---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-061133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIGI"
cik: "0000230557"
company_name: "SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:01:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:03:04.807917+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Selective Insurance CIO to retire June 2; interim CIO named

## Summary
- EVP and CIO Joseph O. Eppers to retire effective June 2, 2026.
- Departure is not due to any disagreement with company.
- Vaibhav Kalia, SVP and Head of Fixed Income since 2014, named interim CIO.
- Kalia has been with Selective since 2014, serving as Senior Portfolio Manager.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-061133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIGI
- cik: 0000230557
- company_name: SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:01:24+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000110465926061133/0001104659-26-061133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000110465926061133/tm2614641d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-061133
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-061133.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-061133.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph O. Eppers departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
  source text: On May 11, 2026, Joseph O. Eppers notified Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) of his intent to retire from his role of Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company, effective as of June 2, 2026 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000110465926061133/0001104659-26-061133-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vaibhav Kalia was appointed as Interim Chief Investment Officer at SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC.
  - Action: will serve as
  - Role: Interim Chief Investment Officer
  source text: Beginning on the Effective Date, Vaibhav Kalia, the current Senior Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of Fixed Income, who joined the Company in 2014, will serve as Interim Chief Investment Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/230557/000110465926061133/0001104659-26-061133-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.