Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 24, 2008, United Fire & Casualty Company furnished a Form 8-K under Item 5.02 to which it attached as an exhibit United Fire & Casualty Company's agreement with John A. Rife amending various options issued to Mr. Rife by the company. United Fire & Casualty Company is filing this Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K to correct Exhibit A to the amendment, which is a list of the options affected by the amendment. Exhibit A as attached to the Form 8-K furnished on November 24, 2008 failed to include all of the options to be affected by the amendment and failed to account for a stock split. The Exhibit A to the attached Exhibit 99.1 is furnished to correct the Exhibit A furnished on November 24, 2008.