The flurry of dividend increases continues. Below we provide a list of firms that upped their dividends for the week ending March 8. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports, please click here.

Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week

Allied World (AWH): now $0.50 per share share quarterly dividend, was $0.375.

Agree Realty (ADC): now $0.41 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.40.

Amtrust Financial (AFSI): now $0.14 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10.

Canadian Natural (CNQ): now C$0.125 per share quarterly dividend, was C$0.105.

Colgate-Palmolive (CL): now $0.68 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.62.

Covanta (CVA): now $0.165 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15.

Devon Energy (DVN): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

General Dynamics (GD): now $0.56 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.51.

Horace Mann (HMN): now $0.195 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.16.

International Game Technology (IGT): now $0.08 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06.

Michael Baker (BKR): now $0.16 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.14.

Miller Industries (MLR): now $0.14 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13.

Myers Industries (MYE): now $0.09 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.08.

P.H. Glatfelter (GLT): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.09.

Symetra Financial (SYA): now $0.08 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.07.

Staples (SPLS): now $0.12 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.11.

Scotiabank (BNS): now C$0.60 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.57.

Steel Dynamics (STLD): now $0.11 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10.

Silgan Holdings (SLGN): now $0.14 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.12.

Torchmark Corp (TMK): now $0.17 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15.

Xilinx (XLNX): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.22.

Zimmer Holdings (ZMH): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.18.