FBL Financial Group Inc. said today it will pay a quarterly cash dividend of 40 cents per share, a 14 percent increase, and a special cash dividend of $2 per share. The regular quarterly cash dividend will be paid March 31 to holders of Class A and Class B common stock as of March 16. The special dividend will be paid to those same stockholders. The payment is expected to be about $49 million. In addition, Richard Felts, president of the Kansas Farm Bureau, has been named to the FBL board as a Class B director.