For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 11-K

 


 

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003

 

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission File Number: 333-17007

 


 

A. Full title of the Plan and the address of the Plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

Farm Bureau 401(k) Savings Plan

 

B. Name of the issuer of the securities held pursuant to the Plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

FBL Financial Group, Inc.

5400 University Avenue

West Des Moines, Iowa 50266

 



INFORMATION PROVIDED

 

1. Financial statements and schedule of the Farm Bureau 401(k) Savings Plan prepared in accordance with financial reporting requirements of Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 are incorporated herein by reference and are attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

 

2. A written consent of Independent Auditors is attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

 

3. A certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is attached hereto as Exhibit 32 and is incorporated herein by this reference.


SIGNATURES

 

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 24, 2004

 

FARM BUREAU 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN

By:

 

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

   

(Administrator of the Plan)

By

 

/s/ Craig A. Lang


   

Craig A. Lang

   

President

By

 

/s/ Jerry C. Downin


   

Jerry C. Downin

   

Secretary and Treasurer