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Schedule - Allowance for Uncollectible Premiums and Other Receivables

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Allowance for Uncollectible Premiums and Other Receivables [Abstract]

Allowance for Uncollectible Premiums and Other Receivables

 

SCHEDULE II

SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC. AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE PREMIUMS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

Years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009

($ in thousands)		2011		2010		2009
Balance, January 1	$	8,091		8,380		7,006
Additions		4,990		5,003		6,535
Deductions		(5,413)		(5,292)		(5,161)
Balance, December 31	$	7,668		8,091		8,380

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- Definition

The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 09

-Article 12



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690

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