EMC Insurance Group Inc. Declares 83rd Consecutive Quarterly Dividend.Business Editors DES MOINES Des Moines, city, United States Des Moines (dĭ moin`), city (1990 pop. 193,187), state capital and seat of Polk co., S central Iowa, at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers; inc. , Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002 The Board of Directors of EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Insurance Group Inc. (Nasdaq:EMCI EMCI Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator EMCI External Memory Control Interface ) has declared a quarterly dividend of fifteen (15) cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. of common stock payable September 11, 2002 to shareholders of record as of September 4, 2002. This is the eighty-third consecutive quarterly dividend paid since EMC Insurance Group Inc. became a publicly held company in February 1982. EMC Insurance Group Inc., the publicly-held insurance holding company of EMC Insurance Companies, owns subsidiaries with operations in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. . EMC Insurance Companies is one of the largest property and casualty groups in Iowa and among the top 60 insurance groups nationwide. For more information, visit our website www.emcinsurance.com. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 provides issuers the opportunity to make cautionary statements regarding forward-looking statements. Accordingly, any forward-looking statement contained in this report is based on management's current expectations and actual results of the Company may differ materially from such expectations. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the actual results of the Company include but are not limited to the following: catastrophic events and the occurrence of significant severe weather conditions; state and federal legislation and regulations; rate competition; changes in interest rates and the performance of financial markets; the adequacy of loss and settlement expense reserves, including asbestos and environmental claims; rate agency actions and other risks and uncertainties inherent to the Company's business. |
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