{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000101199-25-000059","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"UFCS","cik":"0000101199","company_name":"UNITED FIRE GROUP INC","filed_at":"2025-08-19T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:43.123811+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T11:19:18.086476+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"United Fire Group appoints Gilda L. Spencer as Class A director, effective Aug 15, 2025","bullets":["Gilda L. Spencer appointed as Class A director, effective August 15, 2025, to serve on Risk Management and Compensation and Human Capital Committees.","Spencer will stand for election at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders; no arrangements or transactions requiring disclosure.","Spencer brings experience as former SVP deputy general counsel at Allstate and VP chief litigation counsel at Nationwide.","Board size increases to 12 members with this appointment.","Spencer will receive standard non-employee director compensation as described in the 2025 proxy statement."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-25-000059","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-25-000059.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-25-000059.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000101199-25-000059.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119925000059/0000101199-25-000059-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101199/000010119925000059/ufcs-20250815.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T11:19:18.086476+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}