EX-23.2 5 exhibit23212312013.htm EXHIBIT 23.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACTUARY exhibit23.212312013


EXHIBIT 23.2


Consent of Independent Actuary

We consent to the use of and reference to our name in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of United Fire Group, Inc. (“United Fire”) for the year ended December 31, 2013 in Item 1, “Business” under the heading “Reserves” under the subheading “Life Insurance Segment” and in Item 7, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the subheading “Critical Accounting Policies” under the heading “Independent Actuary” under “Future Policy Benefits and Losses, Claims and Loss Settlement Expenses - Life Insurance Segment.” We also consent to the incorporation by reference of such use and reference into the Registration Statements of United Fire described in the following table:

Registration Statement
 
Form
Number
Purpose
 
 
 
S-8
333-42895
Pertaining to United Fire's employee stock purchase plan
S-8
333-63103
Pertaining to United Fire's non-qualified employee stock option plan
S-8
333-107041
Pertaining to the United Fire Group 401(k) plan
S-8
333-129923/ 333-178095
Pertaining to United Fire's 2005 non-qualified non-employee director stock option and restricted stock plan
S-8
333-151074
Pertaining to United Fire's 2008 Stock Plan





March 5, 2014
 
/s/ Steve Griffith
 
 
Griffith, Ballard and Company
 
 
President