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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000230557-21-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIGI"
cik: "0000230557"
company_name: "SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:36:42.004407+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Selective Insurance Q3 EPS $1.18; dividend raised 12% to $0.28; raises FY guidance

## Summary
- Q3 net income $71.4M ($1.18/diluted share); non-GAAP operating income also $1.18/share.
- Net premiums written up 13% to $812.9M; combined ratio 98.6% (cat losses 10.0 pts, Hurricane Ida $43M).
- Quarterly dividend increased 12% to $0.28/share, payable Dec 1, 2021 to holders of record Nov 15.
- FY2021 guidance revised: combined ratio ex-cat 88% (from 89%); after-tax net investment income raised to $240M
- Book value per share $45.27, up 7% YTD; debt-to-capital 14.6%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000230557-21-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIGI
- cik: 0000230557
- company_name: SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055721000030/0000230557-21-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055721000030/sigi-20211027.htm

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