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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, 2018
Insurance [Abstract] |
Schedule of Insurance Subsidiaries Statutory Surplus Data |
|  | State of Domicile |  | Unassigned Surplus |  | Statutory Surplus |  | Statutory Net Income
($ in millions) |  |  |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 478.6 |  |  | 455.5 |  |  | 632.8 |  |  | 609.7 |  |  | 78.0 |  |  | 84.6 |  |  | 72.2 |
Selective Way Insurance Company ("SWIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 300.2 |  |  | 276.1 |  |  | 349.3 |  |  | 325.1 |  |  | 47.5 |  |  | 43.6 |  |  | 41.2 |
SICSC |  | Indiana |  | 119.4 |  |  | 112.9 |  |  | 150.7 |  |  | 144.1 |  |  | 16.5 |  |  | 17.9 |  |  | 17.4 |
SICSE |  | Indiana |  | 92.2 |  |  | 86.2 |  |  | 117.7 |  |  | 111.8 |  |  | 12.9 |  |  | 14.7 |  |  | 13.4 |
SICNY |  | New York |  | 86.5 |  |  | 78.8 |  |  | 114.2 |  |  | 106.5 |  |  | 12.0 |  |  | 13.4 |  |  | 12.9 |
Selective Insurance Company of New England ("SICNE") |  | New Jersey |  | 19.9 |  |  | 16.1 |  |  | 50.0 |  |  | 46.3 |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | 6.3 |  |  | 5.9 |
Selective Auto Insurance Company of New Jersey ("SAICNJ") |  | New Jersey |  | 50.3 |  |  | 42.1 |  |  | 93.2 |  |  | 84.9 |  |  | 9.9 |  |  | 11.4 |  |  | 11.5 |
MUSIC |  | New Jersey |  | 23.0 |  |  | 21.4 |  |  | 91.5 |  |  | 89.9 |  |  | 9.4 |  |  | 10.3 |  |  | 9.7 |
Selective Casualty Insurance Company ("SCIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 44.9 |  |  | 34.5 |  |  | 119.3 |  |  | 109.0 |  |  | 13.3 |  |  | 13.4 |  |  | 12.6 |
Selective Fire and Casualty Insurance Company ("SFCIC") |  | New Jersey |  | 17.8 |  |  | 13.7 |  |  | 49.7 |  |  | 45.6 |  |  | 5.5 |  |  | 5.6 |  |  | 5.5 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 1,232.8 |  |  | 1,137.3 |  |  | 1,768.4 |  |  | 1,672.9 |  |  | 210.6 |  |  | 221.2 |  |  | 202.3 |
Schedule of Insurance Subsidiaries Dividend Paid To Parent |
Dividends |  |  |  | Twelve Months ended December 31, 2018 |  | 2019
($ in millions) |  | State of Domicile |  | Ordinary Dividends Paid |  | Maximum Ordinary Dividends
SICA |  | New Jersey |  | $ | 43.0 |  |  | $ | 78.0 |
SWIC |  | New Jersey |  | 19.0 |  |  | 47.5 |
SICSC |  | Indiana |  | 10.0 |  |  | 16.5 |
SICSE |  | Indiana |  | 7.5 |  |  | 12.9 |
SICNY |  | New York |  | 4.5 |  |  | 11.4 |
SICNE |  | New Jersey |  | 2.0 |  |  | 5.6 |
SAICNJ |  | New Jersey |  | 2.5 |  |  | 9.9 |
MUSIC |  | New Jersey |  | 7.1 |  |  | 9.4 |
SCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 3.0 |  |  | 13.3 |
SFCIC |  | New Jersey |  | 1.5 |  |  | 5.5 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 100.1 |  |  | $ | 210.0 |

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