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, 2003 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 05-13-03 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: 84 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $96,885 (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 5,642 150,000 SH Sole 150,000 Alderwoods Group Inc Common 014383-10-3 134 38,421 SH Sole 38,421 Alliant Energy Corporation Common 018802-10-8 1,964 122,200 SH Sole 122,200 Alliant Energy Corporation Common 018802-10-8 132 8,225 SH Defined 8,225 ALLTEL Corporation Common 020039-10-3 560 12,518 SH Sole 12,518 American Express Co Common 025816-10-9 272 8,175 SH Defined 8,175 American Strategic Inc Port II Common 030099-10-5 336 25,420 SH Sole 25,420 Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc Common 035229-10-3 186 4,000 SH Sole 4,000 Applied Materials Inc Common 038222-10-5 192 15,300 SH Defined 15,300 Automatic Data Processing Common 053015-10-3 157 5,100 SH Defined 5,100 BCE Inc Common 05534B-10-9 297 16,200 SH Sole 16,200 BRE Properties Inc Common 05564E-10-6 530 18,000 SH Sole 18,000 Bank of America Corporation Common 060505-10-4 4,010 60,000 SH Sole 60,000 Bank One Corporation Common 06423A-10-3 1,514 43,740 SH Sole 43,740 Bell South Corporation Common 079860-10-2 347 16,000 SH Sole 16,000 Bemis Company Inc Common 081437-10-5 366 8,700 SH Sole 8,700 Boeing Company Common 097023-10-5 877 35,000 SH Sole 35,000 CVS Corp Delaware Common 126650-10-0 168 7,050 SH Defined 7,050 Cardinal Health Inc. Common 14149Y-10-8 198 3,475 SH Defined 3,475 Cincinnati Financial Corp Common 172062-10-1 10,188 290,500 SH Sole 290,500 Citigroup Inc Common 172967-10-1 204 5,916 SH Defined 5,916 Cummins Inc Common 231021-10-6 481 19,545 SH Sole 19,545 Dean Foods Company Common 242370-10-4 1,381 32,174 SH Sole 32,174 Del Monte Foods Co Common 24522P-10-3 150 20,097 SH Sole 20,097 Dow Chemical Company Common 260543-10-3 1,657 60,000 SH Sole 60,000 Duke Energy Corporation Common 264399-10-6 1,163 80,000 SH Sole 80,000 Emerson Electric Co Common 291011-10-4 286 6,300 SH Sole 6,300 Exxon Mobil Corporation Common 30231G-10-2 1,398 40,000 SH Sole 40,000 Exxon Mobil Corporation Common 30231G-10-2 198 5,675 SH Defined 5,675 Fannie Mae Common 313586-10-9 219 3,350 SH Defined 3,350 Federal Signal Corporation Common 313855-10-8 1,063 74,864 SH Sole 74,864 Fidelity National Information Solutions, Inc. Common 31620P-10-9 352 19,890 SH Sole 19,890 First Data Corp. Common 319963-10-4 229 6,200 SH Defined 6,200 Ford Motor Company Common 345370-86-0 226 30,000 SH Sole 30,000 Arthur J Gallagher & Co Common 363576-10-9 253 10,321 SH Sole 10,321 General Electric Company Common 369604-10-3 5,355 210,000 SH Sole 210,000 General Electric Company Common 369604-10-3 190 7,450 SH Defined 7,450 Greater Bay Bancorp Common 391648-10-2 287 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 H J Heinz Company Common 423074-10-3 1,314 45,000 SH Sole 45,000 Hewlett Packard Co Common 428236-10-3 223 14,349 SH Defined 14,349 Home Depot Inc Common 437076-10-2 166 6,800 SH Defined 6,800 Honeywell International Inc Common 438516-10-6 534 25,000 SH Sole 25,000 Honeywell International Inc Common 438516-10-6 220 10,318 SH Defined 10,318 Intel Corporation Common 458140-10-0 163 10,000 SH Sole 10,000 Intel Corporation Common 458140-10-0 173 10,650 SH Defined 10,650 J P Morgan Chase & Co Common 46625h-10-0 162 6,850 SH Defined 6,850 Johnson & Johnson Common 478160-10-4 579 10,000 SH Sole 10,000 Johnson & Johnson Common 478160-10-4 341 5,900 SH Defined 5,900 King Pharmaceutical Common 495582-10-8 130 10,900 SH Defined 10,900 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc Common 590188-10-8 208 5,875 SH Defined 5,875 Motorola Inc Common 620076-10-9 496 60,000 SH Sole 60,000 Newell Rubbermaid Inc Common 651229-10-6 447 15,766 SH Sole 15,766 Nicor Inc Common 654086-10-7 820 30,000 SH Sole 30,000 NiSource Inc Common 65473P-10-5 104 5,700 SH Sole 5,700 Ohio Casualty Corporation Common 677240-10-3 129 10,000 SH Sole 10,000 Old Republic International Cor Common 680223-10-4 2,492 93,168 SH Sole 93,168 Penford Corporation Common 707051-10-8 239 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co. Common 709754-10-5 480 30,000 SH Sole 30,000 PepsiCo Inc Common 713448-10-8 800 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 Pfizer Common 717081-10-3 182 5,850 SH Defined 5,850 Pioneer-Standard Electronics Common 723877-10-6 2,360 279,571 SH Sole 279,571 Procter & Gamble Company Common 742718-10-9 2,493 28,000 SH Sole 28,000 Progress Energy Inc Common 743263-10-5 749 19,131 SH Sole 19,131 QCR Holdings Inc Common 74727A-10-4 815 45,454 SH Sole 45,454 SBC Communications Inc Common 78387G-10-3 1,584 78,960 SH Sole 78,960 SBC Communications Inc Common 78387g-10-3 160 7,950 SH Defined 7,950 SAFECO Corporation Common 786429-10-0 1,628 46,550 SH Sole 46,550 Safeway Inc Common 786514-20-8 97 5,125 SH Defined 5,125 St Paul Companies Inc Common 792860-10-8 692 21,774 SH Sole 21,774 Schering Plough Corp Common 806605-10-1 118 6,600 SH Defined 6,600 Shopko Stores Inc Common 824911-10-1 233 20,000 SH Sole 20,000 Smucker J M Co Common 832696-40-5 20 560 SH Sole 560 TXU Corporation Common 873168-10-8 536 30,000 SH Sole 30,000 Texas Instruments Common 882508-10-4 225 13,750 SH Defined 13,750 TPG NV Common 892339-10-2 61 4,034 SH Sole 4,034 US Bancorp Common 902973-30-4 15,811 833,034 SH Sole 833,034 US Bancorp Common 902973-30-4 217 11,450 SH Defined 11,450 Vectren Corporation Common 92240G-10-1 573 26,658 SH Sole 26,658 Verizon Communications Inc Common 92343V-10-4 1,296 36,648 SH Sole 36,648 Wachovia Corporation Common 929903-10-2 1,022 30,008 SH Sole 30,008 Wells Fargo & Company Common 949746-10-1 5,272 117,176 SH Sole 117,176 Wintrust Financial Corporation Common 97650W-10-8 6,593 230,523 SH Sole 230,523 Wyeth Corp Common 983024-10-0 254 6,725 SH Defined 6,725 Xcel Energy, Inc. Common 98389B-10-0 512 40,000 SH Sole 40,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Report Summary 84 Data Records $96,885 0 other managers on whose behalf report is filed