secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     UNITED FIRE GROUP INC (UFCS)
CIK:        0000101199
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000101199-23-000002
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

United Fire Group appoints Julie Stephenson as COO effective Jan 30, 2023
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- Julie Stephenson named EVP & COO, replacing retired COO Michael Wilkins; start date Jan 30, 2023.
- Stephenson has 25+ yrs insurance experience; most recently global head of casualty reinsurance at Swiss Re.
- Initial base salary $575K; guaranteed cash bonus $537K for forfeited prior compensation.
- Retention bonuses: $60.4K if remains COO thru Mar 2025; additional $240K if remains thru Mar 2026.
- Equity awards include PSUs with target 110% of base salary, max payout 150% of target, prorated for 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119923000002/0000101199-23-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119923000002/ufcs-20230105.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-23-000002

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