EMC Insurance Group Inc. provided earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2017. For the quarter, the company expects to report a record amount of third quarter 2017 catastrophe and storm losses totaling approximately $29.4 million ($0.90 per share after tax), which is net of intercompany reinsurance recoveries. On a segment basis, catastrophe and storm losses are expected to total approximately $9.9 million ($0.30 per share after tax) in the property and casualty insurance segment, which includes less than $1 million of combined losses from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The reinsurance segment expects to report a record amount of catastrophe and storm losses totaling approximately $19.5 million ($0.60 per share after tax).