EX-23 3 dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS Consent of Independent Auditors

 

EXHIBIT 23

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements of United Fire & Casualty Company described in the following table of our report dated February 13, 2004, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of United Fire & Casualty Company included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2003.

 

Registration Statement

     

Form

    Number
   

Purpose

S-8

    333-42895    Pertaining to United Fire’s nonqualified employee stock option plan

S-8

    333-63103    Pertaining to United Fire’s employee stock purchase plan

S-8

    333-107041    Pertaining to the United-Lafayette 401(k) profit sharing plan

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Chicago, Illinois

February 27, 2004

 

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