secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC (SIGI)
CIK:        0000230557
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000230557-21-000030
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055721000030/0000230557-21-000030-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055721000030/sigi-20211027.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000230557-21-000030

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