EMC Insurance Group Inc. announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share of common stock payable November 27, 2017, to stockholders of record as of November 20, 2017. The $0.22 per share quarterly dividend represents a 4.8% increase over the previous quarterly dividend of $0.21 per share.

The company announced that Mick A. Lovell will become Executive Vice President of Operations taking over the responsibilities of Kevin Hovick, coinciding with Mr. Hovick's retirement effective January 2, 2018. He will oversee company operations, and continue oversight of Corporate Communications and operational planning. Mr. Lovell has been a part of the team for more than 14 years and before that he had more than 13 years of commercial underwriting and marketing management experience. He began at EMC as the first Director of Product Management and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Business Development in 2011. In 2015, he was promoted to Executive Vice President for Corporate Development. Also effective January 2, 2018, Scott R. Jean will become the Executive Vice President of Finance and Strategy, overseeing his current departments (Accounting, Actuary, Corporate Risk Management, Investments, Strategic Analytics), and taking on responsibility for Information Technology, Program Management Office, corporate budgeting and strategic planning. Mr. Jean joined EMC as an Actuary in 1991. He was promoted to Vice President and Chief Actuary in 2009 and Executive Vice President in 2015.