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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, 2013
Insurance [Abstract] |
Schedule of Insurance Subsidiaries Statutory Surplus Data |
|  | State of Domicile |  | Unassigned Surplus |  | Statutory Surplus |  | Statutory Net Income
($ in millions) |  |  |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 309.2 |  |  | 246.2 |  |  | 463.4 |  |  | 369.9 |  |  | 53.1 |  |  | 29.8 |  |  | 15.2 |
Selective Way Insurance Company ("SWIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 201.3 |  |  | 167.6 |  |  | 250.3 |  |  | 211.2 |  |  | 27.5 |  |  | 10.1 |  |  | 7.8 |
Selective Insurance Company of South Carolina ("SICSC") |  | Indiana |  | 80.7 |  |  | 70.1 |  |  | 111.9 |  |  | 91.4 |  |  | 8.2 |  |  | 2.8 |  |  | 0.7 |
Selective Insurance Company of the Southeast ("SICSE") |  | Indiana |  | 56.2 |  |  | 50.1 |  |  | 81.8 |  |  | 69.7 |  |  | 6.0 |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | 0.3 |
Selective Insurance Company of New York ("SICNY") |  | New York |  | 51.5 |  |  | 45.3 |  |  | 79.3 |  |  | 72.6 |  |  | 6.9 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | 1.5 |
Selective Insurance Company of New England ("SICNE") |  | New Jersey |  | 4.7 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | 34.9 |  |  | 32.5 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 0.3 |
Selective Auto Insurance Company of New Jersey ("SAICNJ") |  | New Jersey |  | 14.2 |  |  | 7.6 |  |  | 57.0 |  |  | 45.9 |  |  | 2.5 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | 0.7 |
MUSIC |  | New Jersey |  | (6.2 | ) |  | (14.9 | ) |  | 62.3 |  |  | 53.6 |  |  | 5.2 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | — |
Selective Casualty Insurance Company ("SCIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 6.1 |  |  | (2.2 | ) |  | 80.5 |  |  | 72.2 |  |  | 6.6 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |
Selective Fire and Casualty Insurance Company ("SFCIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 3.1 |  |  | (0.9 | ) |  | 35.0 |  |  | 31.1 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 720.8 |  |  | 571.6 |  |  | 1,256.4 |  |  | 1,050.1 |  |  | 122.2 |  |  | 50.4 |  |  | 26.5 |
Schedule of Insurance Subsidiaries Dividend Paid To Parent |
Dividends |  |  |  | Twelve Months ended December 31, 2013
($ in millions) |  | State of Domicile |  | Ordinary Dividends Paid |  | Extraordinary Dividends Paid |  | Total Dividends Paid
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 6.0 |  |  | 11.0 |  |  | 17.0 |
SWIC |  | New Jersey |  | 6.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 6.3 |
SICSC |  | Indiana |  | 1.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.0 |
SICSE |  | Indiana |  | 1.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.5 |
SICNY |  | New York |  | 2.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.4 |
SICNE |  | New Jersey |  | 2.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 2.0 |
SAICNJ |  | New Jersey |  | 1.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.9 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 21.1 |  |  | 11.0 |  |  | 32.1 |
Schedule of Maximum Payments Insurance Subsidiaries Of Ordinary Dividends |
|  |  |  | 2014
($ in millions) |  | State of Domicile |  | Maximum Ordinary Dividends Paid
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 46.3 |
SWIC |  | New Jersey |  | 25.0 |
SICSC |  | Indiana |  | 11.2 |
SICSE |  | Indiana |  | 8.2 |
SICNY |  | New York |  | 7.9 |
SICNE |  | New Jersey |  | 3.5 |
SAICNJ |  | New Jersey |  | 6.8 |
MUSIC |  | New Jersey |  | 6.2 |
SCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 8.1 |
SFCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 3.5 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 126.7 |

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