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Consolidated Statements of Cashflow (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Operating Activities      
Net income $ 141,827us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 106,418us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 37,963us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Depreciation and amortization 45,346us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 43,461us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 38,693us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet
Sale of renewal rights (8,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness 0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness 0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations 0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax 997us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax 0us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax
Stock-based compensation expense 8,702us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 8,630us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 6,939us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Undistributed (gains) losses of equity method investments (153)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions 202us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions 1,651us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions
Net realized gains (26,599)us-gaap_RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses (20,732)us-gaap_RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses (8,988)us-gaap_RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses
Net gain on disposal of property and equipment (104)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
Retirement income plan curtailment expense 0us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToCurtailments 16us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToCurtailments 0us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToCurtailments
Changes in assets and liabilities:      
Increase in reserves for losses and loss expenses, net of reinsurance recoverables 97,449sigi_IncreaseDecreaseInReservesForLossesAndLossExpensesNetOfReinsuranceRecoverables 151,037sigi_IncreaseDecreaseInReservesForLossesAndLossExpensesNetOfReinsuranceRecoverables 64,763sigi_IncreaseDecreaseInReservesForLossesAndLossExpensesNetOfReinsuranceRecoverables
Increase in Prepaid Reinsurance Premiums Net of Prepaid Reinsurance 32,671sigi_IncreaseDecreaseInUnearnedPremiumsNetofPrepaidReinsurance 74,086sigi_IncreaseDecreaseInUnearnedPremiumsNetofPrepaidReinsurance 82,764sigi_IncreaseDecreaseInUnearnedPremiumsNetofPrepaidReinsurance
Decrease (increase) in net federal income taxes 31,323us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxes 14,834us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxes (7,812)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxes
Increase in premiums receivable (33,908)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPremiumsReceivable (40,482)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPremiumsReceivable (18,094)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPremiumsReceivable
Increase in deferred policy acquisition costs (12,627)us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (17,458)us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (19,762)us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
(Increase) decrease in interest and dividends due or accrued (1,536)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInterestAndDividendsReceivable (1,372)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInterestAndDividendsReceivable 468us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInterestAndDividendsReceivable
(Decrease) increase in accrued salaries and benefits (7,182)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInEmployeeRelatedLiabilities 18,685us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInEmployeeRelatedLiabilities 6,533us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInEmployeeRelatedLiabilities
(Decrease) increase in accrued insurance expenses (956)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceLiabilities 14,444us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceLiabilities 8,831us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceLiabilities
(Decrease) increase in other assets and other liabilities (33,490)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet (16,642)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet 32,750us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet
Net adjustments 90,936us-gaap_AdjustmentsToReconcileNetIncomeLossToCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 229,706us-gaap_AdjustmentsToReconcileNetIncomeLossToCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 188,736us-gaap_AdjustmentsToReconcileNetIncomeLossToCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Net cash provided by operating activities 232,763us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 336,124us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 226,699us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Investing Activities      
Purchase of fixed income securities, available-for-sale (843,616)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebt (1,069,387)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebt (884,911)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebt
Purchase of equity securities, available-for-sale (186,019)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquity (118,072)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquity (83,833)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquity
Purchase of other investments (10,617)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireOtherInvestments (9,332)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireOtherInvestments (12,990)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireOtherInvestments
Purchase of short-term investments (1,410,123)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireShortTermInvestments (2,056,576)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireShortTermInvestments (1,735,691)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireShortTermInvestments
Purchase of subsidiary, net of cash acquired 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired 255us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Sale of subsidiary 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested 1,225us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested 751us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested
Sale of fixed income securities, available-for-sale 51,002us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebt 20,126us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebt 103,572us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebt
Sale of short-term investments 1,452,402us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfShortTermInvestments 2,096,805us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfShortTermInvestments 1,738,255us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfShortTermInvestments
Redemption and maturities of fixed income securities, held-to-maturity 73,415us-gaap_ProceedsFromMaturitiesPrepaymentsAndCallsOfHeldToMaturitySecurities 116,584us-gaap_ProceedsFromMaturitiesPrepaymentsAndCallsOfHeldToMaturitySecurities 118,260us-gaap_ProceedsFromMaturitiesPrepaymentsAndCallsOfHeldToMaturitySecurities
Redemption and maturities of fixed income securities, available-for-sale 482,816us-gaap_ProceedsFromMaturitiesPrepaymentsAndCallsOfAvailableForSaleSecurities 513,804us-gaap_ProceedsFromMaturitiesPrepaymentsAndCallsOfAvailableForSaleSecurities 439,957us-gaap_ProceedsFromMaturitiesPrepaymentsAndCallsOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
Sale of equity securities, available-for-sale 208,008us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquity 115,782us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquity 101,740us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquity
Distributions from other investments 20,774us-gaap_ProceedsFromEquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributionsReturnOfCapital 12,039us-gaap_ProceedsFromEquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributionsReturnOfCapital 24,801us-gaap_ProceedsFromEquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributionsReturnOfCapital
Sale of other investments 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfOtherInvestments 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfOtherInvestments 1us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfOtherInvestments
Purchase of property and equipment (15,510)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromProductiveAssets (14,023)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromProductiveAssets (12,879)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromProductiveAssets
Sale of renewal rights 8,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
Net cash used in investing activities (169,468)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (391,025)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (202,712)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Financing Activities      
Dividends to stockholders (28,428)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock (27,416)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock (26,944)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
Acquisition of treasury stock (3,563)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (3,716)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (3,495)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Net proceeds from stock purchase and compensation plans 7,283us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions 7,119us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions 4,840us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions
Proceeds from issuance of notes payable, net of debt issuance costs 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 178,435us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt
Proceeds from borrowings (13,000)us-gaap_ProceedsFromFederalHomeLoanBankBorrowings 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromFederalHomeLoanBankBorrowings 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromFederalHomeLoanBankBorrowings
Repayment of notes payable 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt (100,000)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements 1,020us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 1,545us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 1,060us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Repayment of capital lease obligations (2,841)sigi_RepaymentsCapitalLeaseObligations (1,083)sigi_RepaymentsCapitalLeaseObligations 0sigi_RepaymentsCapitalLeaseObligations
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (39,529)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations 54,884us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations (24,539)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Net increase (decrease) in cash 23,766us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (17)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (552)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash, beginning of year 193us-gaap_Cash 210us-gaap_Cash 762us-gaap_Cash
Cash, end of year $ 23,959us-gaap_Cash $ 193us-gaap_Cash $ 210us-gaap_Cash