---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000101199-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UFCS"
cik: "0000101199"
company_name: "UNITED FIRE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T16:25:47.703589+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UFCS declares $0.16 quarterly dividend; board adopts amended bylaws

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share; payable March 22, 2024 to holders of record March 8, 2024.
- Represents 224th consecutive quarterly dividend paid by UFG since March 1968.
- Bylaws amended to add universal proxy rules, majority voting for directors, remote meeting authorization, and enhanced shareholder proposal disclosures.
- Amendments effective February 23, 2024; incorporate Iowa law conformity and other governance updates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000101199-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UFCS
- cik: 0000101199
- company_name: UNITED FIRE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119924000014/0000101199-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119924000014/ufcs-20240223.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-24-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  UNITED FIRE GROUP INC: Adopted amended and restated bylaws effective immediately, with numerous updates including remote shareholder meetings, universal proxy rules, director resignation procedures, and shareholder proposal mechanics (effective 2024-02-23).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-02-23
  source text: On February 23, 2024, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of United Fire Group, Inc. (the “ Company ”) [unanimously] adopted amended and restated bylaws of the Company (the bylaws, as so amended and restated, the “ Amended and Restated Bylaws ”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119924000014/0000101199-24-000014-index.htm

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