Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
McIntyre Dee Ann
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO [UFCS] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
118 SECOND AVENUE SE		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/30/2011
(Street)

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52407-3909		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/30/2011   P(1)   8,000 A $ 15.975 3,407,480 (2) (3) I See footnote #2
Common Stock               11,164 (3) (4) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
McIntyre Dee Ann
118 SECOND AVENUE SE
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52407-3909		     X    

Signatures

 /s/ Dee Ann McIntyre by Dianne M. Lyons, Attorney-in-Fact   09/01/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This transaction denotes the privately negotiated sale of securities from the McIntyre Foundation to the Dee Ann McIntyre Marital Election Trust dated 10/06/2009.
(2) The number of securities benefically held indirectly by the reporting person following the reported transaction includes: 2,114,553 shares held by the Dee Ann McIntyre Marital Election Trust for which Mrs. McIntyre serves as sole trustee; 449,675 shares held by the Dee Ann McIntyre Trust (irrevocable) for which Mrs. McIntyre is a lifetime beneficiary; 268,980 shares held by the J. Scott McIntrye Irrevocable Trust for which Mrs. McIntyre serves as sole trustee; 50,802 shares held by the J. Scott McIntyre Marital Election Trust for which Mrs. McIntyre serves as trustee; 11,507 shares held in an individual retirement account for Mrs. McIntyre's benefit; and 100 shares held in a brokerage account by the J. Scott McIntyre Estate. The 519,863 shares owned by the McIntyre Foundation (511,863) after the reported transaction) that were previously included in Mrs. McIntyre's indirect beneficial ownership total are no longer included in this Column 5. See Footnote 3 for further explanation.
(3) Shares held by the McIntyre Foundation (an Iowa charitable foundation) were previously reported as beneficially owned by Mrs. McIntyre because she serves as an officer and director of the foundation. It was originally presumed that Mrs. McIntyre had an indirect pecuniary interest in the shares owned by the foundation because her late husband's family established the foundation with shares previously held directly by them. Subsequently, Mrs. McIntyre and the Issuer have determined that she has no pecuniary interest (direct or indirect) in these shares for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Section 16") or for any other purpose. Therefore, shares of Issuer's common stock owned by the McIntyre Foundation are not included in the total reported in Column 5 of this report and will not be included in Mrs. McIntyre's future filings pursuant to Section 16.
(4) The number of securities beneficially held directly by the reporting person following the reported transaction includes: 168 shares held directly by Mrs. McIntyre and 10,996 shares held in a revocable trust account for Mrs. McIntyre's benefit.

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