---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-008618"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIGI"
cik: "0000230557"
company_name: "SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:09:45.768265+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Selective Insurance Group amends bylaws; adds director age limit of 75, proxy card rule

## Summary
- Effective Jan 30, 2026: director candidates who have reached age 75 are ineligible unless waived by majority board vote.
- Stockholders soliciting proxies must use a proxy card color other than white; white reserved for Board's exclusive use.
- Removed outdated language on board declassification since directors have been elected annually since 2010.
- Updated CEO and CFO enumerated duties to reflect current practices; eliminated specific principal office address.
- Amendments also include clarifying, ministerial, and conforming changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-008618
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIGI
- cik: 0000230557
- company_name: SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000110465926008618/0001104659-26-008618-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000110465926008618/tm264467d1_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 5e25388697613d03ccd1ca1bcd567d26b85ca77c
  claim: SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC: Amended By-Laws to eliminate principal office address reference, require non-white proxy card colors, remove board declassification outdated language, add age-75 director eligibility limit, and update CEO/CFO duties (effective 2026-01-30).
  evidence_excerpt: On January 29, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted the following amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Company’s By-Laws (the “Bylaws”), with such Amendments to be effective as of January 30, 2026: · Section 1.1 of the Bylaws has been deleted to eliminate the specific reference to the address of the Company’s principal office. · Section 2.6 of the Bylaws has been added to provide that any stockholder soliciting proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which will be reserved for the exclusive use by the Board. · Section 6.1 (formerly Section 7.1) of the Bylaws has been amended to remove outdated language regarding the process to declassify the Board, as directors have been elected on an annual basis since 2010. · Section 6.3 (formerly Section 7.3) of the Bylaws has been amended to provide that no person who has attained their 75 th birthday shall be eligible to be a director on the Boar
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000110465926008618/0001104659-26-008618-index.htm

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