EVP/Chief Operating Officer · UNITED FIRE GROUP INC (UFCS)

Julie Stephenson

A named executive officer of UNITED FIRE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,270,090

FY2024: $2,059,755

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 7, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Julie Stephenson compensation by year

UNITED FIRE Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as UNITED FIRE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$520,549$590,094$610,747
Bonus$617,564$0$60,400
Stock awards$1,525,818$654,642$677,552
Option awards$145,247$0$0
Non-equity incentive$123,654$775,107$876,895
Pension and deferred compensation$0$15,267$17,234
All other$234,293$24,645$27,262
Total$3,167,125$2,059,755$2,270,090

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: UNITED FIRE GROUP INC DEF 14A filed April 7, 2026, accession 0000101199-26-000020, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$3.2M
$2.1M
$2.3M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU29,770$1,082,140—
PSU26,602$966,983—
RSU13,301$483,491—
RSU9,924$360,737—
RSU5,116$185,967—
RSU3,540$128,679—
Option4,344—$28.39

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in UNITED FIRE GROUP INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

UNITED FIRE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Kevin LeidwingerPresident/Chief Executive Officer$3,896,774
Julie Stephenson · this pageEVP/Chief Operating Officer$2,270,090
Eric MartinEVP/Chief Financial Officer$1,612,822
Sarah MadsenSVP/Chief Legal Officer$1,108,132
Steven HernandezSVP/Chief Human Resources Officer$936,478
Corey RuehleFormer SVP/Chief Claim Officer$922,168

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How this record is built

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