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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;14, 2007</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer</I></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>40 Wantage Avenue<BR>
Branchville, New Jersey 07890</B><BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</I></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA<BR>
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (2005)</B><BR>
<I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Michael H. Lanza<BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel</B><BR>
<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Selective Insurance Group, Inc.</B></FONT><BR>
40 Wantage Avenue<BR>
Branchville, New Jersey 07890<BR>
<I>(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(973)&nbsp;948-3000<BR>
<I>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</I></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jean Cogill, Esq.</B><BR>
<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Bingham McCutchen LLP</FONT><BR>
399 Park Avenue<BR>
New York, NY 10022-4689<BR>
(212)&nbsp;705-7200</DIV>

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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests (deferred compensation
obligations) to be offered or sold pursuant to the Selective Insurance Company of
America Deferred Compensation Plan (2005), as described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>Based on estimated obligations in the amount of $40,000,000 used, pursuant to Rule
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts or Counsel</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y42670exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF ROBYN P. TURNER, ESQ</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y42670exv23w2.htm">EX-23.2: CONSENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y42670exv24w1.htm">EX-24.1: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF PAUL D. BAUER</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y42670exv24w2.htm">EX-24.2: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF W. MARSTON BECKER</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y42670exv24w3.htm">EX-24.3: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF A. DAVID BROWN</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Part&nbsp;I will be included in documents being sent or given by
Selective Insurance Company of America to participants in the Selective Insurance Company of
America Deferred Compensation Plan (2005), as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of
this form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Selective
Insurance Group, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006,
filed on March&nbsp;1, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2007, filed on May&nbsp;2, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30,
2007, filed on August&nbsp;9, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed February&nbsp;26, 2007 and September
21, 2007 and Items 5.02 and 8.01 of the Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;30, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock and purchase rights for shares of
common stock set forth in the Company&#146;s registration statements on Form 8-A filed
pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) and
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating those descriptions.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Selective Insurance Company of America
Deferred Compensation Plan (2005) (the &#147;Plan&#148;) pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are
hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement covers deferred compensation obligations under the Plan of
Selective Insurance Company of America (&#147;SICA&#148;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and of
those affiliates of the Company who adopt the Plan. The following summary of the deferred
compensation obligations is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan document.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Effective July&nbsp;1, 2002, SICA established the Selective Insurance Company of America Deferred
Compensation Plan (the &#147;Original Plan&#148;) to provide supplemental nonqualified deferred compensation
benefits to a select group of management and highly compensated employees of SICA and any of its
affiliates adopting the Plan (sometimes referred to collectively in this Registration Statement as
&#147;SICA&#148;). Effective January&nbsp;1, 2005, SICA has established the Plan to conform the terms of the
Original Plan to the requirements of Section&nbsp;409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the &#147;Code&#148;), with respect only to deferred compensation accruing or vesting under the Original
Plan after December&nbsp;31, 2004. The terms of the Original Plan will continue to govern benefits
accrued and vested before January&nbsp;1, 2004.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The deferred compensation obligations issuable under the Plan represent obligations of SICA to
pay participants certain compensation that the participants have elected to defer, or that SICA has
elected to contribute on behalf of the participants, pursuant to the Plan. As with the Original
Plan, participation is limited to a select group of management and highly compensated employees of
SICA. Participants may elect to defer up to 50% of their annual base salary and up to 100% of
their annual bonus earned in a calendar year. The Plan also permits SICA to make matching and
discretionary contributions on behalf of Plan participants.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Participants&#146; annual elective deferrals and earnings thereon are 100% vested at all times.
Matching contributions and earnings thereon become vested over a six-year period, at a rate of 20%
per year, beginning after two years of service. Discretionary contributions and earnings thereon
will become vested at a rate established by the Plan administrator.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A participant&#146;s compensation deferrals and employer contributions are credited to a notional
bookkeeping account in the name of the participant (&#147;Account&#148;). A participant may allocate his or
her Account on a notional basis among certain investment options selected by the Plan&#146;s
administrator; however, investment allocations are for measurement purposes only and neither SICA
nor the Company is required to actually invest Account balances in the investment options, although
SICA may choose to do so. Common stock of the Company is not included among the notional
investment options under the Plan. Amounts credited to a participant&#146;s Account are adjusted for
earnings or losses based on the investment options elected by the participant. Participants may
periodically reallocate their Account balances among the available notional investment options, as
permitted by the Plan administrator.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the terms of the Plan, a participant may elect to receive his or her vested
deferred amounts (including Company contributions, if any) on fixed date(s) while still employed by
SICA, or following termination of employment. The deferred compensation obligations are not
subject to redemption prior to the payment dates selected by each participant (except in the case
of an unforeseeable emergency). Payments will be made in cash, in a lump sum or in installments,
as elected by the participants. Deferred compensation obligations are not convertible into another
security of the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The obligation to pay the vested balance of each Plan participant&#146;s Account will at all times
be an unfunded and unsecured obligation of SICA. Payments will be made solely from the SICA&#146;s
general funds and are subject to the risk of corporate insolvency. SICA has established a grantor
trust for the purpose of informally funding the Original Plan and the Plan. Participants will not
have any interest in any of the assets of SICA or the Company by reason of any obligation created
under the Plan. A participant&#146;s rights in the deferred compensation obligations generally may not
be transferred, assigned, anticipated or otherwise encumbered.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SICA reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time, except that no amendment
may adversely affect the right of the participants with respect to benefits accrued under the Plan
as of the date of the amendment. In addition, if the Company undergoes a change of control (as
defined in the Plan), the Plan may not be amended or terminated prior to the payment to the
participants of their vested Account balances of as the date of the change of control.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The total amount of the deferred compensation obligations is not determinable because the
amount will vary depending upon the level of participation by eligible employees, the amounts of
compensation that they elect to defer under the Plan, and the amounts that SICA elects to
contribute to the Plan on the participants&#146; behalf.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts or Counsel</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey. The New Jersey Business
Corporation Act, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), provides that a New Jersey corporation has the power
generally to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and other agents against expenses and
liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving such person by reason of his being or
having been a corporate agent, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, such person had
no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in
the right of the corporation, indemnification of directors, officers, employees and other agents
against expenses is permitted if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; however, no
indemnification is permitted in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall
have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the New
Jersey Superior Court, or the court in which such proceeding was brought, shall determine upon
application that despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnification. Expenses incurred by
a director, officer, employee or other agent in connection with a proceeding may be, under certain
circumstances, paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding as
authorized by the board of directors. The power to indemnify and advance expenses under the Act
does not exclude other rights to which a director, officer, employee or other agent of the
corporation may be entitled under the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, agreement, vote of
stockholders, or otherwise, provided that no indemnification is permitted to be made to or on
behalf of such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person establishes
that his acts or omissions were in breach of his duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders, were not in good faith or involved a violation of the law, or resulted in the receipt
by such person of an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Act, a New Jersey corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any director, officer, employee or other agent against any expenses incurred in any
proceeding and any liabilities asserted against him by reason of his being or having been a
corporate agent, whether or not the corporation has the power to indemnify him against such
expenses and liabilities under the Act. All of the foregoing powers of indemnification granted to
a New Jersey corporation may be exercised by such corporation notwithstanding the absence of any
provision in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws authorizing the exercise of such powers.
However, a New Jersey corporation may, with certain limitations, provide in its certificate of
incorporation that a director or officer shall not be personally liable, or shall be liable only to
the extent therein provided, to the corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of a
duty owed to the corporation or its shareholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to Sections&nbsp;14A:3-5 and 14A:2-7(3) of the Act in connection with the above
summary of indemnification, insurance and limitation of liability.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section (a)&nbsp;of Article&nbsp;NINTH of the Company&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation, as
amended, and Section&nbsp;14 of the Company&#146;s By-Laws provide generally that a director shall not be
personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for damages from breach of any duty owed to
the Company or its stockholders, except to the extent such personal liability may not be eliminated
or limited under the Act. Such provisions further provide generally that an officer of the Company
shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for damages or breach of any duty
owed to the Company or its stockholders, except to the extent and for the duration of any period of
time such personal liability may not be eliminated or limited under the Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section (b)&nbsp;of Article&nbsp;NINTH of the Company&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation, as
amended, and Section&nbsp;14A of the Company&#146;s By-Laws provide generally that each person who was or is
made a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in a pending, threatened or
completed civil, criminal, administrative or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding, or any appeal
therein or any inquiry or investigation which could lead to such action, suit or proceeding, by
reason of his or her being or having been a director or officer of the Company or any constituent
corporation absorbed by the Company in a consolidation or merger, or by reason of his or her being
or having been a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another entity serving as such at
the Company&#146;s request, or the legal representative of any such director, officer, trustee, employee
or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by
the Act, as amended (but, in the case of any amendments, only to the extent such amendment permits
the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Act permitted prior to such
amendment), from and against any and all reasonable costs, disbursements and attorney&#146;s fees, and
any and all amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements, judgments, fines and
penalties, incurred or suffered in connection with any such proceeding, and such indemnification
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent
and shall inure to the benefit of such person&#146;s heirs, executors, administrators and assigns;
provided, however, that, except as provided above, the Company shall indemnify any such person
seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person
only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was specifically authorized by its board of directors.
Such provisions of the Company&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and By-Laws
provide, under certain circumstances, for a right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred
in any proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding as authorized by the board
of directors. Further, the Company is authorized to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any other entity against any expenses
incurred in any proceeding and any liabilities asserted against him or her in any proceeding by
reason of such person having been a director, officer, employee or agent, whether or not the
Company would have the power to indemnify such person.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s directors and officers are insured by policies purchased by the Company against
liabilities and expenses incurred in their capacity as directors or officers.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which appears
elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Branchville, New Jersey, on this 14th
day of November, 2007.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Gregory E. Murphy
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Gregory E. Murphy&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gregory E. Murphy
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory E. Murphy
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board,
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;14, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Dale A. Thatcher
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dale A. Thatcher
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer (Principal
Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;14, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul D. Bauer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Marston Becker
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
A. David Brown
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;29, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John C. Burville
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;22, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William M. Kearns, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;24, 2007</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joan M. Lamm-Tennant
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2007</TD>
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S. Griffin McClellan III
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
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Ronald L. O&#146;Kelley
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
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John F. Rockart
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
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William M. Rue
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
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J. Brian Thebault
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;23, 2007</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael H. Lanza hereby signs this Registration Statement on Form S-8 on behalf of each of the
indicated persons for whom he is attorney-in-fact on November&nbsp;14, 2007 pursuant to a power of
attorney filed herewith.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">* By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Michael H. Lanza
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Michael H. Lanza&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Plan. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of
the Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Branchville, New Jersey, on this 14th day of November,
2007.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SELECTIVE&nbsp;INSURANCE&nbsp;COMPANY&nbsp;OF&nbsp;AMERICA<BR>
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (2005)</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Victor N. Daley
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Victor N. Daley&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairperson, Selective Insurance Company of
America Benefits Advisory Committee&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="89%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Selective Insurance
Group, Inc., dated August&nbsp;4, 1977, as amended (incorporated
by reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed March&nbsp;1, 2007, File No.&nbsp;001-33067)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of Selective Insurance Group, Inc., effective October
24, 2006 (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October&nbsp;24,
2006, File No.&nbsp;001-33067</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Robyn P. Turner, Esq.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;23.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Robyn P. Turner, Esq. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of Paul D. Bauer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.2
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of W. Marston Becker</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.3
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of A. David Brown</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.4
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of John C. Burville</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.5
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of William M. Kearns, Jr.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.6
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of Joan M. Lamm-Tennant</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.7
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of S. Griffin McClellan III</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.8
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of Ronald L. O&#146;Kelley</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.9
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of John F. Rockart</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.10
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of William M. Rue</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;24.11
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of J. Brian Thebault</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Selective Insurance Company of America Deferred Compensation Plan (2005)
(incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed September&nbsp;20, 2007, File No.&nbsp;001-33067)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Filed herewith.</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
NEW JERSEY
22-2168890
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
(I.R.S. Employer
or Organization)
Identification No.)
40 Wantage Avenue
Branchville, New Jersey 07890
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (2005)
(Full Title of the Plan)
Michael H. Lanza
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
40 Wantage Avenue
Branchville, New Jersey 07890
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(973) 948-3000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Jean Cogill, Esq.
Bingham McCutchen LLP
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022-4689
(212) 705-7200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Title of
To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Securities To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (1)
Offering Price (1)
Fee (2)
Deferred Compensation
Obligations (1)
N/A
N/A
N/A
$
1,228
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement covers an indeterminate amount of interests (deferred compensation
obligations) to be offered or sold pursuant to the Selective Insurance Company of
America Deferred Compensation Plan (2005), as described herein.
(2)
Based on estimated obligations in the amount of $40,000,000 used, pursuant to Rule
457(h), solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts or Counsel
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8.
Exhibits
Item 9.
Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1: OPINION OF ROBYN P. TURNER, ESQ
EX-23.2: CONSENT
EX-24.1: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF PAUL D. BAUER
EX-24.2: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF W. MARSTON BECKER
EX-24.3: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF A. DAVID BROWN
EX-24.4: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF JOHN C. BURVILLE
EX-24.5: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF WILLIAM M. KEARNS, JR.
EX-24.6: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF JOAN M. LAMM-TENNANT
EX-24.7: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF S. GRIFFIN MCCLELLAN III
EX-24.8: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF RONALD L. O'KELLEY
EX-24.9: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF JOHN F. ROCKART
EX-24.10: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF WILLIAM M. RUE
EX-24.11: POWER OF ATTORNEY OF J. BRIAN THEBAULT
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Part I will be included in documents being sent or given by
Selective Insurance Company of America to participants in the Selective Insurance Company of
America Deferred Compensation Plan (2005), as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Selective
Insurance Group, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006,
filed on March 1, 2007.
2.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2007, filed on May 2, 2007.
3.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2007, filed on August 9, 2007.
4.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed February 26, 2007 and September
21, 2007 and Items 5.02 and 8.01 of the Form 8-K filed on January 30, 2007.
5.
The description of the Company's common stock and purchase rights for shares of
common stock set forth in the Company's registration statements on Form 8-A filed
pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating those descriptions.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Selective Insurance Company of America
Deferred Compensation Plan (2005) (the "Plan") pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are
hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4.
Description of Securities
This Registration Statement covers deferred compensation obligations under the Plan of
Selective Insurance Company of America ("SICA"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and of
those affiliates of the Company who adopt the Plan. The following summary of the deferred
compensation obligations is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan document.
Effective July 1, 2002, SICA established the Selective Insurance Company of America Deferred
Compensation Plan (the "Original Plan") to provide supplemental nonqualified deferred compensation
benefits to a select group of management and highly compensated employees of SICA and any of its
affiliates adopting the Plan (sometimes referred to collectively in this Registration Statement as
"SICA"). Effective January 1, 2005, SICA has established the Plan to conform the terms of the
Original Plan to the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), with respect only to deferred compensation accruing or vesting under the Original
Plan after December 31, 2004. The terms of the Original Plan will continue to govern benefits
accrued and vested before January 1, 2004.
The deferred compensation obligations issuable under the Plan represent obligations of SICA to
pay participants certain compensation that the participants have elected to defer, or that SICA has
elected to contribute on behalf of the participants, pursuant to the Plan. As with the Original
Plan, participation is limited to a select group of management and highly compensated employees of
SICA. Participants may elect to defer up to 50% of their annual base salary and up to 100% of
their annual bonus earned in a calendar year. The Plan also permits SICA to make matching and
discretionary contributions on behalf of Plan participants.
Participants' annual elective deferrals and earnings thereon are 100% vested at all times.
Matching contributions and earnings thereon become vested over a six-year period, at a rate of 20%
per year, beginning after two years of service. Discretionary contributions and earnings thereon
will become vested at a rate established by the Plan administrator.
A participant's compensation deferrals and employer contributions are credited to a notional
bookkeeping account in the name of the participant ("Account"). A participant may allocate his or
her Account on a notional basis among certain investment options selected by the Plan's
administrator; however, investment allocations are for measurement purposes only and neither SICA
nor the Company is required to actually invest Account balances in the investment options, although
SICA may choose to do so. Common stock of the Company is not included among the notional
investment options under the Plan. Amounts credited to a participant's Account are adjusted for
earnings or losses based on the investment options elected by the participant. Participants may
periodically reallocate their Account balances among the available notional investment options, as
permitted by the Plan administrator.
Subject to the terms of the Plan, a participant may elect to receive his or her vested
deferred amounts (including Company contributions, if any) on fixed date(s) while still employed by
SICA, or following termination of employment. The deferred compensation obligations are not
subject to redemption prior to the payment dates selected by each participant (except in the case
of an unforeseeable emergency). Payments will be made in cash, in a lump sum or in installments,
as elected by the participants. Deferred compensation obligations are not convertible into another
security of the Company.
The obligation to pay the vested balance of each Plan participant's Account will at all times
be an unfunded and unsecured obligation of SICA. Payments will be made solely from the SICA's
general funds and are subject to the risk of corporate insolvency. SICA has established a grantor
trust for the purpose of informally funding the Original Plan and the Plan. Participants will not
have any interest in any of the assets of SICA or the Company by reason of any obligation created
under the Plan. A participant's rights in the deferred compensation obligations generally may not
be transferred, assigned, anticipated or otherwise encumbered.
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SICA reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time, except that no amendment
may adversely affect the right of the participants with respect to benefits accrued under the Plan
as of the date of the amendment. In addition, if the Company undergoes a change of control (as
defined in the Plan), the Plan may not be amended or terminated prior to the payment to the
participants of their vested Account balances of as the date of the change of control.
The total amount of the deferred compensation obligations is not determinable because the
amount will vary depending upon the level of participation by eligible employees, the amounts of
compensation that they elect to defer under the Plan, and the amounts that SICA elects to
contribute to the Plan on the participants' behalf.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts or Counsel
None.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Company is organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey. The New Jersey Business
Corporation Act, as amended (the "Act"), provides that a New Jersey corporation has the power
generally to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and other agents against expenses and
liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving such person by reason of his being or
having been a corporate agent, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, such person had
no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in
the right of the corporation, indemnification of directors, officers, employees and other agents
against expenses is permitted if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; however, no
indemnification is permitted in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall
have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the New
Jersey Superior Court, or the court in which such proceeding was brought, shall determine upon
application that despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnification. Expenses incurred by
a director, officer, employee or other agent in connection with a proceeding may be, under certain
circumstances, paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding as
authorized by the board of directors. The power to indemnify and advance expenses under the Act
does not exclude other rights to which a director, officer, employee or other agent of the
corporation may be entitled under the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, agreement, vote of
stockholders, or otherwise, provided that no indemnification is permitted to be made to or on
behalf of such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person establishes
that his acts or omissions were in breach of his duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders, were not in good faith or involved a violation of the law, or resulted in the receipt
by such person of an improper personal benefit.
Under the Act, a New Jersey corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any director, officer, employee or other agent against any expenses incurred in any
proceeding and any liabilities asserted against him by reason of his being or having been a
corporate agent, whether or not the corporation has the power to indemnify him against such
expenses and liabilities under the Act. All of the foregoing powers of indemnification granted to
a New Jersey corporation may be exercised by such corporation notwithstanding the absence of any
provision in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws authorizing the exercise of such powers.
However, a New Jersey corporation may, with certain limitations, provide in its certificate of
incorporation that a director or officer shall not be personally liable, or shall be liable only to
the extent therein provided, to the corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of a
duty owed to the corporation or its shareholders.
Reference is made to Sections 14A:3-5 and 14A:2-7(3) of the Act in connection with the above
summary of indemnification, insurance and limitation of liability.
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Section (a) of Article NINTH of the Company's restated certificate of incorporation, as
amended, and Section 14 of the Company's By-Laws provide generally that a director shall not be
personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for damages from breach of any duty owed to
the Company or its stockholders, except to the extent such personal liability may not be eliminated
or limited under the Act. Such provisions further provide generally that an officer of the Company
shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for damages or breach of any duty
owed to the Company or its stockholders, except to the extent and for the duration of any period of
time such personal liability may not be eliminated or limited under the Act.
Section (b) of Article NINTH of the Company's restated certificate of incorporation, as
amended, and Section 14A of the Company's By-Laws provide generally that each person who was or is
made a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in a pending, threatened or
completed civil, criminal, administrative or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding, or any appeal
therein or any inquiry or investigation which could lead to such action, suit or proceeding, by
reason of his or her being or having been a director or officer of the Company or any constituent
corporation absorbed by the Company in a consolidation or merger, or by reason of his or her being
or having been a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another entity serving as such at
the Company's request, or the legal representative of any such director, officer, trustee, employee
or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by
the Act, as amended (but, in the case of any amendments, only to the extent such amendment permits
the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Act permitted prior to such
amendment), from and against any and all reasonable costs, disbursements and attorney's fees, and
any and all amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements, judgments, fines and
penalties, incurred or suffered in connection with any such proceeding, and such indemnification
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent
and shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors, administrators and assigns;
provided, however, that, except as provided above, the Company shall indemnify any such person
seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person
only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was specifically authorized by its board of directors.
Such provisions of the Company's restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and By-Laws
provide, under certain circumstances, for a right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred
in any proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding as authorized by the board
of directors. Further, the Company is authorized to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any other entity against any expenses
incurred in any proceeding and any liabilities asserted against him or her in any proceeding by
reason of such person having been a director, officer, employee or agent, whether or not the
Company would have the power to indemnify such person.
The Company's directors and officers are insured by policies purchased by the Company against
liabilities and expenses incurred in their capacity as directors or officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index, which appears
elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9.
Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(5)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Branchville, New Jersey, on this 14th
day of November, 2007.
SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Gregory E. Murphy
Name:
Gregory E. Murphy
Title:
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Gregory E. Murphy
Gregory E. Murphy
Chairman of the Board,
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
November 14, 2007
/s/ Dale A. Thatcher
Dale A. Thatcher
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer (Principal
Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting
Officer)
November 14, 2007
*
Paul D. Bauer
Director
October 23, 2007
*
W. Marston Becker
Director
October 23, 2007
*
A. David Brown
Director
October 29, 2007
*
John C. Burville
Director
October 22, 2007
*
William M. Kearns, Jr.
Director
October 24, 2007
*
Joan M. Lamm-Tennant
Director
October 23, 2007
*
S. Griffin McClellan III
Director
October 23, 2007
*
Ronald L. O'Kelley
Director
October 23, 2007
*
John F. Rockart
Director
October 23, 2007
*
William M. Rue
Director
October 23, 2007
*
J. Brian Thebault
Director
October 23, 2007
Michael H. Lanza hereby signs this Registration Statement on Form S-8 on behalf of each of the
indicated persons for whom he is attorney-in-fact on November 14, 2007 pursuant to a power of
attorney filed herewith.
* By:
/s/ Michael H. Lanza
Michael H. Lanza
Attorney-in-Fact
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The Plan.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of
the Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Branchville, New Jersey, on this 14th day of November,
2007.
SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (2005)
By:
/s/ Victor N. Daley
Name:
Victor N. Daley
Title:
Chairperson, Selective Insurance Company of
America Benefits Advisory Committee
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Selective Insurance
Group, Inc., dated August 4, 1977, as amended (incorporated
by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed March 1, 2007, File No. 001-33067)
Exhibit 4.2
By-Laws of Selective Insurance Group, Inc., effective October
24, 2006 (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 24,
2006, File No. 001-33067
*
Exhibit 5.1
Opinion of Robyn P. Turner, Esq.
*
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Robyn P. Turner, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
*
Exhibit 24.1
Power of Attorney of Paul D. Bauer
*
Exhibit 24.2
Power of Attorney of W. Marston Becker
*
Exhibit 24.3
Power of Attorney of A. David Brown
*
Exhibit 24.4
Power of Attorney of John C. Burville
*
Exhibit 24.5
Power of Attorney of William M. Kearns, Jr.
*
Exhibit 24.6
Power of Attorney of Joan M. Lamm-Tennant
*
Exhibit 24.7
Power of Attorney of S. Griffin McClellan III
*
Exhibit 24.8
Power of Attorney of Ronald L. O'Kelley
*
Exhibit 24.9
Power of Attorney of John F. Rockart
*
Exhibit 24.10
Power of Attorney of William M. Rue
*
Exhibit 24.11
Power of Attorney of J. Brian Thebault
Exhibit 99.1
Selective Insurance Company of America Deferred Compensation Plan (2005)
(incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed September 20, 2007, File No. 001-33067)
*
Filed herewith.