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Profile - Selective Insurance Group (NasdaqNM:SIGI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Sep  4Dividend payment of $0.15
Aug  8Earnings Announcement
Location
40 Wantage Avenue
Branchville, NJ 07890
Phone: (973) 948-3000
Fax: (973) 948-0282
Email: webmaster@selectiveinsurance.com
Employees (last reported count): 2,450
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 600 SmallCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 21%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider sells; 34.0K shares
  (0.6% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 47% (60% of float)
(208 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 582.0K shares (+4.66%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Selective Insurance Group, Inc. is a regional insurance holding company that, through its subsidiaries, offers a broad range of commercial insurance and alternative risk management products to small and medium-sized businesses and government entities. The Company offers its products through over 900 independent agents in 20 northeastern, southeastern and midwestern states. The Company writes business in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington D.C. The Company has classified its business into three operating segments: Insurance Operations (Commercial Lines and Personal Lines underwriting), Investments and Diversified Insurance Services.
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Financial Summary
Selective Insurance Group is an insurance holding company that provide a broad range of cmmercial insurance and alternative risk management products, to small-to medium-sized businesses, government entities, individuals and fmailies. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues rose 7% to $524.6 million. Earnings rose 23% to $17.2 million. Revenues reflect an increase in premiums renewed and new business. Earnings reflect lower underwriting expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY1999 Pay

Gregory Murphy, 44
Chairman, Pres, CEO
$570K
Thornton Land, 59
Exec. VP- Admin. and Gen. Counsel
339K
James Coleman, Jr., 41
Exec. VP, Diversified Insurance Services
301K
Jamie Ochiltree, III, 47
Exec. VPExec. VP, Insurance Operations
338K
Dale Thatcher
Sr. VP, CFO
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:SIGIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Oct-2000
$15.25 
Recent Price$25.12 
52-Week High
on 21-June-2001
$28.21 
Beta0.18 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)36.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)50.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+42.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+91.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$638.1M
Shares Outstanding25.4M
Float20.0M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.60 
Dividend Yield2.39%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-Dec-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$23.10 
Earnings (ttm)$1.14 
Earnings (mrq)$0.34 
Sales (ttm)$39.66 
Cash (mrq)$0.34 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.09 
Price/Earnings (ttm)22.02 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.63 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.04B
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$29.7M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)3.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.14%
Return on Equity (ttm)5.20%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.28 
Total Cash (mrq)$8.52M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short87.0K
Percent of Float0.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
64.0K
Short Ratio3.48 
Daily Volume25.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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