---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000101199-24-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UFCS"
cik: "0000101199"
company_name: "UNITED FIRE GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T18:26:55.206087+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# United Fire shareholders elect four Class C directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Elected Mark A. Green, Christopher Drahozal, Lura E. McBride, and George D. Milligan as Class C directors for three-year terms.
- Ratified Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2024 with 21.7M shares for, 0.7M against, 70K abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 20.6M shares for, 0.6M against, 20.6K abstain.
- Approval rates were >93% for each director and >96% for auditor and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000101199-24-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UFCS
- cik: 0000101199
- company_name: UNITED FIRE GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119924000036/0000101199-24-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119924000036/ufcs-20240516.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-24-000036.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 06d0a04e4fe1f87d2f61ae5817824e744914b98f
  claim: UNITED FIRE GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratify the Audit Committee's appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2: Ratify the Audit Committee's appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. Number of Shares Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 21,717,739 723,855 70,190 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119924000036/0000101199-24-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: 3bba33340c0618258380389fcf89554e342da3af
  claim: UNITED FIRE GROUP INC shareholders approved Elect four Class C Directors to serve three-year terms expiring in 2027 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 15, 2024, United Fire Group, Inc. ( the "Company") held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") . Each of the director nominees were elected and all the other proposals submitted to the Company's shareholders were approved. The following are the final voting results for each proposal presented at the Annual Meeting. Proposal 1: Elect four Class C Directors to serve three-year terms expiring in 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119924000036/0000101199-24-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: c4c47aeab190b53621aa482a131b82dd603bd7ad
  claim: UNITED FIRE GROUP INC shareholders approved Shareholder advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3: Shareholder advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. Number of Shares Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstained Broker Non-Votes 20,644,827 565,004 20,642 1,281,312
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119924000036/0000101199-24-000036-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.