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Selective Insurance Group Announces Officer Appointments
BRANCHVILLE, N.J., Jan. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGI),

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[{"type":"text","content":"BRANCHVILLE, N.J., Jan. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Selective Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGI), announces the following officer appointments.\n\n \n \n\n \nShadi Albert, Executive Vice President, Insurance Strategy and Business Development. Mr. Albert joined Selective in 2013 as Assistant Vice President, Reinsurance and Enterprise Risk Management, and was promoted to Vice President, Commercial Lines Underwriting in 2014. He transitioned to Director of Field Operations in 2016 then was promoted to Senior Vice President, Regional Manager for Selective's Southwest Region in 2017. Prior to Selective, Mr. Albert served as Assistant Vice President, Rating Agency and Enterprise Risk Advisory at Towers Watson. He holds a Master of Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance, from St. Joseph's University, and a bachelor's degree in Finance and Risk Management from Temple University, both in Pennsylvania. Mr. Albert also holds designations as a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Reinsurance and an Associate in Risk Management.\nJohn Bresney, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer. Mr. Bresney joined Selective in 1994 as a management trainee and programmer. He held various positions throughout Selective's IT organization, including Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Development Services, Vice President, Infrastructure and Operations, and Vice President of Personal Lines Business Architecture before transitioning to his most recent role as Senior Vice President, Application Delivery Services in 2013. Mr. Bresney earned his bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania and holds an Associate Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.\nGordon Gaudet, Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer. Mr. Gaudet joined Selective in 2013 as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer. Prior to that, he spent nine years as a Director and Co-lead of Deloitte Consulting's Insurance Core System Transformation practice in Chicago and served on the systems integration advisory boards for Program/Project Management and Delivery Methods and Tools. Mr. Gaudet was also Partner and Chief Information Officer at The Actuarials Exchange, LLC,...