UNITED FIRE GROUP INC — Director's Dealing 2012

May 18, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: UNITED FIRE GROUP INC (UFCS)
CIK: 0000101199
Period of Report: 2012-05-16

Reporting Person: RIFE JOHN A (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-16	Common Stock	A	582	$20.90	Acquired	25643	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-05-16	Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.095	A	2145	Acquired	2022-05-16	Common Stock (2145)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	5857	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents the approximate number of shares acquired through the Issuer's Dividend Reinvestment Plan by the Reporting Person, based on a statement of the Reporting Person's broker.

F2: The number of securities beneficially held directly by the Reporting Person after the reported transaction includes: 25,061 shares held jointly by Mr. Rife and his wife and 582 shares of restricted stock which vest, subject to certain conditions, on May 16, 2013.

F3: The number of securities beneficially held indirectly by the Reporting Person after the reported transaction includes: 4,182 shares held in an individual retirement account for Mr. Rife's benefit; 1,275 shares held individually by Mr. Rife's spouse; and 400 shares held in a SEP individual retirment account for Mr. Rife's benefit.

F4: 2,145 options become exercisable in five equal installments of 429 options each on 05/16/2013, 05/16/2014, 05/16/2015, 05/16/2016 and 05/16/2017.