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Statutory Financial Information, Capital Requirements, and Restrictions on Dividends and Transfers of Funds (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Insurance [Abstract] |
Dividend Paid To Parent [Table Text Block] |
Dividends |  |  |  | Twelve Months ended December 31, 2012
($ in millions) |  | State of Domicile |  | Ordinary Dividends Paid |  | Extraordinary Dividends Paid |  | Total Dividends Paid
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 28.7 |  |  | 141.1 |  |  | 169.8 |
SWIC |  | New Jersey |  | 20.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 20.5 |
SICSC |  | Indiana |  | 0.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.8 |
SICSE |  | Indiana |  | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.5 |
SICNY |  | New York |  | 2.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.9 |
SICNE |  | New Jersey |  | 1.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.0 |
SAICNJ |  | New Jersey |  | 0.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.6 |
MUSIC |  | New Jersey |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
SCIC |  | New Jersey |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
SFCIC |  | New Jersey |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 55.0 |  |  | 141.1 |  |  | 196.1 |
Insurance Subsidiaries Statutory Surplus Data |
|  | State of Domicile |  | Unassigned Surplus |  | Statutory Surplus |  | Statutory Net Income
($ in millions) |  |  |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 246.2 |  |  | 360.7 |  |  | 369.9 |  |  | 507.4 |  |  | 29.8 |  |  | 15.2 |  |  | 55.4 |
Selective Way Insurance Company ("SWIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 167.6 |  |  | 169.1 |  |  | 211.2 |  |  | 221.7 |  |  | 10.1 |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | 6.2 |
Selective Insurance Company of South Carolina ("SICSC") |  | Indiana |  | 70.1 |  |  | 65.5 |  |  | 91.4 |  |  | 90.5 |  |  | 2.8 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 7.3 |
Selective Insurance Company of the Southeast ("SICSE") |  | Indiana |  | 50.1 |  |  | 46.8 |  |  | 69.7 |  |  | 69.3 |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 5.2 |
Selective Insurance Company of New York ("SICNY") |  | New York |  | 45.3 |  |  | 43.0 |  |  | 72.6 |  |  | 73.3 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | 6.9 |
Selective Insurance Company of New England ("SICNE") |  | New Jersey |  | 2.7 |  |  | 3.8 |  |  | 32.5 |  |  | 14.3 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.8 |
Selective Auto Insurance Company of New Jersey ("SAICNJ") |  | New Jersey |  | 7.6 |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | 45.9 |  |  | 46.3 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 5.1 |
Mesa Underwriters Specialty Insurance Company ("MUSIC") |  | New Jersey |  | (14.9 | ) |  | (15.4 | ) |  | 53.6 |  |  | 39.9 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Selective Casualty Insurance Company ("SCIC") |  | New Jersey |  | (2.2 | ) |  | — |  |  | 72.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Selective Fire and Casualty Insurance Company ("SFCIC") |  | New Jersey |  | (0.9 | ) |  | — |  |  | 31.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 571.6 |  |  | 679.1 |  |  | 1,050.1 |  |  | 1,062.7 |  |  | 50.4 |  |  | 26.5 |  |  | 86.9 |
Dividends in use |
($ in millions) |  | 2012
Capitalization of newly-formed Insurance Subsidiaries: |  |
SCIC |  | $ | 74.4 |
SFCIC |  | 31.9 |
Additional capitalization of existing Insurance Subsidiaries: |  |
SICNE |  | 19.5 |
MUSIC |  | 13.3 |
Debt service, shareholder dividends and general operating purposes |  | 57.0 |
Total |  | $ | 196.1 |
Maximum Payments Of Ordinary Dividends |
|  |  |  | 2013
($ in millions) |  | State of Domicile |  | Maximum Ordinary Dividends Paid
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 37.0 |
SWIC |  | New Jersey |  | 21.1 |
SICSC |  | Indiana |  | 9.1 |
SICSE |  | Indiana |  | 7.0 |
SICNY |  | New York |  | 7.3 |
SICNE |  | New Jersey |  | 3.2 |
SAICNJ |  | New Jersey |  | 5.8 |
MUSIC |  | New Jersey |  | 5.4 |
SCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 7.2 |
SFCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 3.1 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 106.2 |

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