XL announces dividend
@*Normal:XL Group plc has increased its quarterly dividend on ordinary shares by $0.03.The board of directors announced on Friday that they had declared a quarterly dividend on April 25 of $0.14 per ordinary share payable on the company’s ordinary shares. June, October and December 2012 payments were at $0.11 per share.The dividend is payable on July 1, 2013 to ordinary shareholders of record as of June 14, 2013. The company, whose principal offices are in Dublin, Ireland, also announced a dividend of $8.5884 per share on XLIT Ltd.’s Series D Preference Ordinary Shares, which will be paid on July 15 to all shareholders of record as of July 1.XL Group plc, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol XL, is a global insurance and reinsurance company providing property, casualty and specialty products to industrial, commercial and professional firms, insurance companies and other enterprises.Useful website: www.xlgroup.com