8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 15, 2017

EMC INSURANCE GROUP INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Iowa	0-10956	42-6234555
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

717 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Iowa	50309
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(515) 345-2902

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the

Exchange Act. o

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 15, 2017, EMC Insurance Group Inc. issued a press release announcing that certain of its officers will be presenting at the Des Moines Insurance Conference to be held on June 22, 2017. This press release is furnished as Exhibit 99 below.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number Description

99 Press Release

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized, on June 16, 2017.

EMC INSURANCE GROUP INC.

Registrant

/s/ Mark E. Reese

Mark E. Reese

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number Description

99 Press Release

EX-99

EXHIBIT 99

Iowa Insurance Companies to Host

Des Moines Insurance Conference June 22

Des Moines, Iowa, June 15, 2017 – Agenda and webcast details for the 2017 Des Moines Insurance

Conference are now available. Participating companies include Aegon (NYSE: AEG), American

Equity Investment Life Holding Company (NYSE: AEL), EMC Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ:

EMCI), FBL Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FFG) and Principal Financial Group (NYSE: PFG). The

conference will be held at FBL Financial Group’s headquarters located at 5400 University Avenue,

West Des Moines, IA on Thursday, June 22, 2017 with presentations beginning at 8:00 a.m. CT.

The program includes individual company fireside chats with Q&A sessions, as well as special guest

speaker Nick Gerhart, Chief Administrative Officer – FBL Financial Group, Inc., former Insurance

Commissioner of the State of Iowa. The event is hosted in partnership with the CFA Society Iowa.

Note, United Fire Group (NASDAQ: UFCS) had planned to participate, but now is no longer able to

given a scheduling conflict.

Parties interested in listening to the presentations live may access the webcast on the website of each

participating company or by visiting https://tinyurl.com/y7c4chet. Archived presentations will be

available by end of day, Friday, June 23.

The agenda follows. All times shown are in Central Time.

8:00 a.m.     FBL Financial Group. Inc. (NYSE: FFG)

Jim Brannen, Chief Executive Officer

Don Seibel, Chief Financial Officer

Ray Wasilewski, Chief Operating Officer – Life Companies

www.fblfinancial.com

8:40 a.m.     Aegon (NYSE: AEG)

Louise Costikyan, Head of Competitive Analysis - Transamerica

www.aegon.com/en/home/investors/

9:40 a.m.     EMC Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ: EMCI)

Bruce Kelley, President & Chief Executive Officer

Scott Jean, Executive Vice President for Finance and Analytics

Mick Lovell, Executive Vice President for Corporate Development

www.emcins.com/ir

10:20 a.m.     Principal Financial Group. Inc. (NYSE: PFG)

Nora Everett, President – Retirement and Income Solutions

Amy Friedrich, President – U.S. Insurance Solutions

http://www.principal.com/investor

11:00 a.m.     American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (NYSE: AEL)

John Matovina, Chief Executive Officer

Ted Johnson, Chief Financial Officer

Ron Grensteiner, President, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company

Jeff Lorenzen, Chief Investment Officer

http://www.american-equity.com/

11:40 a.m.     Guest speaker Nick Gerhart, Chief Administrative Officer – FBL Financial Group, Inc.,

former Insurance Commissioner of the State of Iowa (no webcast available)

Contact Information

Aegon                                FBL Financial Group, Inc

Tyler Schuett                            Kathleen Till Stange

Investor Relations Officer                    Vice President Corporate & Investor Relations

+31 70 344 8753                        515.226.6780

Tyler.Schuett@Aegon.com                    Kathleen.TillStange@FBLFinancial.com

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.        Principal Financial Group

Steven Schwartz                        John Egan

Vice President - Investor Relations                Vice President – Investor Relations

515.273.3763                            515.235.9500

SSchwartz@American-Equity.com                Egan.John@Principal.com

EMC Insurance Group Inc.

Steve Walsh

Director Investor Relations

515.345.2515

Steve.T.Walsh@EMCIns.com