X0304 4 2012-01-17 0 0000101199 UNITED FIRE GROUP INC UFCS 0001451182 CONNER DAVID E 118 SECOND AVENUE SE P.O. BOX 73909 CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52407-3909 0 1 0 0 VP/Chief Claims Officer Common Stock 2012-01-17 2012-01-18 5 P 0 E 6 19.58 A 1388 I By 401(k) Plan for Self Common Stock 2012-01-31 2012-02-02 5 P 0 E 7 19.63 A 1410 I By 401(k) Plan for Self Common Stock 319 I By Issuer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan for self Common Stock 3101 D The deemed execution date of this transaction is the statement date as provided by the Company's 401(k)Plan trustee/administrator. Shares acquired through payroll deduction and participation in Company's 401(k) Plan. This transaction qualifies as a non-discretionary transaction from a tax-qualified plan and is voluntarily reported on Form 4. Represents the approximate number of shares acquired by the trustee/administrator of the Company's 401(k) Plan for the reporting person's benefit, based on a statement of the trustee/administrator. The price per share is based on a statement provided by the Company's 401(k) Plan trustee/administrator. Th number of securities shown as being held in or acquired or disposed of by the Company 401(k) account for Mr. Conner's benefit is the approximate number of shares of common stock for which Mr. Conner has the right to direct the vote under the 401(k) plan. Such shares are not directly allocated to plan participants, but are instead held in a unitized fund consisting primarily of common stock, together with a small percentage of short-term investments. Participants acquire units of this fund. The total number of securities beneficially held directly by the reporting person following the reported transaction includes: 1,875 shares of restricted stock issued under the Company's 2008 Stock Plan which vest, subject to certain conditions, on 02/18/2016 and 1,226 shares of restricted stock issued under the Company's 2008 Stock Plan which vest, subject to certain conditions on 05/21/2013. Please note that effective 2/2/2012, the Reporting Person is now reporting in his capacity as an officer of United Fire Group, Inc., the new holding company parent of the United Fire Group. United Fire Group, Inc. replaced United Fire & Casualty Company as the publicly traded entity effective 2/2/2012 and assumed United Fire & Casualty Company's reporting history on that date. /s/ David E. Conner by Barrie W. Ernst, Attorney-in-Fact 2012-02-06