---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000230557-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIGI"
cik: "0000230557"
company_name: "SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T23:23:34.273812+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Selective Insurance shareholders approve 2024 Omnibus Stock Plan, re-elect all directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Stockholders approved 2024 Omnibus Stock Plan (49.3M for, 1.4M against); 2M shares reserved, replacing 2014 plan.
- All 12 director nominees elected; Cynthia S. Nicholson received 5.2M against votes, highest dissent among board.
- Advisory vote on 2023 executive compensation approved with 50.2M for, 405K against.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for fiscal 2024 approved with 54.4M for, 927K against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000230557-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIGI
- cik: 0000230557
- company_name: SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055724000014/0000230557-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055724000014/sigi-20240501.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent accounting firm at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: 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, 2024, as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 54,378,786 927,539 78,597 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055724000014/0000230557-24-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC shareholders approved Approval of 2024 Omnibus Stock Plan at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: The Company's stockholders voted to approve the Company's 2024 Omnibus Stock Plan, as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 49,281,554 1,405,500 121,823 4,576,045
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055724000014/0000230557-24-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on 2023 executive compensation at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: The Company’s stockholders voted to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the 2023 compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 50,243,134 405,062 160,681 4,576,045
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055724000014/0000230557-24-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: The Company's stockholders elected each of the twelve 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. 49,663,141 1,102,003 43,733 4,576,045 Lisa Rojas Bacus 50,078,983 685,863 44,031 4,576,045 Terrence W. Cavanaugh 50,668,558 96,954 43,365 4,576,045 Wole C. Coaxum 50,657,998 107,888 42,991 4,576,045 Robert Kelly Doherty 50,674,943 91,091 42,843 4,576,045 John J. Marchioni 49,518,620 1,236,488 53,769 4,576,045 Thomas A. McCarthy 50,678,907 87,088 42,882 4,576,045 Stephen C. Mills 49,683,729 1,072,424 52,724 4,576,045 H. Elizabeth Mitchell 50,469,913 295,936 43,028 4,576,045 Cynthia S. Nicholson 45,547,834 5,216,971 44,072 4,576,045 John S. Scheid 50,625,594 138,763 44,520 4,576,045 Philip H. Urban 50,552,488 212,011 44,378 4,576,045
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000023055724000014/0000230557-24-000014-index.htm

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