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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
33-30833) on Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 of Selective Insurance
Group, Inc. of our reports dated February 3, 2000, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, and all related schedules, which reports appear
in or are incorporated by reference in the December 31, 1999, annual report on
Form 10-K of Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
KPMG LLP
New York, New York
July 17, 2000
