 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 30, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- United Fire Group, Inc. the Company or UFG Nasdaq: UFCS announced today that the first quarter 2021 results include estimated pre-tax catastrophe losses of 29 million. The higher than average catastrophe losses in the first quarter of 2021 were primarily from winter storm Uri. As previously released as an estimate on March 1, 2021, this catastrophic event was a full retention loss, with losses in excess of our stated reinsurance retention of 20.0 million. 