EMC Insurance (EMCI) 8-K EMC Insurance Group Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

EXHIBIT 99

NEWS RELEASE

EMC Insurance Group Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

DES MOINES, Iowa (March 2, 2017) – EMC Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ:EMCI) (the

“Company”) today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.21

per share of common stock payable March 21, 2017, to stockholders of record as of March 14, 2017.

The Company has declared a quarterly dividend since becoming a publicly held company in

February 1982, and has never reduced its dividend.

About EMCI

EMC 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 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.

Contacts

Investors:Media:

Steve Walsh, 515-345-2515Lisa Hamilton, 515-345-7589

steve.t.walsh@emcins.comlisa.l.hamilton@emcins.com