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EXHIBIT NO. 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 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
