UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
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SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
| (d) | Election of Directors |
Effective September 23, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Ainar D. Aijala, Jr., Lisa R. Bacus, Wole C. Coaxum, and Stephen C. Mills to the Board of the Company to serve until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.
The four new Directors have been appointed to the following committees of the Board, effective as of their date of election to the Board:
| Director | Committee Appointments |
| Ainar D. Aijala, Jr. |
· Audit Committee · Finance Committee |
| Lisa R. Bacus |
· Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee · Salary and Employee Benefits Committee |
| Wole C. Coaxum |
· Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee · Finance Committee |
| Stephen C. Mills |
· Finance Committee · Salary and Employee Benefits Committee |
The Directors will participate in the director compensation arrangements described under the heading “Director Compensation” in the Company’s 2020 Proxy Statement filed on March 25, 2020. The Company also intends to enter into an indemnification agreement with the Directors, the form of which was previously filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 20, 2005.
A copy of the Company's press release announcing the election of the four new independent members to the Company's Board is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. dated September 23, 2020 |
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP, INC. | |||
| By: | /s/ Michael H. Lanza | ||
| Michael H. Lanza | |||
| Executive Vice President and General Counsel | |||
| Date: September 23, 2020 | |||