#8217;s
      premiums and losses, periodic market conduct examinations, unfair trade
      practices, participation in mandatory shared market mechanisms, such as
      assigned risk pools and reinsurance pools, participation in mandatory
      state guaranty funds, and mandated continuing workers compensation
      coverage post-termination of
employment.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Related
      to Selective&#8217;s ownership of the Insurance Subsidiaries, the Company is
      required to register as an insurance holding company system and report
      information concerning all of its operations that may materially affect
      the operations, management, or financial condition of the insurers. As an
      insurance holding company, the appropriate state regulatory authority may:
      (i) examine Selective or its insurance subsidiaries at any time; (ii)
      require disclosure or prior approval of material transactions of any of
      the insurance subsidiaries with Selective or each other; and (iii) require
      prior approval or notice of certain transactions, such as payment of
      dividends or distributions to the
Company.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>Although the federal government
traditionally has not regulated insurance, federal legislation and
administrative policies do affect the Company, including TRIA, OFAC, and various
privacy laws, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Fair Credit Reporting
Act, the Drivers Privacy Protection Act, and the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act. As a result of issuing workers compensation policies,
Selective also is subject to Mandatory Medicare Secondary Payer Reporting under
the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007.</font></div>
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into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the
"Dodd-Frank Act"). Among other things, the Dodd-Frank Act, created a Financial
Stability and Oversight Council that may designate certain insurance companies
and insurance holding companies as nonbank financial companies subject to
prudential regulation by the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve (the
"Federal Reserve Board of Governors") on a variety of issues, including capital
requirements, leverage limits, liquidity requirements, and examinations. If the
Federal Reserve Board of Governors deems any nonbank financial company under its
supervision to pose a grave threat to the financial stability of the United
States, it may limit the company's ability to enter into merger transactions,
restrict its ability to offer financial products, require it to terminate one or
more activities, or impose conditions on the manner in which it conducts
activities. </font></div>
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Federal Insurance Office in the U.S. Treasury Department to monitor all aspects
of the insurance industry and lines of business other than certain health
insurance, certain long-term care insurance, and crop insurance. The director of
the Federal Insurance Office will have the ability to recommend that an
insurance company or an insurance holding company be subject to heightened
prudential standards. The Dodd-Frank Act also provides in certain instances for
the pre-emption of state laws regulating reinsurance and other limited insurance
matters. At this time, it is not possible to predict with any degree of
certainty whether any other proposed legislation or regulatory changes will be
adopted or what impact, if any, the</font></div>
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financial condition or results of operations.</font></div>
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is subject to the risk that legislation will be passed significantly changing
insurance regulation and adversely impacting its business, its financial
condition, and its results of operations.</font></div>
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crises in 2008 and 2009, the issues regarding the AIG scandal, and public
concerns over health insurance, there have been a number of legislative
proposals discussed and introduced in Congress that could result in the federal
government becoming directly involved in the regulation of
insurance:</font></div>
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      McCarran-Ferguson Act</font>. While proposals for McCarran-Ferguson Act
      repeal recently have been primarily directed at health insurers, if
      enacted and applicable to property and casualty insurers, such repeal
      would significantly reduce Selective&#8217;s ability to compete and materially
      affect its results of operations because it rely on the anti-trust
      exemptions the law provides to obtain loss data from third party
      aggregators such as ISO to predict future
  losses.</font></div>
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      Funds</font>. Various legislative proposals have been introduced that
      would establish a federal reinsurance catastrophic fund as a federal
      backstop for future natural disasters. These bills generally encourage
      states to create catastrophe funds by creating a federal backstop for
      states that create the funds. While homeowners' insurance is primarily
      handled at the state level, there are important roles for the federal
      government to play, including the establishment of a national catastrophic
      fund.</font></div>
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      NFIP</font>. There have been legislative proposals to reform the NFIP by:
      (i) expanding coverage to include coverage for losses from wind damage;
      and (ii) forgiving the nearly $20 billion in debt amassed by the NFIP from
      the catastrophic storms of 2004 and 2005. Selective believes that the
      expansion of coverage to include wind losses would significantly increase
      the cost and availability of NFIP
insurance.</font></div>
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cannot predict whether any of these or any related proposal will be adopted, or
what impact, if any, such proposals, could have on its business, financial
condition or results of operations if enacted.</font></div>
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action litigation could affect Selective&#8217;s business practices and financial
results.</font></div>
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industries have been the target of class action litigation in areas including
the following:</font></div>
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practices;</font></div>
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pricing;</font></div>
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in accounting guidance could impact the results of Selective&#8217;s operations and
financial condition.</font></div>
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Board (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">FASB</font>&#8221;)
currently is reviewing proposed changes to existing accounting regarding the
treatment of costs associated with acquiring or renewing insurance contracts.
Selective currently defers these expenses, which include commissions, premium
taxes, fees, and certain other costs of underwriting policies, and amortize them
into expense over the period in which the premium is earned. If FASB changes
this accounting treatment, depending on the provisions of the guidance, it could
have a material impact on Selective&#8217;s results of operations.</font></div>
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International Accounting Standards Board in a joint project that could
significantly impact today&#8217;s insurance model. Potential changes include, but are
not limited to: (i) redefining the revenue recognition process; and (ii)
requiring loss reserve discounting. Selective&#8217;s premiums are earned over the
period that coverage is provided and it does not discount its loss reserves.
Final guidance from this joint project could have a material impact on the
Company&#8217;s operations.</font></div>
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failure of the Company&#8217;s risk management strategies could have a material
adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.</font></div>
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management strategies to reduce its exposure to risk that include, but are not
limited to the following:</font></div>
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limitations. Selective cannot be certain that an event or series of
unanticipated events will not occur and result in losses greater than it expects
and have a material adverse effect on the Company&#8217;s liquidity, capital
resources, results of operations, and financial condition.</font></div>
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conditions in global capital markets and the economy may adversely affect
Selective&#8217;s revenue and profitability and harm its business, and these
conditions may not improve in the near future.</font></div>
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materially affected by conditions in the global capital markets and the economy
generally, in both the U.S. and abroad. Concerns over the availability and cost
of credit, the U.S. mortgage market, a declining real estate market in the U.S.,
increased unemployment, volatile energy and commodity prices, and geopolitical
issues, among other factors, have contributed to increased volatility for the
economy and the financial and insurance markets. These concerns have also led to
declines in business and consumer confidence, which have precipitated an
economic slowdown.</font></div>
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for fixed income securities has experienced decreased liquidity, increased price
volatility, credit downgrade events, and increased probability of default.
Securities that are less liquid are more difficult to value and may be hard to
sell. Domestic and international equity markets have also been experiencing
heightened volatility and turmoil, with issuers (such as Selective) exposed to
the mortgage securities and credit markets particularly affected. These factors
and the continued potential for market disruption may have an adverse effect on
Selective&#8217;s investment portfolio, revenues, and profit margins.</font></div>
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its investment portfolio from issuers of securities, insurers of certain
securities, and certain other investment portfolio counterparties. The value of
the Company&#8217;s investment portfolio is subject to credit risk from the issuers
and/or guarantors of the securities in the portfolio, other counterparties in
certain transactions and, for certain securities, insurers that guarantee
specific issuer&#8217;s obligations. Defaults by the issuer and, where applicable, an
issuer&#8217;s guarantor, insurer, or other counterparties regarding any of
Selective&#8217;s investments could reduce its net investment income and net realized
investment gains or result in investment losses.</font></div>
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risk relates primarily to the market price (and cash flow variability)
associated with changes in interest rates. A rise in interest rates may decrease
the fair value of the Company&#8217;s existing fixed maturity investments and declines
in interest rates may result in an increase in the fair value of its existing
fixed maturity investments. Selective&#8217;s fixed income investment portfolio, which
currently has a duration of 3.5 years, contains interest rate sensitive
instruments that may be adversely affected by changes in interest rates
resulting from governmental monetary policies, domestic and international
economic and political conditions, and other factors beyond the Company&#8217;s
control. A rise in interest rates would decrease the net unrealized gain
position of the investment portfolio, offset by the Company&#8217;s ability to earn
higher rates of return on funds reinvested in new investments. Conversely, a
decline in interest rates would increase the net unrealized gain position of the
investment portfolio, offset by lower rates of return on funds reinvested and
new investments. Selective seeks to mitigate its interest rate risk associated
with holding fixed maturity investments by monitoring and maintaining the
average duration of its portfolio with a view toward achieving an adequate
after-tax return without subjecting the portfolio to an unreasonable level of
interest rate risk. Although the Company takes measures to manage the economic
risks of investing in a changing interest rate environment, it may not be able
to mitigate the interest rate risk of its assets relative to its
liabilities.</font></div>
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statutory surplus may be materially affected by rating downgrades on investments
held in its portfolio.</font></div>
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financial and capital markets risks, primarily relating to interest rates,
credit spreads, equity price risks, and the change in market value of its
alternative investment portfolio. A decline in both income and the Company&#8217;s
investment portfolio&#8217;s asset values could occur as a result of, among other
things, a decrease in market liquidity, falling interest rates, decreased
dividend payment rates, negative market perception of credit risk with respect
to types of securities in its portfolio, a decline in the performance of the
underlying collateral of its structured securities, reduced returns on its
alternative investment portfolio, or general market conditions.</font></div>
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quality and ratings of securities in the Company&#8217;s portfolio could be adversely
affected. The NAIC could potentially apply a lower class code on a security than
was originally assigned which could adversely affect statutory surplus because
securities with NAIC class codes 3 through 6 require securities to be
marked-to-market for statutory accounting purposes as compared to securities
with NAIC class codes of 1 or 2 that are carried at amortized cost.</font></div>
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that the issuers, or guarantors, of fixed maturity securities it owns may
default on principal and interest payments due under the terms of the
securities. At December 31, 2009, the Company&#8217;s fixed maturity securities
portfolio represented approximately 88% of its total invested assets.
Approximately 66% of the Company&#8217;s fixed maturity securities are state,
municipality, or U.S. Government obligations. The occurrence of a major economic
downturn, acts of corporate malfeasance, widening credit spreads, budgetary
deficits, or other events that adversely affect the issuers or guarantors of
these securities could cause the value of Selective&#8217;s fixed maturity securities
portfolio and its net income to decline and the default rate of its fixed
maturity securities portfolio to increase. With economic uncertainty, credit
quality of issuers or guarantors could be adversely affected and a ratings
downgrade of the issuers or guarantors of the securities in the Company&#8217;s
portfolio could also cause the value of its fixed maturity securities portfolio
and its net income to decrease. For example, rating agency downgrades of
monoline insurance companies during 2009 contributed to a decline in the
carrying value and the market liquidity of the Company&#8217;s municipal bond
investment portfolio. A reduction in the value of Selective&#8217;s investment
portfolio could have a material adverse effect on its business, results of
operations, and financial condition. Levels of write down are impacted by
Selective&#8217;s assessment of the impairment, including a review of the underlying
collateral of structured securities, and the Company&#8217;s intent and ability to
hold securities which have declined in value until recovery. If the Company
determines to reposition or realign portions of the portfolio where it
determines not to hold certain securities in an unrealized loss position to
recovery, then the Company will incur an other-than-temporary impairment (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">OTTI</font>&#8221;)
charge.</font></div>
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raised the possibility of future legislative and regulatory actions, in addition
to the enactment of Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">EESA</font>&#8221;), which could
further impact Selective&#8217;s business. Selective discusses government action
further in this section. Selective cannot predict</font></div>
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in the public debt and equity markets, as well as in the private investment
marketplace, could lead to investment losses, which may adversely affect
Selective&#8217;s results of operations, financial condition, and
liquidity.</font></div>
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insurance companies, Selective depends on income from its investment portfolio
for a significant portion of its revenue and earnings. Selective is exposed to
significant financial and capital markets risks, primarily relating to interest
rates, credit spreads, equity price risks, and the changes in market value of
its alternative investment portfolio. A decline could occur as a results of,
among other things, a decrease in market liquidity, falling interest rates,
decreased dividend payment rates, negative market perception of credit risk with
respect to types of securities in the Company&#8217;s portfolio, a decline in the
performance of the underlying collateral of Selective&#8217;s structured securities,
reduced returns on the Company&#8217;s other investments, including its portfolio of
alternative investments, or general market conditions.</font></div>
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credit are subject to certain debt-to-capitalization restrictions and net worth
covenants, which could also be impacted by a significant decline in investment
value, and further OTTI charges could be necessary if there is a future
significant decline in investment values. Depending on market conditions going
forward, and in the event of extreme prolonged market events, such as the global
credit crisis, Selective could incur additional realized and unrealized losses
in future periods, which could have an adverse impact on the Company&#8217;s results
of operations, financial condition, debt and financial strength ratings, and its
ability to access capital markets as a result of realized losses, impairments,
and changes in unrealized positions.</font></div>
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can be no assurance that the Dodd-Frank Act or any other actions of the U.S.
Government, Federal Reserve, and other governmental and regulatory bodies to
reform the financial markets and provide future financial stability, will
achieve their intended effect.</font></div>
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Act, which was signed into law on July 21, 2010, is to reform the financial
markets and provide future financial stability. Among other things, the
Dodd-Frank Act heightens supervision and regulation of financial institutions,
requires strengthened capital levels, tightens oversight of credit rating
agencies, requires an overhaul of the regulation of the derivatives market, and
reforms and requires more transparency in governance and executive compensation.
The Dodd-Frank Act covers almost every aspect of financial regulation and
analysis of its practical implications is in its early stages. Implementation of
the Dodd-Frank Act will require an extraordinary amount of rulemaking and
regulators are given significant discretion. Consequently, its final shape and
practical impact are, in many respects, still to be determined. As a result, it
is presently unclear the full impact this legislation will have on Selective&#8217;s
operations.</font></div>
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the Dodd-Frank Act is not perceived by the investing public as a means to
effectively reform and provide stability to the financial markets, it could
result in a further deterioration of investor confidence in the U.S. economy and
financial markets, which could further increase constraints on the liquidity
available in the banking system and financial markets and increase pressure on
the price of Selective&#8217;s fixed income and equity portfolios. These results could
materially and adversely affect Selective&#8217;s results of operations, financial
condition, liquidity, and the trading price of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock. In the
event of future material deterioration in business conditions, Selective may
need to raise additional capital or consider other transactions to manage its
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extensive laws and regulations that are administered and enforced by a number of
different governmental authorities and non-governmental self-regulatory
agencies. In light of the current economic conditions, some of these authorities
have implemented, or may in the future implement, new or enhanced regulatory
requirements intended to restore confidence in financial institutions and reduce
the future economic events like those of the recent past. These authorities may
also seek to exercise their supervisory and enforcement authority in new or more
robust ways. Such events could affect the way Selective conducts its business
and manages its capital, and may require the Company to satisfy increased
capital requirements. These developments, if they occurred could materially
affect Selective&#8217;s results of operations, financial conditions, and
liquidity.</font></div>
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private limited partnerships.</font></div>
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alternative investments in private limited partnerships that invest in various
strategies such as private equity, mezzanine debt, distressed debt, and real
estate. As of December 31, 2009, these types of investments represented 4% of
the Company&#8217;s total invested assets. The amount and timing of income from these
partnerships tends to be variable as a result of the performance and investment
state of the underlying investments. The timing of the distributions from the
partnerships, which depends on particular events relating to the underlying
investments, as well as the partnerships&#8217; schedules for making distributions and
their need for cash, can be difficult to predict. As a result, the amount of
income that Selective records from these investments can vary substantially from
quarter-to-quarter. Pursuant to the various limited partnership agreements of
these partnerships, Selective is committed for the full life of each fund and
cannot redeem its investment with the general partner. Liquidation is only
triggered by certain clauses within the limited partnership agreements or at the
funds&#8217; stated end date, at which time Selective will receive its final
allocation of capital and any earned appreciation of the underlying investments.
In addition, Selective is also subject to potential future capital calls in the
aggregate amount of approximately $103 million as of December 31,
2009.</font></div>
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arising from the fact that the determination of the fair value of these types of
investments is inherently subjective. The general partner of each of these
partnerships generally reports the change in the fair value of the interests in
the partnership on a one quarter lag because of the nature of the underlying
assets or liabilities. Since these partnerships&#8217; underlying investments consist
primarily of assets or liabilities for which there are no quoted prices in
active markets for the same or similar assets, the valuation of interests in
these partnerships are subject to a higher level of subjectivity and
unobservable inputs than substantially all of Selective&#8217;s other investments.
Pursuant to guidance under the FASB Accounting Standards Codification each of
these general partners are required to determine fair value by the price
obtainable for the sale of the interest at the time of determination. Valuations
based on unobservable inputs are subject to greater scrutiny and reconsideration
from one reporting period to the next and therefore, the changes in the fair
value of these investments may be subject to significant fluctuations which
could lead to significant decreases in their fair value from one reporting
period to the next. Since Selective records its investments in these various
partnerships under the equity method of accounting, any decreases in the
valuation of these investments would negatively impact its results of
operations.</font></div>
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valuation of Selective&#8217;s investments include methodologies, estimations, and
assumptions which are subject to differing interpretations and could result in
changes to investment valuations that may adversely affect its results of
operations or financial condition.</font></div>
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investments, which are reported at fair value on the consolidated balance sheet,
represented the majority of Selective&#8217;s total cash and invested assets as of
December 31, 2009. As required under accounting rules, Selective has categorized
these securities into a three-level hierarchy, based on the priority of the
inputs to the respective valuation technique. The fair value hierarchy gives the
highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities (Level 1), the next priority to quoted prices in markets that are
not active or inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly,
including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities or in markets that are
not active and other inputs that can be derived principally from, or
corroborated by, observable market data for substantially the full term of the
assets or liabilities (Level 2) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs
supported by little or no market activity and that reflect the reporting
entity&#8217;s own assumptions about the exit price, including assumptions that market
participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (Level 3). An asset or
liability&#8217;s classification within the fair value hierarchy is based on the
lowest level of significant input to its valuation. Selective generally uses a
combination of independent pricing services and broker quotes to price its
investment securities. At December 31, 2009, approximately 18% and 82% of these
securities represented Level 1 and Level 2, respectively. However, prices
provided by independent pricing services and independent broker quotes can vary
widely even for the same security. Rapidly changing and unprecedented credit and
equity market conditions could materially impact the valuation of securities as
reported within the Company&#8217;s consolidated financial statements and the
period-to-period changes in value could vary significantly. Decreases in value
may have a material adverse effect on Selective&#8217;s financial condition and may
result in an increase in non-cash OTTI charges.</font></div>
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determination of the amount of impairments taken on Selective&#8217;s investment is
highly subjective and could materially impact its results of operations or
financial position.</font></div>
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impairments taken on Selective&#8217;s investments is based on its periodic evaluation
and assessment of its investments and known and inherent risks associated with
the various asset classes. Such evaluations and assessments are revised as
conditions change and new information becomes available. Management updates its
evaluations regularly and reflects changes in impairments as the evaluations are
revised. There can be no assurance that Selective&#8217;s management has accurately
assessed the level of impairments taken as reflected in its financial
statements. Furthermore, additional impairments may need to be taken in the
future. Historical trends may not be indicative of future
impairments.</font></div>
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equity security, is impaired if its fair value falls below its carrying value
and the decline is considered to be other-than-temporary. Selective regularly
reviews its entire investment portfolio for declines in value. Management&#8217;s
assessment of a decline in value includes, but is not limited to, current
judgment as to the financial position and future prospects of the security
issuer as well as general market conditions. For fixed maturity securities, if
the Company believes that a decline in the value of a particular investment is
temporary, and it does not have the intent to sell these securities and doer not
believe it will be required to sell these securities before recovery, Selective
records the decline as an unrealized loss in accumulated other comprehensive
income for those securities that are designated as available-for-sale.
Selective&#8217;s assessment of whether an equity security is
other-than-temporarily-impaired also includes its intent-to-hold the security in
the near term. If the Company believes the decline is other-than-temporary it
writes down the carrying value of the investment and record a realized loss in
its consolidated statements of income. </font></div>
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considers a wide range of factors about the security issuer and uses its best
judgment in evaluating the cause of the decline in the estimate fair value of
the security and in assessing the prospects for near-term recovery. Inherent in
management&#8217;s evaluation of the security are assumptions and estimates about the
operations of the issuer and its future earnings potential. Consideration in the
impairment evaluation process include, but are not limited to: (i) whether the
decline appears to be issuer or industry specific; (ii) the relationship of
market prices per share to book value per share at the date of acquisition and
date of evaluation; (iii) the price-earnings ratio at the time of acquisition
and date of evaluation; (iv) the financial condition and near-term prospects of
the issuer, including any specific events that may influence the issuer&#8217;s
operations; (v) the recent income or loss of the issuer; (vi) the independent
auditors&#8217; report on the issuer&#8217;s recent financial statements; (vii) the dividend
policy of the issuer at the date of acquisition and the date of evaluation;
(viii) any buy/hold/sell recommendations or price projections published by
outside investment advisors; (ix) any rating agency announcements; (x) the
length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than
cost/amortized cost; and (xi) the evaluation of projected cash flows under
various economic and default scenarios.</font></div>
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in tax laws impacting marginal tax rates and/or the preferred tax treatment of
municipal obligations could adversely impact Selective&#8217;s business.</font></div>
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preference of municipal obligations under current law could adversely affect the
market value of municipal obligations. At December 31, 2009, 40% of Selective&#8217;s
investment portfolio was invested in tax-exempt municipal obligations; as such,
the value of its investment portfolio could be adversely affected by any such
legislation. Additionally, any such changes in tax law could reduce the
difference between tax-exempt interest rates and taxable rates.</font></div>
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General Operations</font></font></div>
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risks, including human or systems failures, are inherent in Selective&#8217;s
business.</font></div>
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from, among other things, fraud, errors, failure to document transactions
properly or to obtain proper internal authorization, failure to comply with
regulatory requirements, information technology failures, or external
events.</font></div>
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underwriting and information technology and application systems are critical to
its business. Selective expects its information technology and application
systems to remain an important</font></div>
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its underwriting process and its ability to compete successfully. Selective has
also licensed certain systems and data from third parties. The Company cannot be
certain that it will have access to these, or comparable, service providers, or
that its information technology or application systems will continue to operate
as intended. A major defect or failure in the Company&#8217;s internal controls or
information technology and application systems could result in management
distraction; harm its reputation, or increases in expenses. Selective believes
appropriate controls and mitigation procedures are in place to prevent
significant risk of defect in its internal controls, information technology and
application systems, but internal controls provide only a reasonable, not
absolute, assurance as to the absence of errors or irregularities and any
ineffectiveness of such controls and procedures could have a significant and
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Selective&#8217;s businesses is dependent on its ability to attract and retain key
employees, in particular its senior officers, key management, sales, information
systems, underwriting, claims, and corporate personnel. Competition to attract
and retain key personnel is intense. While Selective has employment agreements
with a number of key managers, all of its employees are at-will employees and it
cannot ensure that it will be able to attract and retain key personnel. As of
December 31, 2009, Selective&#8217;s workforce had an average age of approximately 46
and approximately 20% of its workforce was retirement eligible under the
Company&#8217;s retirement and benefit plans.</font></div>
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Selective experiences difficulties with outsourcing relationships, its ability
to conduct its business might be negatively impacted.</font></div>
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and administrative functions to third parties and may do so increasingly in the
future. If Selective fails to develop and implement its outsourcing strategies
or its third party providers fail to perform as anticipated, it may experience
operational difficulties, increased costs and a loss of business that may have a
material adverse effect on the Company&#8217;s results of operations or financial
condition. By outsourcing certain business and administrative functions to third
parties, Selective may be exposed to enhanced risk of data security breaches.
Any breach of data security could damage the Company&#8217;s reputation and/or result
in monetary damages, which, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on the
Company&#8217;s results of operations or financial condition.</font></div>
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is subject to a variety of modeling risks which could have a material adverse
impact on its business results.</font></div>
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models, such as predictive modeling, Risk Management Solutions, Enterprise Risk
Management, and the ALGO risk tool, which have been developed internally or by
third parties to analyze historical loss costs and pricing, trends in claims
severity and frequency, the occurrence of catastrophe losses, investment
performance, and portfolio risk. Flaws in these financial models and/or faulty
assumptions used by these financial models, could lead to increased losses. For
example, the ALGO risk tool uses value-at-risk (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">VaR</font>&#8221;) as a method to
evaluate portfolio risk. VaR is a probabilistic method of measuring the
potential loss in portfolio value over a given time period and for a given
distribution of historical returns. Portfolio risk, as measured by VaR, is
affected by four primary risk factors: asset concentration, asset volatility,
asset correlation, and systematic risk. While VaR models are relatively
sophisticated, the quantitative market risk information generated is limited by
the assumptions and parameters established in creating the related models.
Selective believes that statistical models alone do not provide a reliable
method of monitoring and controlling market risk. Therefore, the models are
tools and do not substitute for the experience or judgment of senior
management.</font></div>
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has significant deferred tax assets which it may be unable to use if it does not
generate sufficient future taxable income.</font></div>
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carryforward, capital loss carryforward, and tax credit carryforward as of
December 31, 2009. The Company has sufficient capital loss carryback capacity as
of December 31, 2009 to absorb the current realized capital losses. In the
future, the Company would be required to establish a valuation allowance if: (i)
it runs out of capital loss carryback capacity; (ii) there are no valid tax
planning strategies to generate taxable income of the appropriate character
(i.e. ordinary loss or capital loss); and (iii) it is determined
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will be generated. The establishment of a valuation allowance would have an
adverse effect on Selective&#8217;s financial condition and results of
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Corporate Structure and Governance</font></font></div>
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is a holding company and its ability to declare dividends to its shareholders
and pay indebtedness may be limited because its insurance subsidiaries are
regulated.</font></div>
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Insurance Subsidiaries to pay dividends, loans, or advances to the Company may
materially affect its ability to pay dividends on its Common Stock or repay its
indebtedness.</font></div>
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Company from its insurance subsidiaries are subject to the approval and/or
review of the insurance regulators in the states where the subsidiaries are
organized. The standards for review of the transactions are whether: (i) the
terms and charges are fair and reasonable; and (ii) after the transaction, the
insurance subsidiary&#8217;s surplus for policyholders is reasonable in relation to
its outstanding liabilities and financial needs. Although dividends and loans to
the Company from its insurance subsidiaries historically have been approved,
Selective can make no assurance that future dividends and loans will be
approved.</font></div>
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Selective is an insurance holding company and a New Jersey corporation,
potential acquirers may be discouraged and the value of its Common Stock could
be adversely affected.</font></div>
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holding company that owns insurance subsidiaries, anyone who seeks to acquire
10% or more of Company stock must seek prior approval from the insurance
regulators in the states in which Selective&#8217;s subsidiaries are organized and
must file extensive information regarding its business operations and
finances.</font></div>
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New Jersey law, provisions in its certificate of incorporation (as amended) also
may discourage, delay, or prevent it from being acquired,
including:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>Under the New Jersey Shareholders&#8217;
Protection Act, Selective may not engage in specified business combinations with
a shareholder having indirect or direct beneficial ownership of 10% or more of
the voting power of the Company&#8217;s outstanding stock (an &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">interested
shareholder</font>&#8221;) for a period of five years after the date the shareholder
became an interested shareholder, unless the business combination is approved by
Selective&#8217;s Board before the date they became an interested shareholder.
Selective also may never engage in any business combination with any interested
shareholder except: (i) a business combination approved by the Board prior to
the date they became an interested shareholder; (ii) a business combination
approved by two-thirds of its shareholders (other than the interested
shareholder); or (iii) a business combination that satisfies certain price
criteria.</font></div>
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certificate of incorporation and New Jersey law could have the effect of
depriving its stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium over its
Common Stock&#8217;s prevailing market price in the event of a hostile takeover and
may adversely affect the value of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></div>
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PLAN</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">General</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Board
of Directors of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Board</font>&#8221;) adopted the
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan for Independent Insurance
Agencies and the Salary and Employee Benefits Committee of the Board approved
the Amended and Restated Selective Insurance Group, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan for
Independent Insurance Agencies (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Plan</font>&#8221;) to motivate
independent insurance agencies that sell products and services for Selective&#8217;s
insurance subsidiaries by enabling them to participate in Selective&#8217;s long-term
growth and success and to help align their success with those interests of
Selective&#8217;s stockholders. The Plan was adopted at Selective&#8217;s 2006 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, held on April 26, 2006. The Plan was amended and
restated effective July 27, 2010.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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allows Selective&#8217;s independent insurance agencies and their eligible principals,
key employees, and benefit plans, as described further below, to purchase shares
of its Common Stock at a discount. Participants in the Plan may purchase shares
with cash or elect to apply all or a portion of their earned cash commissions
and/or distributions from Selective&#8217;s supplemental commission program for agents
to the purchase of shares of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock under the Plan. Each
eligible insurance agency, together with its affiliated participants, may invest
up to the maximum contribution amount (as described in the chart below) per
calendar quarter under the Plan. Selective offers shares of its Common Stock
under the Plan at a 10% discount from market value on the date of purchase, and
participants pay no brokerage commissions or other charges on their purchases of
shares under the Plan.</font></div>
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                                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
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                                <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="88%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                                <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
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                                <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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Premiums include all written premiums, less cancellations and returns, recorded
by the Company and its insurance subsidiaries, but do not include:</font></div>
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      association, or other insurance program required by
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            <td>
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            <td>
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      Committee of the Board may exclude from this
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minimum purchase amount is required for purchases under the Plan by a
participant per calendar quarter. If a participant does not purchase $100 of
Common Stock in a calendar quarter, any amounts below the minimum will be
refunded, without interest, to the participant by check as soon as practicable
after the end of the quarter.</font></div>
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are purchased under the Plan generally on the first day of March, June,
September, and December of each year or the next succeeding business day.
Selective does not guarantee that dividends will be paid, and Selective can
designate other dates as purchase dates. Selective does not pay any interest on
cash payments it receives under the Plan.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Participation
in the Plan</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Eligibility</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each
independent insurance agency under contract with any of Selective&#8217;s insurance
subsidiaries to promote and sell Selective&#8217;s insurance products, other than
agencies that promote and sell only Selective&#8217;s subsidiaries&#8217; flood insurance
products, is eligible to participate in the Plan and to purchase shares of
Selective&#8217;s Common Stock under the Plan. Also eligible to purchase shares under
the Plan are:</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      principals, general partners, officers and stockholders of, and designated
      by, an eligible agency (collectively, &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Principals</font>&#8221;);</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
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          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Key
      employees of eligible agencies designated by an eligible agency (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Key
      Employees</font>&#8221;); and</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
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          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
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            </td>
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Symbol, serif">&#183;</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Individual
      retirement plans of Principals and Key Employees, Keogh plans of
      Principals and Key Employees; and employee benefit plans of, and
      designated by, an eligible agency (collectively with Principals and Key
      Employees, &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Eligible
      Persons</font>&#8221;).</font></div>
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          </tr>
      </table>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
administrator of the Plan will determine whether any insurance agency, or any
entity, individual person, or employee benefit plan designated by an agency is
eligible to participate in the Plan. Eligible agencies, entities, and individual
persons are under no obligation to participate in the Plan or to purchase shares
of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock under the Plan. The Plan is for the benefit only of
independent insurance agencies under contract with Selective&#8217;s insurance
subsidiaries and their Eligible Persons. No other persons can be direct or
indirect beneficiaries or participants in the Plan. Selective will not be
obligated under any arrangements between an agency and its producers or other
employees.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">How
to Enroll in the Plan</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Selective
provides to each insurance agency the following documents and
materials:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
      </font></div>
            </td>
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Symbol, serif">&#183;</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
      copy of the Plan;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
      </font></div>
            </td>
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Symbol, serif">&#183;</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">An
      enrollment/purchase form;</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
      </font></div>
            </td>
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Symbol, serif">&#183;</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Copies
      of this prospectus and any prospectus supplements;
  and</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div>
      <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
      </font></div>
            </td>
            <td style="WIDTH: 18pt">
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Symbol, serif">&#183;</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Copies
      of Selective&#8217;s most recent Annual
Report.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If an
agency or its affiliated Eligible Persons wish to participate in the Plan, the
agency must complete and sign the enrollment-purchase form and return it to
Selective at:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Selective
Insurance Group, Inc.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">40
Wantage Avenue</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Branchville,
New Jersey 07890</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Attention:
Billing Services ASPP</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(973)
948-1990</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Agencies
can obtain additional forms on eSelect<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">&#174;</font>,<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super"> </font>in the
&#8220;My Agency&#8221; tab, or by writing or calling Selective at the above address and
telephone number.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">An
eligible agency or its affiliated Eligible Persons will become a participant in
the Plan (i) after the entity or person has received a copy of the Plan, this
prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or supplements, and Selective&#8217;s
most recent Annual Report, (ii) after Selective has received a properly
completed enrollment/purchase form signed by the Eligible Person and on behalf
of the agency, and (iii) if the person or entity has not been determined to be
ineligible by the Plan&#8217;s administrators.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
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        <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">19</font></div>
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      </div>
      <div id="HDR">
        <div id="GLHDR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;
</font></div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">How
to Purchase Shares of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Once each
calendar quarter, and prior to each purchase date, Selective provides
enrollment/purchase forms to each agency. There is a place on the form for each
agency to designate (i) the dollar amount to be invested on the next purchase
date, (ii) how much of that amount is to be paid in cash, (iii) how much of that
amount is to be deducted from monthly payments of earned cash commissions, and
(iv) how much of that amount is to be deducted from distributions under
Selective&#8217;s supplemental commission program for agents. There is also a place on
the form to designate a percentage of earned cash commissions and/or
supplemental commission distributions to be invested for each applicable
participant on the next purchase date.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Changes
to, or revocation of, a participant&#8217;s percentage deduction from monthly payments
of earned cash commissions (as defined below) must be received in writing by the
25th of the month, or the previous business day if the 25th is not a business
day, to be effective for that month. Such changes to earned cash commission
deductions will be applied to the next practicable quarterly purchase date, as
follows:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div>
      <div align="left">
        <div align="left">
          <div align="left">
            <div align="left">
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                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Changes
      relating to the Percentage of Deductions from Monthly Payments of Earned
      Cash Commissions made by the 25th of:</font></div>
                                                </td>
                                                <td valign="top" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="48%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Will
      be Applied to the Contribution Amount for the Purchase Date
      for:</font></div>
                                                </td>
                                              </tr>
                                              <tr>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">November,
      December, January</font></div>
                                                </td>
                                                <td valign="top" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="48%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">March</font></div>
                                                </td>
                                              </tr>
                                              <tr>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">February,
      March, April</font></div>
                                                </td>
                                                <td valign="top" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="48%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">June</font></div>
                                                </td>
                                              </tr>
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                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">May,
      June, July</font></div>
                                                </td>
                                                <td valign="top" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="48%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">September</font></div>
                                                </td>
                                              </tr>
                                              <tr>
                                                <td align="left" valign="top" width="50%" style="PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid">
                                                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">August,
      September, October</font></div>
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participant&#8217;s percentage designation will remain in effect until revoked or
modified in writing by the participant as set forth above.</font></div>
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participant&#8217;s percentage deduction from a distribution under the supplemental
commission program must be received in writing by the Company by the 7th day of
February, or the previous business day if the 7th is not a business day, to be
applied to the contribution amount for the next March purchase date. Such
changes to the supplemental commission deductions will remain in effect until
revoked or modified in writing by the participant. The contribution amount
designation regarding cash shall only remain in effect for the next purchase
date.</font></div>
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commissions</font>&#8221; means commissions that are fully earned and due and payable
to a participating agency for personal and commercial direct bill policies after
all offsetting debits and credits are applied, as determined solely from
Selective and its subsidiaries&#8217; records.</font></div>
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enrollment/purchase form must also be completed by each Eligible Person who
wishes to participate in the Plan, and must include:</font></div>
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address;</font></div>
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      number;</font></div>
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      earned cash commissions or distributions from the supplemental commission
      program, the percentage of the total amount of commission or supplemental
      commission distribution, as applicable, to be invested in shares of
      Selective&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></div>
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addition, participants must sign their enrollment/purchase form certifying to
Selective receipt of a copy of the Plan, this prospectus and any prospectus
supplements, and a copy of Selective&#8217;s most recent Annual Report. Enrollment in
the plan for a particular purchase date is irrevocable after the applicable
Contribution Date (as defined below). The form must be signed by the agency and
each affiliated participant shown<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> </font>on the
form.</font></div>
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completed forms and necessary payments must be received by Selective at least 10
business days prior to the applicable purchase date (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Contribution Date</font>&#8221;).
If necessary payments are not received by the applicable Contribution Date, the
purchase will not be effected and any payments received after the Contribution
Date will be returned.</font></div>
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Shares and Accounts</font></div>
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uses a book-entry system for shares purchased under the Plan. When a participant
makes its first purchase of shares under the Plan, Selective establishes an
account for the participant with Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, Selective&#8217;s
transfer agent and registrar. Each time a participant purchase shares, the
shares are credited to the participant&#8217;s account and Selective registers the
shares on the Company&#8217;s stock records. Participants will receive a written
account statement from Wells Fargo Shareowner Services each time the participant
purchases shares.</font></div>
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purchased under the Plan will be restricted for a period of one year beginning
on the purchase date and expiring on the first anniversary of that purchase
date. During this one-year restricted period, a participant cannot sell,
transfer, pledge, assign, or dispose of its shares in any way. During this
period, a participant&#8217;s shares will be held in the participant&#8217;s account at
Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, and the participant may not have share
certificates issued. However, the participant will be able to vote its shares
during this period and will receive any dividends declared by the Board.
Participants will own all of the shares in their account and none of the shares
will be subject to forfeiture.</font></div>
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the expiration of the one-year restricted period, a participant can request,
in<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic"> </font>writing to Wells
Fargo Shareowner Services, that its shares be transferred or sold, that
certificates be issued, or that the participant&#8217;s account be
closed.</font></div>
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eligible agency or person closes its account, it can re-enroll in the Plan at
any time that it is eligible to participate in the Plan by sending a new
completed enrollment/purchase form to Selective.</font></div>
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maximum number of shares of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock issuable under the Plan is
3,000,000, subject to adjustment as described below. Selective makes the shares
available from Selective&#8217;s authorized but unissued shares or from treasury
stock, including shares purchased by the Company in the open
market.</font></div>
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event that the Board determines that any stock dividend or other distribution,
extraordinary cash dividend, stock split or reverse stock split,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off,
combination, exchange of shares, warrants, rights offering to purchase shares of
Common Stock at a price substantially below fair market value, or other similar
corporate transaction or event affects the Common Stock so that an adjustment is
required in order to preserve the benefits or potential benefits intended to be
made available under the Plan, then the Board may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, adjust any or all of the number and type of shares which may be
available under the Plan.</font></div>
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pays dividends, as and when declared by the Board, to the record holders of
shares of its Common Stock. As the record holder of shares of Selective&#8217;s Common
Stock purchased under the Plan, participants will receive dividends, if any, in
cash for all shares registered in the participant&#8217;s name on the record
date.</font></div><br>
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dividend payable in Common Stock or any split shares distributed by Selective on
shares purchased under the Plan will be deposited in the participant&#8217;s account
at Wells Fargo Shareowner Services. Any shares received as the result of a stock
split will be subject to the same transfer restrictions as the shares purchased
under the Plan. Shares received as dividends will not be subjected to any
transfer restrictions.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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in the Plan are also eligible to participate in Selective&#8217;s dividend
reinvestment plan on the terms and conditions of that plan. If a participant
elects to participate in Selective&#8217;s dividend reinvestment plan, it will be
entitled to reinvest its dividends to purchase additional shares of Selective&#8217;s
Common Stock. There is no discount on the purchase of shares under Selective&#8217;s
dividend reinvestment plan. The transfer restrictions applicable to shares
purchased under the Plan will not apply to any shares purchased under
Selective&#8217;s dividend reinvestment plan. Information about Selective&#8217;s dividend
reinvestment plan can be obtained from Selective or from Wells Fargo Shareowner
Services.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Other
Stockholder Rights; Information Reporting</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
Selective has a rights offering, participants in the Plan will be entitled to
participate based upon their total share holdings. Rights on shares purchased
under the program and registered in the name of a Plan participant will be
mailed directly to that participant in the same manner as to stockholders not
participating in the Plan.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each
participant in the Plan will receive Selective&#8217;s annual and other periodic or
quarterly reports issued to stockholders, notices of stockholder meetings and
proxy statements, and Internal Revenue Service information for reporting
dividends paid and income resulting from the discount on the purchase of shares
under the Plan.</font></div>
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participant will be entitled to vote the shares purchased under the Plan and
registered in that participant&#8217;s name on a record date for a meeting of
stockholders. A participant may vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
stockholders.</font></div>
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is administered by the Salary and Employee Benefits Committee of the Board (the
&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Committee</font>&#8221;) or
its designee. The Committee has the authority, in its sole discretion, subject
to the express provisions of the Plan, to administer the Plan and to exercise
all the powers and authorities either specifically granted to it under the Plan
or necessary or advisable in the administration of the Plan, including the
authority to:</font></div>
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            <td>
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Committee will not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith
with respect to the Plan.</font></div>
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Fargo Shareowner Services is the Plan agent to perform custodial and
record-keeping functions for the Plan, such as holding record title to the
participants&#8217; shares, maintaining an individual investment account for each
participant, and providing periodic account status reports to each
participant.</font></div>
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enrollment/purchase forms should be sent to the Company at the following
address:</font></div>
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Wantage Avenue</font></div>
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New Jersey 07890</font></div>
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inquiries may be directed to the Company at (973) 948-1990 or via e-mail at
AgentStockPlan@selective.com.</font></div>
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account inquiries and correspondence should be sent to:</font></div>
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64854</font></div>
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877-6351.</font></div>
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Company pays all of its administrative expenses related to the Plan. Plan
participants pay no brokers commissions or administrative or other charges for
purchases of Common Stock under the Plan.</font></div>
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the Board or the Committee may amend, revise, suspend, or terminate the Plan at
any time and in any respect whatsoever; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">however</font>, that stockholder
approval will be required for any such amendment if and to the extent approval
is required in order to comply with applicable law or any stock exchange listing
requirement.</font></div>
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under the Plan are not transferable by a participant other than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution and are exercisable during the participant&#8217;s
lifetime only by the participant.</font></div>
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in the Plan or any enrollment/purchase form confers an obligation on the Company
or any of its independent insurance agencies to employ or continue the
employment or service of any participant for any specified period of time and
does not lessen, affect, or interfere with the Company&#8217;s or any of its
independent insurance agency&#8217;s right to terminate the employment or service of
any participant at any time or for any reason not prohibited by
law.</font></div>
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is construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of New
Jersey without reference to its principles of conflicts of law.</font></div>
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following discussion summarizes certain United States federal income tax
consequences of the purchase of stock under the Plan. The summary does not
purport to address federal employment tax or other federal tax consequences, or
state, local, or foreign tax consequences that may be associated with the Plan.
In addition, this summary does not purport to address the special tax rules that
may apply to the purchase under the Plan and the sale of shares acquired through
the Plan by individual retirement plans of Principals and Key Employees, by
Keogh plans of Principals and Key Employees and by employee benefit plans of an
eligible agency. Further, the summary is based on the law as in effect on the
date of this registration statement.</font></div>
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participant does not realize taxable income when the participant&#8217;s participation
in the Plan begins (i.e., the first day of the enrollment period in the Plan).
However, a participant will, at the time shares are purchased, recognize as
ordinary income (determined without reduction for brokerage fees or other costs
paid in connection with the disposition) an amount equal to the excess of the
fair market value of the shares on the date of purchase over the purchase
price.</font></div>
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participant disposes of shares acquired through the Plan, he or she will
recognize either a capital gain or loss, depending upon whether the shares or
disposed of for more or less than the fair market value of the shares on the
date of purchase. Special rules apply in the case of death.</font></div>
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gain is short-term if the shares have been held one year or less, and long-term
if held more than one year. The holding period for a share acquired under the
Plan begins on the purchase date.</font></div>
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authorized capital stock of Selective consists of 360,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, $2.00 par value, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, without par
value. As of June 30, 2010, there were issued and outstanding 53,418,161 shares
of Common Stock. Selective had no preferred stock issued and
outstanding.</font></div>
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following is a description of the material terms of Selective&#8217;s capital
stock:</font></div>
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shares of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock have equal rights. The holders of shares of
Selective&#8217;s Common Stock, subject to the preferential rights of the holders of
any shares of the Company&#8217;s preferred stock, are entitled to dividends when and
as declared by the Board. The holders of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock have one vote
per share on all matters submitted to a vote of its stockholders and the right
to its net assets in liquidation after payment of any amounts due to creditors
and any amounts due to the holders of the Company&#8217;s preferred stock. Holders of
shares of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock are not entitled as a matter of right to any
preemptive or subscription rights and are not entitled to cumulative voting for
directors. All outstanding shares of Selective&#8217;s Common Stock are, and the
shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan will be, fully paid and
nonassessable.</font></div>
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annual meeting of stockholders will be held </font>a business day and at a time
to be affixed by the Board during the last week in April in each year <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">at Selective&#8217;s principal office or at
another time, date and place as is designated by the Board. A written notice of
meeting must be given to each stockholder at least ten (10) days before the
meeting.</font></font></div>
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transfer agent and registrar for Selective&#8217;s Common Stock is Wells Fargo
Shareowner Services, P.O. Box 64854, St. Paul, Minnesota
55164-0854.</font></div>
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Selective&#8217;s certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue up
to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series with the
designations and the relative voting, dividend, liquidation, conversion,
redemption, and other rights and preferences fixed by the Board. The Board can
issue preferred stock without any approval by Selective&#8217;s stockholders. On
November 3, 1989, the Board created a series of preferred stock designated as
Series A Junior Preferred Stock</font></div>
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Selective&#8217;s certificate of incorporation, a merger, consolidation, sale of all
or substantially all of the Company&#8217;s assets, or other business combination
involving an interested stockholder holding 10% or more of the voting power of
its capital stock requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of its outstanding
voting stock unless the transaction has been approved by a majority of those
members of the Board who are not affiliated with the interested stockholder or
unless the interested stockholder offers a fair price and reasonably uniform
terms to all other stockholders, as described in Selective&#8217;s certificate of
incorporation. The vote of two-thirds of the Company&#8217;s outstanding voting stock
is required to amend or repeal these provisions.</font></div>
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insurance laws require prior approval by state insurance departments of any
acquisition of control of an insurance company domiciled in the state or a
company which controls an insurance company domiciled in the state. For this
purpose, control generally includes ownership of 10% or more of the voting
securities of, or the possession of proxies representing 10% or more, of an
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December 31, 2009 and 2008, and for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 2009, have been incorporated by reference herein and in the
registration statement in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent
registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon
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SEC. The public may read and copy any materials on file with the SEC at the
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