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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Insurance [Abstract]

Schedule of Insurance Subsidiaries Statutory Surplus Data

		State of Domicile		Unassigned Surplus							Statutory Surplus						Statutory Net Income
($ in millions)				2015				2014			2015			2014			2015			2014			2013
SICA		New Jersey		$	366.6			338.8			520.8			493.0			69.6			83.9			53.1
Selective Way Insurance Company ("SWIC")		New Jersey		223.6				201.3			272.6			250.3			42.3			37.0			27.5
Selective Insurance Company of South Carolina ("SICSC")		Indiana		96.6				83.9			127.9			115.1			15.9			14.0			8.2
Selective Insurance Company of the Southeast ("SICSE")		Indiana		70.7				59.3			96.2			84.9			12.1			10.5			6.0
Selective Insurance Company of New York ("SICNY")		New York		65.3				54.9			93.0			82.6			12.7			10.3			6.9
Selective Insurance Company of New England ("SICNE")		New Jersey		9.2				5.3			39.4			35.4			5.5			4.4			3.1
Selective Auto Insurance Company of New Jersey ("SAICNJ")		New Jersey		26.4				18.4			69.2			61.3			10.8			9.1			2.5
MUSIC		New Jersey		7.0				(1.7	)		75.5			66.8			9.5			7.3			5.2
Selective Casualty Insurance Company ("SCIC")		New Jersey		17.8				8.2			92.3			82.7			12.1			9.6			6.6
Selective Fire and Casualty Insurance Company ("SFCIC")		New Jersey		7.5				3.8			39.4			35.7			5.3			4.2			3.1
Total				$	890.7			772.2			1,426.3			1,307.8			195.8			190.3			122.2

Schedule of Insurance Subsidiaries Dividend Paid To Parent

Dividends				Twelve Months ended December 31, 2015
($ in millions)		State of Domicile		Ordinary Dividends Paid
SICA		New Jersey		$	26.0
SWIC		New Jersey		16.0
SICSC		Indiana		3.3
SICSE		Indiana		2.0
SICNY		New York		2.5
SICNE		New Jersey		1.5
SAICNJ		New Jersey		2.5
SCIC		New Jersey		2.5
SFCIC		New Jersey		1.5
Total				$	57.8

Schedule of Maximum Payments Insurance Subsidiaries Of Ordinary Dividends

				2016
($ in millions)		State of Domicile		Maximum Ordinary Dividends
SICA		New Jersey		$	61.2
SWIC		New Jersey		37.0
SICSC		Indiana		15.9
SICSE		Indiana		12.1
SICNY		New York		9.3
SICNE		New Jersey		5.5
SAICNJ		New Jersey		10.6
MUSIC		New Jersey		9.4
SCIC		New Jersey		12.1
SFCIC		New Jersey		5.2
Total				$	178.3

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