---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000230557-23-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIGI"
cik: "0000230557"
company_name: "SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T18:12:24.879755+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Selective Insurance reports annual meeting results; all director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved annually

## Summary
- Thirteen director nominees elected; Cynthia S. Nicholson received 43.9M for vs 7.4M against, others over 48M for.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 50.5M for, 580.8K against; future votes to be held annually.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2023: 53.9M for, 950.5K against.
- Stockholders voted for annual say-on-pay frequency (49.6M for one year); board adopted annual frequency until 2029 vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000230557-23-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIGI
- cik: 0000230557
- company_name: SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055723000014/0000230557-23-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055723000014/sigi-20230503.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000230557-23-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: 3. Stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, for future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers to be held every year, as follows: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 49,624,165 140,349 1,435,484 107,048 3,656,829
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055723000014/0000230557-23-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: 4. The Company’s stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 53,926,766 950,515 86,594 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055723000014/0000230557-23-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve 2022 compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: 2. The Company’s stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the 2022 compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 50,549,392 580,784 176,870 3,656,829
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055723000014/0000230557-23-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of thirteen director nominees at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: 1. The Company’s stockholders elected each of the thirteen director nominees to serve on the Board of Directors for a term of one year, as follows: Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Ainar D. Aijala, Jr. 50,993,905 248,644 64,497 3,656,829
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055723000014/0000230557-23-000014-index.htm

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