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Selective Insurance Group (Selective Insurance Group) Probability of Financial Distress (%) : 0.05% (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Selective Insurance Group Probability of Financial Distress (%)?

Probability of Financial Distress (%) measures the probability that a company will go bankrupt in the upcoming year given its current financial position. A higher ratio indicates a larger probability of bankruptcy for the company, while a lower ratio indicates a healthier fundamental. As of today, Selective Insurance Group's Probability of Financial Distress (%) is 0.05%.

Like the Altman Z-Score, the PFD measures a company's bankruptcy risk. However, the main drawback of the Z-score is it does not apply to banks and insurance companies. According to Investopedia, the concept of "working capital" does not apply to banks and insurance companies, as financial institutions do not have typical current assets or current liabilities like inventories or accounts payable.


Competitive Comparison of Selective Insurance Group's Probability of Financial Distress (%)

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Selective Insurance Group's Probability of Financial Distress (%), along with its competitors' market caps and Probability of Financial Distress (%) data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Selective Insurance Group's Probability of Financial Distress (%) Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Selective Insurance Group's Probability of Financial Distress (%) distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Selective Insurance Group's Probability of Financial Distress (%) falls into.



Selective Insurance Group Probability of Financial Distress (%) Calculation

Probability of Financial Distress (%) (PFD) was developed by John Campbell, Jens Hilscher and Jan Szilagyi in their Search of Distress Risk. It measures the probability that a company will go bankrupt within the next 12 months given its current financial position.

The Probability of Financial Distress (%) was obtained by a logit probability model based on eight explanatory variables. The logit formula to compute the probability of financial distress (LPFD) is given below:

LPFD= -20.12 * NIMTAAVG + 1.60 * TLMTA - 7.88 * EXRETAVG + 1.55 * SIGMA - 0.005 * RSIZE - 2.27 * CASHMTA + 0.070 * MB - 0.09 * PRICE -8.87
=-7.69

The Probability of Financial Distress (%) (PFD) was then obtianed by:

PFD=1/(1 + e^(-LPFD))*100%
=0.05%

The eight explanatory variables are:

1. NIMTAAVG = Net Income to Market Total Assets

NIMTAAVG=Net Income / Market Total Assets
=Net Income / (Market Cap + Total Liabilities)

*Note that for companies reported quarterly, geometrically declining weighted quarterly Net Income data in latest four quarters are used.

2. TLMTA = Total liabilities to Market Total Assets

TLMTA=Total Liabilities / Market Total Assets

3. CASHMTA = Cash to Market Total Assets

For insurance companies, CASHMTA is measured as:


4. EXRETAVG = Excess Return compared to the S&P 500

EXRETAVG is the weighted excess return compared to the S&P 500 in past 12 month. Geometrically declining weights are imposed on the monthly excess return to reflect lagged information. The weight is halved each quarter.

5. SIGMA = Standard Deviation of Daily Returns

For sigma, we use the annualized standard deviation of a company's returns over the past 92 days (or 63 trading days).

6. RSIZE = Relative Size

RSIZE=log (Market Cap / Total Market Cap of S&P 500 companies)

7. MB = Market to Adjusted Book Equity Ratio


8. PRICE

PRICE is measured as the log of the stock price, capped at log(15).


Selective Insurance Group  (NAS:SIGI) Probability of Financial Distress (%) Explanation

Like the Altman Z-Score, the PFD measures a company's bankruptcy risk in the upcoming year. However, the main drawback of the Z-score is it does not apply to banks and insurance companies. According to Investopedia, the concept of "working capital" does not apply to banks and insurance companies, as financial institutions do not have typical current assets or current liabilities like inventories or accounts payable.


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Selective Insurance Group (Selective Insurance Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
40 Wantage Avenue, Branchville, NJ, USA, 07890
Selective Insurance Group Inc is a regional property-casualty insurer based in New Jersey, with its operations focused in the New York metropolitan area. Since 1977, Selective has focused its sales efforts on small businesses, offering commercial products that include workers' compensation, general liability, property, and auto insurance. Selective also has a small personal insurance segment (under 20% of total premiums), selling auto and homeowner's coverage.
Executives
John J. Marchioni officer: EVP, Chief Field Ops Officer 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE X1 07890
Jeffrey F. Kamrowski officer: EVP, MUSIC 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Joseph Eppers officer: EVP, Chief Investment Officer 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Anthony D. Harnett officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Cynthia S Nicholson director 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Wole C Coaxum director 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Brenda M Hall officer: EVP, CL Chief Op Officer 40 WANTAGE AVE., BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Vincent M Senia officer: EVP, Chief Actuary 40 WANTAGE AVE., BRANCHVILLE NJ 07461
John Burville director ACE LTD, ACE BLDG 30 WOODBOURNE AVE HAMILTON BER
Michael J. Morrissey director 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE X1 07890
J Brian Thebault director 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Gregory E Murphy director, officer: Chairman, Chief Executive Offi 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Michael H Lanza officer: Sr. VP and General Counsel 40 WANTAGE AVENUE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
Paul Kush officer: EVP, Chief Claims Officer 40 WANTAGE AVE., BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890
William M Rue director 40 WANTAGE AVE, BRANCHVILLE NJ 07890