BRANCHVILLE, N.J., July 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Selective Insurance
Company of America, a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SIGI), announces the following officer appointments.
Shelly Gallagher, Vice
President, Personal Lines Operations. Ms. Gallagher joined
Selective in 2002 as an Associate Financial Analyst. She earned her
bachelor's degree in Business Administration, with a concentration
in Finance and Economics, from Mars Hills
College in North
Carolina.
Valerie Sparks, Vice
President, Underwriting in Selective's Southwest Region. Ms. Sparks
joined Selective in 2007 as an underwriter in Selective's
Mid-Atlantic Region. She holds the Associate in Commercial
Underwriting and the Associate in Insurance Services
designations.
Gaurav Puri, Assistant
Vice President, Analytics Strategy. Mr. Puri joined Selective in
February 2019. Prior to that, he
served as Assistant Vice President, Business Insurance Product and
Platform at Travelers Insurance. Mr. Puri earned his Master of
Science in Computer and Information Science from Gannon University in Pennsylvania, and a bachelor's degree in
Computer Applications from MCRP University in New Delhi, India.
Mattia Scharfstein,
Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Management Services. Ms.
Scharfstein joined Selective in 2009 as a Data Quality Analyst.
Before that, she served as Manager, Quality Assurance and User
Acceptance Testing for AIG. She is a member of the Insurance
Regulatory Examiners Society Foundation, the Association of
Insurance Compliance Professionals and the New Jersey Compensation
Rating and Inspection Bureau.
Tacia Thomas, Assistant
Vice President, Excess and Surplus Operations. Ms. Thomas joined
Selective as part of the E&S acquisition of MUSIC in 2011.
Prior to that, she held accounting roles at Farmers Insurance
Group. Ms. Thomas earned her bachelor's degree in Accountancy from
Arizona State University. She also
holds the Associate in Insurance Services designation and a
Certificate in General Insurance.
About Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
Selective
Insurance Group, Inc. is a holding company for 10 property and
casualty insurance companies rated "A" (Excellent) by A.M. Best.
Through independent agents, the insurance companies offer standard
and specialty insurance for commercial and personal risks and flood
insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program's Write Your
Own Program. Selective's unique position as both a leading
insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide
variety of awards and honors, including listing in the Fortune 1000
and being named one of "America's Best Mid-Size Employers" by
Forbes Magazine. For more information about Selective, visit
www.Selective.com.
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