MetLife, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a fourth quarter 2020 common stock dividend of $0.46 per share. The dividend will be payable on Dec. 14, 2020, to shareholders of record as of Nov. 3, 2020.

The Board of Directors of Discover Financial Services declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.44 per share of common stock payable on December 3, 2020, to holders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2020.

The Board of Directors of American Electric Power today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 74 cents a share on the company's common stock, an increase of 4 cents per share. The increase is in line with the company's 5% to 7% operating earnings growth range. The dividend is payable Dec. 10, 2020, to shareholders of record as of Nov. 10, 2020, and is the company's 442nd consecutive quarterly common stock cash dividend.

Brown & Brown, today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.0925 per share. The dividend is payable on November 18, 2020 to shareholders of record on November 4, 2020. The dividend represents an 8.8% increase from the previous regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.085 per share and is the twenty-seventh consecutive annual dividend increase for the Company.

The Board of Directors of Avery Dennison declared a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share, representing a 4 cent, or approximately 7%, increase over the previous dividend rate. The dividend is payable on December 16, 2020 to shareholders of record as of December 2, 2020.