Webcast Alert: EMC Insurance Group Announces Its Fourth Quarter 2004 E

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    DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2005--EMC Insurance Group (NASDAQ: EMCI) announces the following Webcast:

What: EMC Insurance Group Fourth Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call Webcast

When: February 24, 2005 at approximately 3 p.m. Eastern time

Where: http://www.vcall.com/ClientPage.asp?ID=90438 or http://www.vcall.com/

How: Over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above.

Contact: Anita Novak, (515)280-2515 or anita.l.novak@emcins.com

    EMC Insurance Group Inc. is an insurance holding company that is approximately 53% owned by Employers Mutual Casualty Company (Employers Mutual), a multiple-line property and casualty insurance company that is licensed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Company conducts its insurance business through two business segments: Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance. The four property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of the Company and two subsidiaries and an affiliate of Employers Mutual (Union Insurance Company of Providence, EMC Property & Casualty Company and Hamilton Mutual Insurance Company) are parties to reinsurance pooling agreements with Employers Mutual.

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CONTACT: EMC Insurance Group Anita Novak, 515-280-2515 anita.l.novak@emcins.com

KEYWORD: IOWA NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INSURANCE BANKING CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: EMC Insurance Group

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