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Selective Insurance

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Selective Insurance reviews

2.7

32% would recommend to a friend

(434 total reviews)
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John Marchioni

41% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Selective Insurance has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 434 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Selective Insurance employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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434 reviews
2.0
Nov 20, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Regular employment and never bored.

Cons

Claims are a mess. A lack of necessary personal in claims. Employees are given way more workload than they can handle and they refuse to hire in key positions. When they do hire,new employees usually leave within several months. Seems to be too many Vice Presidents and upper management and not enough claims personal. They continually reinforce their employees are their greatest resource but their actions prove otherwise.

1.0
Oct 14, 2020

Great History - Uncertain Future

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Historically a great place to work (challenging yet rewarding). Highly respected with agency plant. Track record of success financially.

Cons

Change in leadership creates a high degree of certainty for the future. Although executives discuss values often, their actions (particularly of a few key influential leaders - particularly CIO) do NOT reflect those values - at all. However, they maintain in-group or favoured status. Their focus on themselves and their departments first, make working in any other group extremely difficult. Speaking up in a way that is perceived to challenge these execs is career limiting. Strategy lacks coherence and is disjointed between business units and LOBs. Generally a "we better try everything and see what works" approach to business planning creates an inability to coalesce on a solid business plan and has the rest of the employee force very overworked chasing the priority and strategy of the day. Ratings below would have been much higher 2-3 years ago, but changes in leadership is changing culture quickly.

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Selective Insurance Response
5y
Since you're a current employee, you're encouraged to discuss these sentiments with your HR Manager so the situation can be reviewed at the appropriate levels.
2.0
Jan 19, 2020

too many egos at the top

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some great people working here that made all the difference. Corporate culture tries for the most part to be inclusive, but much of it is smoke and mirrors.

Cons

Too many egos in the top roles and also those poised to take the reins. If you make a mistake here, you're branded with it and you have it mentioned in your next 5 reviews. No belief in taking risks or failing, it's used against you.

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Selective Insurance Response
6y
It sounds like you had some positive relationships with your coworkers, and that's nice to read. We'll pass along your points about a stronger approach to inclusion, risk-taking, and recognition.
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