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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, 2014
Insurance [Abstract] |
Schedule of Insurance Subsidiaries Statutory Surplus Data |
|  | State of Domicile |  | Unassigned Surplus |  | Statutory Surplus |  | Statutory Net Income
($ in millions) |  |  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 338.8 |  |  | 309.2 |  |  | 493.0 |  |  | 463.4 |  |  | 83.9 |  |  | 53.1 |  |  | 29.8 |
Selective Way Insurance Company ("SWIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 201.3 |  |  | 201.3 |  |  | 250.3 |  |  | 250.3 |  |  | 37.0 |  |  | 27.5 |  |  | 10.1 |
Selective Insurance Company of South Carolina ("SICSC") |  | Indiana |  | 83.9 |  |  | 80.7 |  |  | 115.1 |  |  | 111.9 |  |  | 14.0 |  |  | 8.2 |  |  | 2.8 |
Selective Insurance Company of the Southeast ("SICSE") |  | Indiana |  | 59.3 |  |  | 56.2 |  |  | 84.9 |  |  | 81.8 |  |  | 10.5 |  |  | 6.0 |  |  | 1.6 |
Selective Insurance Company of New York ("SICNY") |  | New York |  | 54.9 |  |  | 51.5 |  |  | 82.6 |  |  | 79.3 |  |  | 10.3 |  |  | 6.9 |  |  | 2.7 |
Selective Insurance Company of New England ("SICNE") |  | New Jersey |  | 5.3 |  |  | 4.7 |  |  | 35.4 |  |  | 34.9 |  |  | 4.4 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 0.6 |
Selective Auto Insurance Company of New Jersey ("SAICNJ") |  | New Jersey |  | 18.4 |  |  | 14.2 |  |  | 61.3 |  |  | 57.0 |  |  | 9.1 |  |  | 2.5 |  |  | 1.5 |
MUSIC |  | New Jersey |  | (1.7 | ) |  | (6.2 | ) |  | 66.8 |  |  | 62.3 |  |  | 7.3 |  |  | 5.2 |  |  | 0.9 |
Selective Casualty Insurance Company ("SCIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 8.2 |  |  | 6.1 |  |  | 82.7 |  |  | 80.5 |  |  | 9.6 |  |  | 6.6 |  |  | 0.2 |
Selective Fire and Casualty Insurance Company ("SFCIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 3.8 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 35.7 |  |  | 35.0 |  |  | 4.2 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 0.2 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 772.2 |  |  | 720.8 |  |  | 1,307.8 |  |  | 1,256.4 |  |  | 190.3 |  |  | 122.2 |  |  | 50.4 |
Schedule of Insurance Subsidiaries Dividend Paid To Parent |
Dividends |  |  |  | Twelve Months ended December 31, 2014
($ in millions) |  | State of Domicile |  | Ordinary Dividends Paid
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 22.0 |
SWIC |  | New Jersey |  | 18.2 |
SICSC |  | Indiana |  | 5.0 |
SICSE |  | Indiana |  | 2.0 |
SICNY |  | New York |  | 2.5 |
SICNE |  | New Jersey |  | 2.0 |
SAICNJ |  | New Jersey |  | 1.0 |
SCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 3.0 |
SFCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 1.8 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 57.5 |
Schedule of Maximum Payments Insurance Subsidiaries Of Ordinary Dividends |
|  |  |  | 2015
($ in millions) |  | State of Domicile |  | Maximum Ordinary Dividends
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 62.3 |
SWIC |  | New Jersey |  | 32.7 |
SICSC |  | Indiana |  | 14.0 |
SICSE |  | Indiana |  | 10.5 |
SICNY |  | New York |  | 8.3 |
SICNE |  | New Jersey |  | 4.4 |
SAICNJ |  | New Jersey |  | 8.9 |
MUSIC |  | New Jersey |  | 7.3 |
SCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 9.5 |
SFCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 4.1 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 162.0 |

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