UNITED FIRE GROUP INC — Director's Dealing 2009

May 19, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO (UFCS)
CIK: 0000101199
Period of Report: 2009-04-23

Reporting Person: Lyons Dianne M (VP/Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-04-23	Common Stock	J	63	$19.90	Acquired	3574	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This transaction represents an allocation of shares held in trust by the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan on behalf of the reporting person. Shares held in trust by the plan are not distributed to the reporting person until retirement.

F2: The price per share is the closing price of the Company's common stock on the date of the reported transaction.

F3: Total number of shares held following the reported transaction includes: 2,151 shares of restricted stock issued under Company's 2008 Stock Plan, which vest, subject to certain conditions, on 05/21/2013; 1,110 shares held in the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Ms. Lyon's benefit; and 313 shares held of record by Ms. Lyons in a direct registration account.