Selective Insurance Group, Inc. , is a regional insurance holding company based in Branchville, New Jersey

Branchville, New Jersey

Branchville is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 841. The borough is located in the northernmost region of Sussex County....

, and provides property and casualty insurance

Casualty insurance

Casualty insurance, often equated to liability insurance, is used to describe an area of insurance not directly concerned with life insurance, health insurance, or property insurance. It is mainly used to describe the liability coverage of an individual or organization's for negligent acts or...

 products and insurance services to customers in the United States

United States

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 through its subsidiaries. Selective provides insurance, alternative risk management products and related services to businesses and individuals, and administers flood insurance policies for the National Flood Insurance Program. The Insurance Operations segment writes commercial lines and personal lines property and casualty insurance through independent insurance agents in 22 states in the Eastern and Midwestern regions of the United States.

Selective competes with Cincinnati Financial

Cincinnati Financial

Cincinnati Financial Corporation offers property and casualty insurance, its main business, through The Cincinnati Insurance Company, The Cincinnati Indemnity Company and The Cincinnati Casualty Company...

, Ohio Casualty, Harleysville, St. Paul Travelers

St. Paul Travelers

The Travelers Companies is the largest American insurance company by market value. It is also the second largest writer of U.S. commercial property casualty and the third largest writer of U.S. personal insurance through independent agents. Travelers has headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota and...

, The Hartford

The Hartford

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, Zurich Financial Services

Zurich Financial Services

Zurich Financial Services AG is a major financial services group based in Zurich, Switzerland.-History:The Company was founded in 1872 as subsidiary of the Schweiz Marine Insurance Company under the name Versicherung Verein...

, GEICO

GEICO

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 and Progressive

Progressive Corporation

The Progressive Corporation , known as the Progressive Casualty Insurance Company through its subsidiaries, provides personal automobile insurance, and other specialty property-casualty insurance and related services in the United States....

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