| I, Daniel D. Pitcher, certify that: | |||||||||||
| 1. | I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 of the Form 10-K/A of FBL Financial Group, Inc.; and | ||||||||||
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report. | ||||||||||
| By | /s/ Daniel D. Pitcher | ||||||||||
| Daniel D. Pitcher | |||||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer(Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||||||