UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2003
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Institutional Investment Manager:
Name: United Fire & Casualty Company
Address: 118 Second Ave., S.E.
Cedar Rapids, IA 52407
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: Dianne M. Lyons
Title: Controller
Phone: 319-399-5723
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/ Dianne M. Lyons Cedar Rapids, IA 11-12-03
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
are reported in this report.)
[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 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: 116
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 114,652 (in thousands)
List of Other Included Managers: NONE
TITLE
OF VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMNT OTHER ---VOTING AUTHORITY---
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (x $1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AOL Time Warner Inc. Common 00184A-10-5 79 5,000 Defined 5,000
AOL Time Warner Inc. Common 00184A-10-5 30 2,000 Defined 2,000
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Common 00209A-10-6 17 2,000 Defined 2,000
Abbott Laboratories Common 002824-10-0 6,808 160,000 Sole 160,000
Alderwoods Group Inc Common 014383-10-3 300 38,421 Sole 38,421
Allegheny Energy Inc. Common 017361-10-6 45 5,000 Defined 5,000
Alliant Energy Corporation Common 018802-10-8 152 6,900 Defined 6,900
Alliant Energy Corporation Common 018802-10-8 2,688 122,200 Sole 122,200
ALLTEL Corporation Common 020039-10-3 580 12,518 Sole 12,518
American Express Co. Common 025816-10-9 164 3,650 Defined 3,650
American Express Co. Common 025816-10-9 46 1,000 Defined 1,000
American Express Co. Common 025816-10-9 23 500 Defined 500
American Strategic inc.Port II Common 030099-10-5 333 25,420 Sole 25,420
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc Common 035229-10-3 197 4,000 Sole 4,000
Applied Materials Inc. Common 038222-10-5 138 7,600 Defined 7,600
Automatic Data Processing Common 053015-10-3 133 3,700 Defined 3,700
BCE Inc. Common 05534B-10-9 354 16,200 Sole 16,200
BRE Properties Inc. Common 05564E-10-6 594 18,000 Sole 18,000
Bank of America Corporation Common 060505-10-4 4,682 60,000 Sole 60,000
Bank One Corporation Common 06423A-10-3 1,691 43,740 Sole 43,740
Bell South Corporation Common 079860-10-2 379 16,000 Sole 16,000
Bemis Company Inc. Common 081437-10-5 696 15,700 Sole 15,700
Boeing Company Common 097023-10-5 1,202 35,000 Sole 35,000
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Common 12189T-10-4 466 16,158 Sole 16,158
Burlington Resources Inc Common 122014-10-3 336 6,972 Sole 6,972
CH Energy Group, Inc. Common 12541M-10-2 22 500 Defined 500
CMS Energy Corp. Common 125896-10-0 38 5,000 Defined 5,000
CVS Corp Delaware Common 126650-10-0 154 4,950 Defined 4,950
Cardinal Health Inc. Common 14149Y-10-8 156 2,675 Defined 2,675
Cincinnati Bell Common 171871-10-6 27 5,000 Defined 5,000
Cincinnati Financial Corp. Common 172062-10-1 11,620 290,500 Sole 290,500
Citigroup Inc. Common 172967-10-1 166 3,650 Defined 3,650
Cummins Inc. Common 231021-10-6 868 19,545 Sole 19,545
DQE Inc. Common 23329J-10-4 550 35,000 Sole 35,000
Dana Corp. Common 235811-10-6 47 3,000 Defined 3,000
Dean Foods Company Common 242370-10-4 1,498 48,261 Sole 48,261
Del Monte Foods Co. Common 24522P-10-3 43 5,000 Defined 5,000
Del Monte Foods Co. Common 24522P-10-3 175 20,097 Sole 20,097
Dow Chemical Company Common 260543-10-3 1,952 60,000 Sole 60,000
Dreyers Grand Ice Cream Hldg Common 261878-10-2 78 1,000 Defined 1,000
Duke Energy Corp. Common 264399-10-6 36 2,000 Defined 2,000
Duke Energy Corporation Common 264399-10-6 1,425 80,000 Sole 80,000
Emerson Electric Co. Common 291011-10-4 332 6,300 Sole 6,300
Exxon Mobil Corporation Common 30231G-10-2 145 3,950 Defined 3,950
Exxon Mobil Corporation Common 30231G-10-2 1,464 40,000 Sole 40,000
Fannie Mae Common 313586-10-9 165 2,350 Defined 2,350
Federal Signal Corporation Common 313855-10-8 1,115 74,864 Sole 74,864
Ferro Corp. Common 315405-10-0 65 3,000 Defined 3,000
Fidelity National Information Common 31620P-10-9 494 19,890 Sole 19,890
First Data Corp. Common 319963-10-4 160 4,000 Defined 4,000
Fisher Communications Inc. Common 337756-20-9 23 500 Defined 500
Fisher Communications Inc. Common 337756-20-9 18 400 Defined 400
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. Common 363576-10-9 292 10,321 Sole 10,321
General Elec Co. Common 369604-10-3 159 5,350 Defined 5,350
General Electric Company Common 369604-10-3 6,260 210,000 Sole 210,000
Genuine Parts Co. Common 372460-10-5 48 1,500 Defined 1,500
Greater Bay Bancorp Common 391648-10-2 416 20,000 Sole 20,000
H J Heinz Company Common 423074-10-3 1,543 45,000 Sole 45,000
Hewlett Packard Co. Common 428236-10-3 154 7,949 Defined 7,949
Home Depot Inc Common 437076-10-2 151 4,750 Defined 4,750
Honeywell International Inc. Common 438516-10-6 142 5,400 Defined 5,400
Honeywell International Inc. Common 438516-10-6 27 1,000 Defined 1,000
Honeywell International Inc. Common 438516-10-6 659 25,000 Sole 25,000
Intel Corporation Common 458140-10-0 155 5,650 Defined 5,650
Intel Corporation Common 458140-10-0 275 10,000 Sole 10,000
J P Morgan Chase & Co. Common 46625h-10-0 154 4,500 Defined 4,500
Johnson & Johnson Common 478160-10-4 154 3,100 Defined 3,100
Johnson & Johnson Common 478160-10-4 495 10,000 Sole 10,000
Liberty Media Corp. Series A Common 530718-10-5 101 10,000 Defined 10,000
Lin TV Corp. Common 532774-10-6 43 2,000 Defined 2,000
Merrill Lynch & Co Inc. Common 590188-10-8 150 2,800 Defined 2,800
MetLife Inc. Common 59156R-10-8 333 11,880 Sole 11,880
Motorola Inc. Common 620076-10-9 717 60,000 Sole 60,000
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Common 651229-10-6 775 35,766 Sole 35,766
Nicor Inc. Common 654086-10-7 1,054 30,000 Sole 30,000
NiSource Inc. Common 65473P-10-5 114 5,700 Sole 5,700
TITLE
OF VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMNT OTHER ---VOTING AUTHORITY---
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (x $1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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Nokia Corp. Common 654902-20-4 144 9,200 Defined 9,200
Nstar Common 67019E-10-7 24 500 Defined 500
Officemax Inc. Common 67622M-10-8 95 10,000 Defined 10,000
Ohio Casualty Corporation Common 677240-10-3 145 10,000 Sole 10,000
Old Republic International Cor Common 680223-10-4 3,414 103,168 Sole 103,168
Penford Corporation Common 707051-10-8 260 20,000 Sole 20,000
Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co. Common 709754-10-5 653 30,000 Sole 30,000
PepsiCo Inc. Common 713448-10-8 917 20,000 Sole 20,000
Pfizer Common 717081-10-3 147 4,850 Defined 4,850
Procter & Gamble Company Common 742718-10-9 2,599 28,000 Sole 28,000
Progress Energy Inc. Common 743263-10-5 851 19,131 Sole 19,131
Pulitzer Inc. Common 745769-10-9 27 500 Defined 500
Pulitzer Inc. Common 745769-10-9 15 300 Defined 300
QCR Holdings Inc. Common 74727A-10-4 1,023 45,454 Sole 45,454
SBC Communications Inc. Common 78387G-10-3 1,757 78,960 Sole 78,960
SAFECO Corporation Common 786429-10-0 1,646 46,550 Sole 46,550
St Paul Companies Inc. Common 792860-10-8 806 21,774 Sole 21,774
Schering-Plough Corporation Common 806605-10-1 149 9,750 Defined 9,750
Schering-Plough Corporation Common 806605-10-1 152 10,000 Sole 10,000
Shopko Stores Inc Common 824911-10-1 300 20,000 Sole 20,000
Sprint Corp. PCS Common 852061-50-6 42 7,000 Defined 7,000
TXU Corporation Common 873168-10-8 707 30,000 Sole 30,000
Texas Instruments Common 882508-10-4 141 6,175 Defined 6,175
Thomas Inds. Inc. Common 884425-10-9 14 500 Defined 500
Titan Corp. Common 888266-10-3 62 3,000 Defined 3,000
TPG NV Common 892339-10-2 77 4,034 Sole 4,034
Tribune Co. Common 896047-10-7 24 500 Defined 500
US Bancorp Common 902973-30-4 150 6,250 Defined 6,250
US Bancorp Common 902973-30-4 19,984 833,034 Sole 833,034
United States Cellular Corp. Common 911684-10-8 60 2,000 Defined 2,000
United States Cellular Corp. Common 911684-90-8 59 2,000 Defined 2,000
Vectren Corporation Common 92240G-10-1 630 26,658 Sole 26,658
Verizon Communications Inc Common 92343V-10-4 1,189 36,648 Sole 36,648
Viacom Inc. Common 925524-10-0 38 1,000 Defined 1,000
Wachovia Corporation Common 929903-10-2 1,236 30,008 Sole 30,008
Wells Fargo & Company Common 949746-10-1 6,035 117,176 Sole 117,176
Wintrust Financial Corporation Common 97650W-10-8 8,714 230,523 Sole 230,523
Wyeth Corp Common 983024-10-0 157 3,400 Defined 3,400
Xcel Energy, Inc. Common 98389B-10-0 774 50,000 Sole 50,000
Young Broadcasting Inc. Common 987434-10-7 95 5,000 Defined 5,000
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Report Summary 116 Data Records $114,652 0 other managers on whose behalf report is filed