EMC Insurance Group Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

EMC Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ:EMCI) (the “Company”) today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of common stock payable June 2, 2015 to stockholders of record as of May 26, 2015. The record and payment dates of the previously announced three-for-two stock split will occur after June 2, 2015; therefore, the stock split has no impact on today’s quarterly cash dividend declaration. The Company has declared a quarterly dividend since it became a publicly held company in February 1982.

About EMCIEMC Insurance Group Inc. is a publicly held insurance holding company with operations in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, which was formed in 1974 and became publicly held in 1982. The Company’s common stock trades on the Global Select Market tier of the NASDAQ OMX Stock Market under the symbol EMCI. Additional information regarding EMC Insurance Group Inc. may be found at www.emcins.com/ir. EMCI’s parent company is Employers Mutual Casualty Company (EMCC). EMCI and EMCC, together with their subsidiary and affiliated companies, conduct operations under the trade name EMC Insurance Companies.

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