Erie Indemnity Company (ERIE) will raise its quarterly dividend by 7.2 percent to $0.965 per share in the first quarter of 2020. The management company hiked its dividend by 7.1 percent last year.
The next quarterly dividend is payable January 22, 2020, to shareholders of record as of January 7, 2020, with a dividend ex-date on January 6, 2020. A new annualized dividend rate of $3.86 per share yields 2.3% at a stock price of $168.80.
Erie Indemnity Company is a management company. Erie Insurance Exchange pays a management fee to Erie Indemnity Company. Erie Insurance Group, based in Erie, Pennsylvania, is a homeowners insurer and automobile insurer in the United States. Also the company is a property/casualty insurer in the United States. Erie Indemnity Company has paid regular shareholder dividends since 1933.