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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)
August 20, 2009
 
 
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 August 18, 2009, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Cynthia S. Nicholson to the Board of the Company to serve until the 2010 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.  The Board has not appointed Ms. Nicholson to any committees of the Board at this time.

A copy of the Company's press release announcing Ms. Nicholson'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

99.1  
Press Release of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. dated August 20, 2009



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:  August 20, 2009
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 August 20, 2009