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Profile - United Fire & Casualty (NasdaqNM:UFCS)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
P.O. Box 73909, 118 Second Avenue S.E.
Cedar Rapids, IA 52407
Phone: (319) 399-5700
Fax: (319) 399-5499
Employees (last reported count): 737
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 ·Sector: Financial
 ·Industry: Insurance (Prop. & Casualty)
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 37%
·Institutional: 70% (112% of float)
(58 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 4.18M shares (+37.17%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
United Fire & Casualty Company is engaged in the business of writing property, casualty and life insurance. The Company's property and casualty segment includes the wholly owned companies, Addison Insurance Company, a property and casualty insurer, Lafayette Insurance Company, a property and casualty insurer, and American Indemnity Financial Corporation, a holding company. The Company writes both personal and commercial lines of insurance. The Company's life insurance segment subsidiary is United Life Insurance Company. United Life underwrites and markets single-premium whole life insurance, term life and universal life insurance, annuities, credit life insurance and individual disability income products.
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Financial Summary
United Fire and Casualty Company is engaged in the business of writing property, casualty and life insurance. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues increased 13% to $228.6 million. Net income totalled $10.4 million, up from $4.3 million. revenues reflect increases in net premiums earned and investment income. Earnings also reflect decreases in future policy benefits, underwriting expenses, and lower settlement expenses as a percentage of revenues.
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Officers
FY1999 Pay

Scott McIntyre, Jr., 66
Chairman
$290K
John Rife, 57
Pres
210K
Richard Swain, 42
Sr. VP
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Kent Baker, 56
VP, CFO
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Kevin Kubik, 45
CIO and VP
125K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:UFCSAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 23-Oct-2000
$16.188
Recent Price$28.47 
52-Week High
on 31-May-2001
$34.51 
Beta0.46 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)9,955 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+52.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+105.1%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$285.7M
Shares Outstanding10.0M
Float6.30M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.72 
Dividend Yield2.53%
Last Split: 3 for 2 on 8-Jan-1996
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$26.56 
Earnings (ttm)$2.16 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.02 
Sales (ttm)$44.57 
Cash (mrq)$2.44 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.07 
Price/Earnings (ttm)13.21 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.64 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$447.3M
EBITDAN/A 
Income available to common (ttm)$21.6M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.8%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.0%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)1.31%
Return on Equity (ttm)8.48%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$24.5M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short17.0K
Percent of Float0.3%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
53.0K
Short Ratio2.12 
Daily Volume8,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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