Schedule - Supplementary Insurance Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Disclosure - Schedule - Supplementary Insurance Information [Abstract]

Schedule - Supplementary Insurance Information

SCHEDULE IV

SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC. AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

SUPPLEMENTARY INSURANCE INFORMATION

Year ended December 31, 2011

								Amortization
		Deferred	Reserve				Losses	of deferred
		policy	for losses		Net	Net	and loss	policy	Other	Net
		acquisition	and loss	Unearned	premiums	investment	expenses	acquisition	operating	premiums
($ in thousands)		costs	expenses	premiums	earned	income¹	incurred	costs²	expenses²	written
Insurance Operations Segment	$	214,069	3,144,924	906,991	1,439,313	-	1,074,987	430,786	40,458	1,485,349
Investments Segment		-	-	-	-	149,683	-	-	-	-
Total	$	214,069	3,144,924	906,991	1,439,313	149,683	1,074,987	430,786	40,458	1,485,349

¹	Includes "Net investment income earned" and "Net realized investment gains" on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

²	The total of "Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs" of $430,786 and "Other operating expenses" of $40,458 reconciles to the Consolidated Statements of Income as follows:

Policy acquisition costs	$	469,739
Other income³		(8,069)
Other expenses³		9,574
Total	$	471,244

³	In addition to amounts related to the Insurance Operations segment, "Other income" and "Other expenses" on the Consolidated Statements of Income includes holding company income and expense amounts of $410 and $16,850, respectively.

Year ended December 31, 2010

								Amortization
		Deferred	Reserve				Losses	of deferred
		policy	for losses		Net	Net	and loss	policy	Other	Net
		acquisition	and loss	Unearned	premiums	investment	expenses	acquisition	operating	premiums
($ in thousands)		costs	expenses	premiums	earned	income¹	incurred	costs²	expenses²	written
Insurance Operations Segment	$	209,627	2,830,058	823,596	1,416,598	-	982,118	429,524	27,123	1,390,541
Investments Segment		-	-	-	-	138,625	-	-	-	-
Total	$	209,627	2,830,058	823,596	1,416,598	138,625	982,118	429,524	27,123	1,390,541

¹	Includes "Net investment income earned" and "Net realized investment gains" on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

²	The total of "Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs" of $429,524 and "Other operating expenses" of $27,123 reconciles to the Consolidated Statements of Income as follows:

Policy acquisition costs	$	458,045
Other income³		(9,230)
Other expenses³		7,832
Total	$	456,647

³	In addition to amounts related to the Insurance Operations segment, "Other income" and "Other expenses" on the Consolidated Statements of Income includes holding company income and expense amounts of $168 and $16,054, respectively.

Year ended December 31, 2009

								Amortization
		Deferred	Reserve				Losses	of deferred
		policy	for losses		Net	Net	and loss	policy	Other	Net
		acquisition	and loss	Unearned	premiums	investment	expenses	acquisition	operating	premiums
($ in thousands)		costs	expenses	premiums	earned	income¹	incurred	costs²	expenses²	written
Insurance Operations Segment	$	218,601	2,745,799	844,847	1,431,047	-	971,905	428,554	28,202	1,422,655
Investments Segment		-	-	-	-	72,501	-	-	-	-
Total	$	218,601	2,745,799	844,847	1,431,047	72,501	971,905	428,554	28,202	1,422,655

¹	Includes "Net investment income earned" and "Net realized investment gains" on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

²	The total of "Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs" of $428,554 and "Other operating expenses" of $28,202 reconciles to the Consolidated Statements of Income as follows:

Policy acquisition costs	$	457,424
Other income³		(10,440)
Other expenses³		9,772
Total	$	456,756

³	In addition to amounts related to the Insurance Operations segment, "Other income" and "Other expenses" on the Consolidated Statements of Income includes holding company income and expense amounts of $30 and $16,345, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for required supplementary insurance information giving segment detail in support of various balance sheet and income statement captions. The balance sheet information generally is presented as of the date of each audited balance sheet filed, and the income statement information generally is presented for each period for which an audited income statement is required to be filed. Supplementary insurance information table includes segment name; deferred policy acquisition costs; future policy benefits, losses, claims and loss expenses; unearned premiums; other policy claims and benefits payable; premium revenue; net investment income; benefits, claims, losses and settlement expenses; amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs; other operating expenses; and premiums written.

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