New Jersey’s Selective Insurance Hires Eden as Head of Commercial Lines

Selective Insurance Group Inc. in Branchville, New Jersey, has hired Douglas T. Eden as executive vice president, head of commercial lines. Eden will assume responsibility for all aspects of standard commercial lines operations, including all regional management.

Eden has spent 20 years in the industry and has experience in field operations, mergers and acquisitions, state expansion and growing small business lines. He previously worked at Main Street America Group (MSA), where he spent the past eight years as senior vice president, Field Operations. He has the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation.

Selective Insurance Group Inc. is a holding company for 10 property/casualty insurance companies. Through independent agents, the insurance companies offer primary and alternative market insurance for commercial and personal risks, and flood insurance underwritten by the National Flood Insurance Program.