EX-23.1 5 sigi-ex231_12312016xq4.htm EXHIBIT 23.1 Exhibit


Exhibit 23.1







Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333‑195617, 333-168765, 333-125451, 333-14620, 333-147383, 333-41674, 333-10465, 333-88806, 333-97799, 333-37501, 333-87832, and 333-31942) on Form S-8 and registration statements (Nos. 333-204846, 333-136578, 333-136024, 333-110576, 333-101489, and 333-71953) on Form S-3 of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (“Selective”) of our reports dated February 21, 2017, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Selective and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and all related financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, which reports appear in the December 31, 2016 annual report on Form 10‑K of Selective Insurance Group, Inc.



/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
February 21, 2017