UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2002 Check here if Amendment [_]; Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one): [_] is a restatement. [_] adds new holdings entries. 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 03-18-03 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: 83 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 103,742 (in thousands) List of Other Included Managers: NONE FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE 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 =================================================================================================================================== Abbott Laboratories Common 002824-10-0 6,000 150,000 SH Sole 150,000 Alderwoods Group Inc. Common 014383-10-3 182 38,421 SH Sole 38,421 Alliant Energy Common 018802-10-8 136 8,225 SH Defined 8,225 Alliant Energy Corporation Common 018802-10-8 2,022 122,200 SH Sole 122,200 ALLTEL Corporation Common 020039-10-3 638 12,518 SH Sole 12,518 American Express Co Common 025816-10-9 289 8,175 SH Defined 8,175 American Strategic Inc Port II Common 030099-10-5 323 25,420 SH Sole 25,420 Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc Common 035229-10-3 194 4,000 SH Sole 4,000 Applied Materials Inc Common 038222-10-5 199 15,300 SH Defined 15,300 Automatic Data Processing Common 053015-10-3 200 5,100 SH Defined 5,100 BCE Inc. Common 05534B-10-9 292 16,200 SH Sole 16,200 BRE Properties Inc Common 05564E-10-6 562 18,000 SH Sole 18,000 Bank of America Corporation Common 060505-10-4 4,174 60,000 SH Sole 60,000 Bank One Corporation Common 06423A-10-3 1,599 43,740 SH Sole 43,740 Bell South Corporation Common 079860-10-2 414 16,000 SH Sole 16,000 Bemis Company Inc Common 081437-10-5 432 8,700 SH Sole 8,700 Boeing Company Common 097023-10-5 1,155 35,000 SH Sole 35,000 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Common 12189T-10-4 420 16,158 SH Sole 16,158 Burlington Resources Inc Common 122014-10-3 297 6,972 SH Sole 6,972 CVS Corp. Delaware Common 126650-10-0 176 7,050 SH Defined 7,050 Cincinnati Financial Corp Common 172062-10-1 10,908 290,500 SH Sole 290,500 Citigroup Inc. Common 172967-10-1 208 5,916 SH Defined 5,916 Cummins Inc. Common 231021-10-6 550 19,545 SH Sole 19,545 Dean Foods Company Common 242370-10-4 1,194 32,174 SH Sole 32,174 Del Monte Foods Co. Common 24522P-10-3 155 20,097 SH Sole 20,097 Dow Chemical Company Common 260543-10-3 1,782 60,000 SH Sole 60,000 Duke Energy Corporation Common 264399-10-6 1,563 80,000 SH Sole 80,000 Emerson Electric Co. Common 291011-10-4 320 6,300 SH Sole 6,300 Exxon Mobil Corp. Common 30231G-10-2 198 5,675 SH Defined 5,675 Exxon Mobil Corporation Common 30231G-10-2 1,398 40,000 SH Sole 40,000 Fannie Mae Common 313586-10-9 216 3,350 SH Defined 3,350 Federal Signal Corporation Common 313855-10-8 1,454 74,864 SH Sole 74,864 Fidelity National Information Common 31620P-10-9 343 19,890 SH Sole 19,890 First Data Corporation Common 319963-10-4 220 6,200 SH Defined 6,200 Ford Motor Company Common 345370-86-0 279 30,000 SH Sole 30,000 Arthur J Gallagher & Co. Common 363576-10-9 303 10,321 SH Sole 10,321 General Elec Co. Common 369604-10-3 181 7,450 SH Defined 7,450 General Electric Company Common 369604-10-3 5,114 210,000 SH Sole 210,000 H J Heinz Company Common 423074-10-3 1,479 45,000 SH Sole 45,000 Hewlett Packard Co. Common 428236-10-3 249 14,349 SH Defined 14,349 Home Depot Inc. Common 437076-10-2 163 6,800 SH Defined 6,800 Honeywell International Inc. Common 438516-10-6 248 10,318 SH Defined 10,318 Honeywell International Inc. Common 438516-10-6 600 25,000 SH Sole 25,000 Intel Corporation Common 458140-10-0 166 10,650 SH Defined 10,650 Intel Corporation Common 458140-10-0 156 10,000 SH Sole 10,000 J P Morgan Chase & Co. Common 46625h-10-0 164 6,850 SH Defined 6,850 Johnson & Johnson Common 478160-10-4 317 5,900 SH Defined 5,900 Johnson & Johnson Common 478160-10-4 537 10,000 SH Sole 10,000 King Pharmaceutical Common 495582-10-8 187 10,900 SH Defined 10,900 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc. Common 590188-10-8 223 5,875 SH Defined 5,875 Motorola Inc. Common 620076-10-9 519 60,000 SH Sole 60,000 Newell Rubbermaid Inc Common 651229-10-6 478 15,766 SH Sole 15,766 Nicor Inc. Common 654086-10-7 681 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 Ohio Casualty Corporation Common 677240-10-3 130 10,000 SH Sole 10,000 Old Republic International Corp. Common 680223-10-4 2,609 93,168 SH Sole 93,168 Penford Corporation Common 707051-10-8 282 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co. Common 709754-10-5 318 30,000 SH Sole 30,000 PepsiCo Inc. Common 713448-10-8 844 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 Pfizer Common 717081-10-3 179 5,850 SH Defined 5,850 Pioneer-Standard Electronics Common 723877-10-6 2,566 279,571 SH Sole 279,571 Procter & Gamble Company Common 742718-10-9 2,406 28,000 SH Sole 28,000 Progress Energy Inc. Common 743263-10-5 829 19,131 SH Sole 19,131 QCR Holdings Inc. Common 74727A-10-4 768 45,454 SH Sole 45,454 SBC Communications Inc. Common 78387g-10-3 216 7,950 SH Defined 7,950 SBC Communications Inc. Common 78387G-10-3 2,141 78,960 SH Sole 78,960 SAFECO Corporation Common 786429-10-0 1,614 46,550 SH Sole 46,550 Safeway Inc. Common 786514-20-8 120 5,125 SH Defined 5,125 St Paul Companies Inc. Common 792860-10-8 741 21,774 SH Sole 21,774 Schering Plough Corp. Common 806605-10-1 147 6,600 SH Defined 6,600 Shopko Stores Inc. Common 824911-10-1 249 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 Smucker J M Co. Common 832696-40-5 22 560 SH Sole 560 TXU Corporation Common 873168-10-8 560 30,000 SH Sole 30,000 Texas Instruments Common 882508-10-4 206 13,750 SH Defined 13,750 TPG NV Common 892339-10-2 66 4,034 SH Sole 4,034 US Bancorp Common 902973-30-4 17,919 844,416 SH Sole 844,416 US Bancorp Common 902973-30-4 243 11,450 SH Defined 11,450 Vectren Corporation Common 92240G-10-1 613 26,658 SH Sole 26,658 Verizon Communications Inc. Common 92343V-10-4 1,420 36,648 SH Sole 36,648 Wachovia Corporation Common 929903-10-2 1,093 30,008 SH Sole 30,008 Wells Fargo & Company Common 949746-10-1 5,492 117,176 SH Sole 117,176 Wintrust Financial Corporation Common 97650W-10-8 7,220 230,523 SH Sole 230,523 Wyeth Corp Common 983024-10-0 252 6,725 SH Defined 6,725 Xcel Energy, Inc. Common 98389B-10-0 220 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Report Summary 83 Data Records $ 103,742 0 other managers on whose behalf report is filed