UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2012
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Institutional Investment Manager:
Name: United Fire Group, Inc.
Address: 118 Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids IA 52401
Form 13F File Number: 28-6427
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of the Reporting Manager:
Name: Kevin W. Helbing
Title: Controller
Phone: 319 286-2533
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/ Kevin W. Helbing Cedar Rapids, IA 5/1/2012
Kevin W. Helbing
Report Type (Check only one.):
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13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are
reported in this report.)
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13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
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13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
other reporting manager(s).)
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 104
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $170,448 (in thousands)
List of Other Included Managers: NONE
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VOTING AUTHORITY
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMNT OTHER -------------------
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x $1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AGL Resources Inc Common 001204-10-6 1,315 33,528 SH Sole 33,528
AT&T Inc Common 00206R-10-2 3,175 101,660 SH Sole 101,660
Abbott Laboratories Common 002824-10-0 13,790 225,000 SH Sole 225,000
AbitibiBowater, Inc Common 003687-20-9 1 58 SH Sole 58
Agilysys Inc Common 00847J-10-5 1,130 125,687 SH Sole 125,687
Alliant Energy Corporation Common 018802-10-8 5,294 122,200 SH Sole 122,200
ALTERA CORP Common 021441-10-0 199 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
American Strategic Inc
Port II Common 030099-10-5 211 25,420 SH Sole 25,420
AMERISOURCEBERGEN
CORP Common 03073E-10-5 238 6,000 SH Sole 6,000
BCE Inc Common 05534B-76-0 594 14,823 SH Sole 14,823
BRE Properties Inc Common 05564E-10-6 910 18,000 SH Sole 18,000
Bank of America
Corporation Common 060505-10-4 1,340 140,000 SH Sole 140,000
BECTON DICKINSON &
CO Common 075887-10-9 155 2,000 SH Sole 2000
BED BATH & BEYOND
INC Common 075896-10-0 395 6,000 SH Sole 6,000
Bemis Company Inc Common 081437-10-5 1,014 31,400 SH Sole 31,400
Boeing Company Common 097023-10-5 5,578 75,000 SH Sole 75,000
CIT Group Inc Common 125581-80-1 2,271 55,065 SH Sole 55,065
CAMPBELL SOUP CO Common 134429-10-9 339 10,000 SH Sole 10,000
Cincinnati Financial Corp Common 172062-10-1 11,053 320,276 SH Sole 320,276
COCA COLA CO Common 191216-10-0 296 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
COLGATE PALMOLIVE
CO Common 194162-10-3 391 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
ConocoPhillips Common 20825C-10-4 765 10,059 SH Sole 10,059
CONSOLIDATED
EDISON INC Common 209115-10-4 88 1,500 SH Sole 1,500
Cummins Inc Common 231021-10-6 8,791 73,230 SH Sole 73,230
DANAHER CORP DEL Common 235851-10-2 224 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
Dean Foods Company Common 242370-10-4 97 8,000 SH Sole 8,000
Deere & Company Common 244199-10-5 1,618 20,000 SH Sole 20,000
DOLLAR TREE INC Common 256746-10-8 283 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
Dow Chemical Company Common 260543-10-3 5,889 170,000 SH Sole 170,000
Duke Energy Corporation Common 26441C-10-5 3,114 148,192 SH Sole 148,192
Emerson Electric Co Common 291011-10-4 657 12,600 SH Sole 12,600
Excelis Inc Common 30162A-10-8 31 2,500 SH Sole 2,500
EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC Common 302182-10-0 217 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
Exxon Mobil Corporation Common 30231G-10-2 3,469 40,000 SH Sole 40,000
FACTSET RESH SYS INC Common 303075-10-5 297 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
Federal-Mogul Corporation Common 313549-40-4 662 38,457 SH Sole 38,457
Fidelity National Information Common 31620M-10-6 323 9,758 SH Sole 9,758
Fidelity NationalFinancialInc Common 31620R-10-5 400 22,201 SH Sole 22,201
Frontier Communications Corp Common 35906A-10-8 56 13,439 SH Sole 13,439
Arthur J Gallagher & Co Common 363576-10-9 369 10,321 SH Sole 10,321
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP Common 369550-10-8 367 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
General Electric Company Common 369604-10-3 5,519 275,000 SH Sole 275,000
General Motors Company Common 37045V-10-0 9 364 SH Sole 364
General Motors Company
-Warrants A Common 37045V-11-8 6 331 SH Sole 331
General Motors Company
-Warrants B Common 37045V-12-6 4 331 SH Sole 331
GenOn Energy Inc Common 37244E-10-7 167 80,347 SH Sole 80,347
GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC Common 375916-10-3 41 1,500 SH Sole 1,500
H J Heinz Company Common 423074-10-3 2,410 45,000 SH Sole 45,000
Honeywell International Inc Common 438516-10-6 2,320 38,000 SH Sole 38,000
Hospira Inc Common 441060-10-0 589 16,000 SH Sole 16,000
ITT CORP Common 450911-20-1 29 1,250 SH Sole 1,250
Intel Corporation Common 458140-10-0 1,687 60,000 SH Sole 60,000
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS Common 459200-10-1 626 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co Common 46625H-10-0 2,655 57,736 SH Sole 57,736
JACOBS ENGR GROUP INC DEL Common 469814-10-7 44 1,000 SH Sole 1,000
Johnson & Johnson Common 478160-10-4 2,506 38,000 SH Sole 38,000
JOS A BANK CLOTHIERS INC Common 480838-10-1 76 1,500 SH Sole 1,500
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP Common 535678-10-6 135 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
LOWES COS INC Common 548661-10-7 533 17,000 SH Sole 17,000
MCCORMICK & CO INC Common 579780-20-6 109 2,000 SH Sole 2,000
MCDONALDS CORP Common 580135-10-1 491 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
Medtronic Inc Common 585055-10-6 980 25,000 SH Sole 25,000
Merck & Co Inc Common 58933Y-10-5 221 5,767 SH Sole 5,767
METLIFE INC Common 59156R-10-8 67 1,800 SH Sole 1,800
NATIONAL PRESTO INDS INC Common 637215-10-4 76 1,000 SH Sole 1,000
Newell Rubbermaid Inc Common 651229-10-6 815 45,766 SH Sole 45,766
NIKE INC Common 654106-10-3 325 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
NOVELLUS SYS INC Common 670008-10-1 250 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
Old Republic International
Cor Common 680223-10-4 2,687 254,690 SH Sole 254,690
OMNICOM GROUP INC Common 681919-10-6 152 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
ORACLE CORP Common 68389X-10-5 204 7,000 SH Sole 7,000
PepsiCo Inc Common 713448-10-8 1,526 23,000 SH Sole 23,000
Pfizer Inc Common 717081-10-3 906 40,000 SH Sole 40,000
Piper Jaffray Cos Common 724078-10-0 222 8,329 SH Sole 8,329
PLAINS ALL AMER PIPELINE LP Common 726503-10-5 235 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
Procter & Gamble Company Common 742718-10-9 5,108 76,000 SH Sole 76,000
Progress Energy Inc Common 743263-10-5 1,016 19,131 SH Sole 19,131
QCR Holdings Inc Common 74727A-10-4 1,015 83,181 SH Sole 83,181
ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC Common 780097-87-9 44 2,000 SH Sole 2,000
Royal Dutch Shell ADR Common 780259-20-6 2,805 40,000 SH Sole 40,000
Schlumberger Limited Common 806857-10-8 2,098 30,000 SH Sole 30,000
SMUCKER J M CO Common 832696-40-5 325 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
Spectra Energy Corporation Common 847560-10-9 2,969 94,096 SH Sole 94,096
STRYKER CORP Common 863667-10-1 333 6,000 SH Sole 6,000
Teva Pharmaceutical
Industries Ltd Common 881624-20-9 81 1,802 SH Sole 1,802
TEXAS INSTRS INC Common 882508-10-4 168 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
TRACTOR SUPPLY CO Common 892356-10-6 362 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
Treehouse Foods Inc Common 89469A-10-4 574 9,652 SH Sole 9,652
U S Bancorp Common 902973-30-4 21,900 691,284 SH Sole 691,284
UNION PAC CORP Common 907818-10-8 269 2,500 SH Sole 2,500
V F CORP Common 918204-10-8 438 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
VARIAN MED SYS INC Common 92220P-10-5 69 1,000 SH Sole 1,000
Vectren Corporation Common 92240G-10-1 775 26,658 SH Sole 26,658
Verizon Communications Inc Common 92343V-10-4 2,141 55,997 SH Sole 55,997
WAL MART STORES INC Common 931142-10-3 214 3,500 SH Sole 3,500
WALGREEN CO Common 931422-10-9 335 10,000 SH Sole 10,000
WASTE MGMT INC DEL Common 94106L-10-9 70 2,000 SH Sole 2,000
Wells Fargo & Company Common 949746-10-1 8,709 255,086 SH Sole 255,086
Wachovia Corp Ser L Conv Perp
Pfd Common 949746-80-4 1,563 1,400 SH Sole 1,400
Windstream Corporation Common 97381W-10-4 151 12,942 SH Sole 12,942
Wintrust Financial
Corporation Common 97650W-10-8 8,250 230,523 SH Sole 230,523
Xcel Energy, Inc. Common 98389B-10-0 2,382 90,000 SH Sole 90,000
Xylem Inc Common 98419M-10-0 69 2,500 SH Sole 2,500
Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd Common G62185-10-6 178 9,189 SH Sole 9,189
Report Summary Data Records 104 170,448 0 other managers on whose behlaf report is filed