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EMC Insurance Group Inc. Announces 2010 Second Quarter Earnings Release, Conference Call and Webcast

^{Published on 2010-07-14 06:45:40 - Market Wire}
 

DES MOINES, Iowa--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--EMC Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ:EMCI) (the aCompanya) today announced that 2010 second quarter and year-to-date earnings information will be released to the media before the opening of regular market hours on July 29, 2010. The second quarter earnings release and financial supplement will be available on the Companya™s website ([ www.emcins.com ]) at that time.

The Company will host an earnings call at 11:00 a.m. eastern daylight saving time, July 29, 2010, to allow securities analysts, stockholders and other interested parties the opportunity to hear management discuss the Companya™s quarterly and year-to-date results, as well as its expectations for the remainder of 2010. Dial-in information for the call is toll-free 1-877-407-8035 (International: 1-201-689-8035). The event will be archived and available for digital replay through August 13, 2010. The replay access information is toll-free 1-877-660-6853 (International: 1-201-612-7415); passcodes (both required for playback) are account no. 286; conference ID no. 353766. A webcast of the teleconference will be presented by PrecisionIR and can be accessed at [ http://www.investorcalendar.com ] or from the Companya™s investor relations page at [ www.emcins.com/ir ]. The archived webcast will be available until October 29, 2010. A transcript of the teleconference will also be available on the Companya™s website shortly after the completion of the teleconference.

EMC Insurance Group Inc. is a publicly held insurance holding company with operations in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance. EMCI was formed in 1974 and became publicly held in 1982. The Companya™s common stock trades on the NASDAQ OMX Global Select Market tier of the NASDAQ OMX Stock Market under the symbol EMCI. EMCIa™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.

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 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 managementa™s current beliefs, assumptions and expectations of the Companya™s future performance, taking into account all information currently available to management. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations can change as the result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to management. If a change occurs, the Companya™s business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans and objectives may vary materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. 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;
• the adequacy of loss and settlement expense reserves;
• state and federal legislation and regulations;
• changes in the property and casualty insurance industry, interest rates or the performance of financial markets and the general economy;
• rating agency actions;
• aother-than-temporarya investment impairment losses; and
• other risks and uncertainties inherent to the Companya™s business, including those discussed under the heading aRisk Factorsa in the Companya™s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Management intends to identify forward-looking statements when using the words abelieve,a aexpect,a aanticipate,a aestimate,a aproject,a or similar expressions. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements.