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: Drahozal Christopher R (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-16	Common Stock	A	582	$20.90	Acquired	3256	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-16	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	384698	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The number of shares beneficially held directly by the Reporting Person following the reported transaction includes: 2,674 shares held jointly by Mr. Drahozal and his wife and 582 shares of restricted stock issued under the Issuer's 2005 Non-Qualified Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan which vest, subject to certain conditions, on May 16, 2013.

F2: The number of shares beneficially held indirectly by the Reporting Person following the reported transaction includes: 243,086 shares held directly by Mr. Drahozal's wife; 74,714 shares held by Mr. Drahozal's children; and 66,898 shares held by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Drahozal's children where he and his wife serve as co-trustees.

F3: 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.