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Statutory Financial Information, Capital Requirements, and Restrictions on Dividends and Transfers of Funds (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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