SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC — Director's Dealing 2004

Nov 16, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SELECTIVE INSURANCE GROUP INC (SIGI)
CIK: 0000230557
Period of Report: 2004-11-12

Reporting Person: COLEMAN JAMES W JR (Executive Vice President - Div)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-11-12	Common Stock	S	6757.336	$41.52	Disposed	46965.915	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The sale in table I was made by the reporting person for estate and tax planning purposes. The transactions represent less than 13% of his total ownerhip prior to the sale.

The balance Includes 122.852 shares purchased through Selective's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.