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)			September 23, 2014
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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

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 September 23, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) elected John S. Scheid to the Board of the Company to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company. The Board has not appointed Mr. Scheid to any committees of the Board at this time.

 

A copy of the Company's press release announcing Mr. Scheid'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 September 23, 2014

 

 

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: September 23, 2014	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 September 23, 2014