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Segment Information Narrative (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Number of Operating Segments | 4 us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments |
Gross premiums of self-insured pooled group renewal book of business sold |  | $ 37,000,000 sigi_GrossPremiumsWrittenofSelfInsuredPooledGroupBookOfBusinessSold
Proceeds from sale of renewal rights | $ 0 us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses | $ 8,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses

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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Investing Activities -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56944662&loc=d3e3179-108585 + Details
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