UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 10, 2015
 
 
SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
New Jersey 001-33067 22-2168890
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)		 (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   
40 Wantage Avenue, Branchville, New Jersey 07890
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
   
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (973) 948-3000
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
       

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.02.          Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(d)           Election of Director

 

Effective November 9, 2015, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Robert Kelly Doherty to the Board of the Company to serve until the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company. The Board has not appointed Mr. Doherty to any committees of the Board at this time.

 

A copy of the Company's press release announcing Mr. Doherty's election to the Company's Board is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

99.1Press Release of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. dated November 10, 2015

 

 

 

 
 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
       
       
       
       
Date:  November 10, 2015 By:  /s/ Michael H. Lanza  
    Michael H. Lanza  
    Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. dated November 10, 2015