FBL Financial Group, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   December 5, 2007

FBL Financial Group, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Iowa 1-11917 42-1411715
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
5400 University Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa   50266
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   515-225-5400

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

b. G. Steven Kouplen notified the Company December 5, 2007 of his resignation from the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Kouplen served as a Class B Director of FBL Financial Group, Inc. from February 2000 to May 2003, and again since May 2006. Mr. Kouplen had been the President and a member of the board of directors of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Federation. He did not run for reelection as President of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Federation, and has left that board, effective November 10, 2007.

FBL Financial Group Class B Directors consist of representatives of FBL’s Class B shareholders, which are state Farm Bureau federations or their affiliates in 15 Midwestern and Western states, and a Farm Bureau affiliated reinsurance company. The Class B Nominating Committee is expected to nominate a Class B director to fill this board vacancy.





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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    FBL Financial Group, Inc.
          
December 5, 2007   By:   Richard J. Kypta
       
        Name: Richard J. Kypta
        Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary