Exhibit 24.9
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I, Ronald L. O’Kelley, a Director of Selective Insurance
Group, Inc. (the “Company”), do hereby appoint Gregory E. Murphy, Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, Dale A. Thatcher Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the
Company, and Michael H. Lanza, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, as my true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and
stead, and in any and all capacities, to execute on my behalf the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and any amendments and supplements thereto, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
hereby grant to such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might do or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Date: February 27, 2009
/s/ Ronald L. O’Kelley
Ronald L. O’Kelley