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, 2011
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Institutional Investment Manager:
Name: United Fire Group, Inc.
Address: 118 Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids IA 52401
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: Kevin W. Helbing
Title: Controller
Phone: 319 286-2533
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
/s/ Kevin W. Helbing
--------------------- Cedar Rapids, IA 2/14/2012
Kevin W. Helbing
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: 105
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 154,744 (in thousands)
List of Other Included Managers: NONE
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VOTING AUTHORITY
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMNT OTHER -------------------
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x $1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AGL Resources Inc Common 001204-10-6 1,417 33,528 SH Sole 33,528
AT&T Inc Common 00206R-10-2 3,074 101,660 SH Sole 101,660
Abbott Laboratories Common 002824-10-0 12,652 225,000 SH Sole 225,000
Agilysys Inc Common 00847J-10-5 999 125,687 SH Sole 125,687
Alliant Energy Corporation Common 018802-10-8 5,390 122,200 SH Sole 122,200
ALTERA CORP Common 021441-10-0 186 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
American Strategic Inc Port II Common 030099-10-5 205 25,420 SH Sole 25,420
AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORP Common 03073E-10-5 223 6,000 SH Sole 6,000
BCE Inc Common 05534B-76-0 618 14,823 SH Sole 14,823
BRE Properties Inc Common 05564E-10-6 909 18,000 SH Sole 18,000
Bank of America Corporation Common 060505-10-4 778 140,000 SH Sole 140,000
BECTON DICKINSON & CO Common 075887-10-9 149 2,000 SH Sole 2,000
BED BATH & BEYOND INC Common 075896-10-0 348 6,000 SH Sole 6,000
Bemis Company Inc Common 081437-10-5 945 31,400 SH Sole 31,400
Boeing Company Common 097023-10-5 5,501 75,000 SH Sole 75,000
CIT Group Inc Common 125581-80-1 1,920 55,065 SH Sole 55,065
CAMPBELL SOUP CO Common 134429-10-9 332 10,000 SH Sole 10,000
Cincinnati Financial Corp Common 172062-10-1 9,756 320,276 SH Sole 320,276
COCA COLA CO Common 191216-10-0 280 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO Common 194162-10-3 370 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
ConocoPhillips Common 20825C-10-4 733 10,059 SH Sole 10,059
CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC Common 209115-10-4 93 1,500 SH Sole 1,500
Cummins Inc Common 231021-10-6 6,776 76,980 SH Sole 76,980
DANAHER CORP DEL Common 235851-10-2 188 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
Dean Foods Company Common 242370-10-4 90 8,000 SH Sole 8,000
Deere & Company Common 244199-10-5 1,547 20,000 SH Sole 20,000
DOLLAR TREE INC Common 256746-10-8 249 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
Dow Chemical Company Common 260543-10-3 4,889 170,000 SH Sole 170,000
Duke Energy Corporation Common 26441C-10-5 3,260 148,192 SH Sole 148,192
Emerson Electric Co Common 291011-10-4 587 12,600 SH Sole 12,600
Exelis Inc Common 30162A-10-8 23 2,500 SH Sole 2,500
EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC Common 302182-10-0 179 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
Exxon Mobil Corporation Common 30231G-10-2 3,390 40,000 SH Sole 40,000
FACTSET RESH SYS INC Common 303075-10-5 262 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
Federal-Mogul Corporation Common 313549-40-4 567 38,457 SH Sole 38,457
Fidelity National Information Common 31620M-10-6 259 9,758 SH Sole 9,758
Fidelity NationalFinancial Inc Common 31620R-10-5 354 22,201 SH Sole 22,201
Frontier Communications Corp Common 35906A-10-8 69 13,439 SH Sole 13,439
GABELLI GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA TR Preferred 36239Q-30-7 409 15,845 SH Sole 15,845
Arthur J Gallagher & Co Common 363576-10-9 345 10,321 SH Sole 10,321
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP Common 369550-10-8 332 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
General Electric Company Common 369604-10-3 4,925 275,000 SH Sole 275,000
General Motors Company Common 37045V-10-0 7 364 SH Sole 364
General Motors Company-Warrants A Common 37045V-11-8 4 331 SH Sole 331
General Motors Company-Warrants B Common 37045V-12-6 3 331 SH Sole 331
GenOn Energy Inc Common 37244E-10-7 210 80,347 SH Sole 80,347
GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC Common 375916-10-3 28 1,500 SH Sole 1,500
HARRIS PFD CAP CORP Preferred 414567-20-6 152 6,000 SH Sole 6,000
H J Heinz Company Common 423074-10-3 2,432 45,000 SH Sole 45,000
Honeywell International Inc Common 438516-10-6 2,065 38,000 SH Sole 38,000
Hospira Inc Common 441060-10-0 486 16,000 SH Sole 16,000
Intel Corporation Common 458140-10-0 1,455 60,000 SH Sole 60,000
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS Common 459200-10-1 552 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co Common 46625H-10-0 1,920 57,736 SH Sole 57,736
JACOBS ENGR GROUP INC DEL Common 469814-10-7 41 1,000 SH Sole 1,000
Johnson & Johnson Common 478160-10-4 2,492 38,000 SH Sole 38,000
JOS A BANK CLOTHIERS INC Common 480838-10-1 73 1,500 SH Sole 1,500
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP Common 535678-10-6 120 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
LOWES COS INC Common 548661-10-7 431 17,000 SH Sole 17,000
MCCORMICK & CO INC Common 579780-20-6 101 2,000 SH Sole 2,000
MCDONALDS CORP Common 580135-10-1 502 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
Medtronic Inc Common 585055-10-6 956 25,000 SH Sole 25,000
Merck & Co Inc Common 58933Y-10-5 217 5,767 SH Sole 5,767
METLIFE INC Common 59156R-10-8 56 1,800 SH Sole 1,800
NATIONAL PRESTO INDS INC Common 637215-10-4 94 1,000 SH Sole 1,000
Newell Rubbermaid Inc Common 651229-10-6 739 45,766 SH Sole 45,766
NIKE INC Common 654106-10-3 289 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
NOVELLUS SYS INC Common 670008-10-1 206 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
Old Republic International Cor Common 680223-10-4 2,361 254,690 SH Sole 254,690
OMNICOM GROUP INC Common 681919-10-6 134 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
ORACLE CORP Common 68389X-10-5 180 7,000 SH Sole 7,000
PepsiCo Inc Common 713448-10-8 1,526 23,000 SH Sole 23,000
Pfizer Inc Common 717081-10-3 866 40,000 SH Sole 40,000
Piper Jaffray Cos Common 724078-10-0 168 8,329 SH Sole 8,329
PLAINS ALL AMER PIPELINE LP Common 726503-10-5 220 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
Procter & Gamble Company Common 742718-10-9 5,070 76,000 SH Sole 76,000
Progress Energy Inc Common 743263-10-5 1,072 19,131 SH Sole 19,131
QCR Holdings Inc Common 74727A-10-4 757 83,181 SH Sole 83,181
ROYAL BK SCOTLAND GROUP PLC Preferred 780097-87-9 33 2,000 SH Sole 2,000
Royal Dutch Shell ADR Common 780259-20-6 2,924 40,000 SH Sole 40,000
Schlumberger Limited Common 806857-10-8 2,049 30,000 SH Sole 30,000
SMUCKER J M CO Common 832696-40-5 313 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
Spectra Energy Corporation Common 847560-10-9 2,893 94,096 SH Sole 94,096
STRYKER CORP Common 863667-10-1 298 6,000 SH Sole 6,000
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Common 881624-20-9 73 1,802 SH Sole 1,802
TEXAS INSTRS INC Common 882508-10-4 146 5,000 SH Sole 5,000
TRACTOR SUPPLY CO Common 892356-10-6 281 4,000 SH Sole 4,000
Treehouse Foods Inc Common 89469A-10-4 631 9,652 SH Sole 9,652
U S Bancorp Common 902973-30-4 19,070 704,984 SH Sole 704,984
UNION PAC CORP Common 907818-10-8 265 2,500 SH Sole 2,500
V F CORP Common 918204-10-8 381 3,000 SH Sole 3,000
VOTING AUTHORITY
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMNT OTHER --------------------
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x $1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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VARIAN MED
SYS INC Common 92220P-10-5 67 1,000 SH Sole 1,000
Vectren
Corporation Common 92240G-10-1 806 26,658 SH Sole 26,658
Verizon
Communications
Inc Common 92343V-10-4 2,247 55,997 SH Sole 55,997
WAL MART
STORES INC Common 931142-10-3 209 3,500 SH Sole 3,500
WALGREEN
CO Common 931422-10-9 331 10,000 SH Sole 10,000
WASTE MGMT
INC DEL Common 94106L-10-9 65 2,000 SH Sole 2,000
Wells Fargo &
Company Common 949746-10-1 7,030 255,086 SH Sole 255,086
Wachovia Corp
Ser L Conv
Perp Pfd Preferred 949746-80-4 1,478 1,400 SH Sole 1,400
Windstream
Corporation Common 97381W-10-4 152 12,942 SH Sole 12,942
Wintrust
Financial
Corporation Common 97650W-10-8 6,466 230,523 SH Sole 230,523
Wisconsin
Power &Light
Company Preferred 976826-86-7 258 9,100 SH Sole 9,100
Xcel Energy,
Inc. Common 98389B-10-0 2,488 90,000 SH Sole 90,000
Xylem Inc Common 98419M-10-0 64 2,500 SH Sole 2,500
Montpelier Re
Holdings Ltd Common G62185-10-6 163 9,189 SH Sole 9,189
Report 0 other managers on whose behalf report is
Summary Data Records 105 154,744 filed