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Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions
William M. Rue, a Director of the Parent, is Chairman of, and owns more than 10% of the equity of, Chas. E. Rue & Son, Inc., t/a Rue Insurance, a general independent retail insurance agency ("Rue Insurance"). Rue Insurance is an appointed distribution partner of the Insurance Subsidiaries on terms and conditions similar to those of our other distribution partners and includes the right to participate in the Agent Plan. Mr. Rue’s son is President, and an employee, of Rue Insurance and Mr. Rue’s daughter is an employee of Rue Insurance. Our relationship with Rue Insurance has existed since 1928.

Rue Insurance placed insurance policies with the Insurance Subsidiaries for its customers and itself. Direct premiums written associated with these policies were $10.4 million in 2016, $9.6 million in 2015, and $9.0 million in 2014. In return, the Insurance Subsidiaries paid standard market commissions to Rue Insurance of $2.1 million in 2016, $1.7 million in 2015, and $1.6 million in 2014 including supplemental commissions. Amounts due to Rue Insurance at December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were $0.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

In 2005, we established a private foundation, now named The Selective Insurance Group Foundation (the "Foundation"), under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Board of Directors of the Foundation is comprised of some of the Parent's officers. We made no contributions to the Foundation in 2016. We made contributions to the Foundation in the amount of $1.0 million in 2015 and $0.8 million in 2014.