SVP/Chief Human Resources Officer · UNITED FIRE GROUP INC (UFCS)

Steven Hernandez

A named executive officer of UNITED FIRE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$936,478

FY2024: $1,137,090

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

Steven Hernandez compensation by year

UNITED FIRE Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as UNITED FIRE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$235,278$395,106
Bonus$128,000$0
Stock awards$626,980$239,062
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$137,849$269,067
Pension and deferred compensation$0$16,411
All other$8,983$16,832
Total$1,137,090$936,478

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.

$1.1M
$936K
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU13,062$474,804—
PSU11,840$430,384—
PSU9,914$360,374—
RSU9,639$350,378—
PSU9,386$341,181—
RSU5,920$215,192—
RSU4,693$170,591—
RSU4,354$158,268—
RSU3,305$120,137—
RSU1,955$71,064—
RSU1,343$48,818—
Option1,660—$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 StephensonEVP/Chief Operating Officer$2,270,090
Eric MartinEVP/Chief Financial Officer$1,612,822
Sarah MadsenSVP/Chief Legal Officer$1,108,132
Steven Hernandez · this pageSVP/Chief Human Resources Officer$936,478
Corey RuehleFormer SVP/Chief Claim Officer$922,168

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