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United Fire & Casualty Company401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

UNITED FIRE GROUP 401(K) PLAN · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.20%

Peer grade: B · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

United Fire & Casualty Company reported $320,333 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.20% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,490 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.17% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 58th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 680th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $2.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,090 to 849 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$166,581,013
Participants with balances1,240
Active participants849
Employer contributions$3,811,873
Employee contributions$10,499,327
Employer contribution per active participant$4,490
Average account balance$134,340
Benefits paid to participants$24,295,157
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$166.6M · 1,240 accts · $3.8M emplr
2024$150.1M · 1,285 accts · $3.5M emplr
2023$151.2M · 1,353 accts · $3.8M emplr
2022$141.8M · 1,446 accts · $3.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$319,181
Total administrative$320,333
The United Fire & Casualty Company 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,490
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$4,490 per active participant
2024$4,063 per active participant
2023$4,555 per active participant
2022$3,474 per active participant

United Fire & Casualty Company's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$319,113
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$320,333 · 0.20%
2024$408,518 · 0.27%
2023$277,039 · 0.19%
2022$260,667 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420644327 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.