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FORM 10-Q

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

For Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2004

OR

For the Transition Period from              to             

Commission file number 0-18298

Unitrin, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(312) 661-4600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  x    No  ¨

68,291,332 shares of common stock, $0.10 par value, were outstanding as of April 20, 2004.

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UNITRIN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

The Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

The Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Dollars in millions)

(Unaudited)

The Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein have been prepared by Unitrin, Inc. (“Unitrin” or the “Company”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) but do not include all information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation. The preparation of interim financial statements relies heavily on estimates. This factor and certain other factors, such as the seasonal nature of some portions of the insurance business, as well as market conditions, call for caution in drawing specific conclusions from interim results. The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC for the year ended December 31, 2003.

Stock-Based Compensation

Effective January 1, 2003, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” and as amended by SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure,” prospectively to all awards granted, modified or settled on or after January 1, 2003.

The effects on Net Income, Net Income Per Share and Net Income Per Share Assuming Dilution if the fair value based method had been applied to all awards since the effective date of SFAS No. 123 for the periods presented below were:

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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 2 - Acquisition of Businesses

In June 2002, the Company acquired the personal lines property and casualty insurance business of the Kemper Insurance Companies (“KIC”). KIC retained all liabilities for policies issued by Kemper Auto and Home (“KAH”) prior to the closing, while Trinity Universal Insurance Company (“Trinity”), a subsidiary of Unitrin, is entitled to premiums written for substantially all policies issued or renewed by the Kemper Auto and Home segment after the closing and is liable for losses and expenses incurred thereon. At the acquisition date, Unitrin’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries were not licensed in all the states where the KAH business is written nor were certain computer and data processing modifications completed to allow for the migration of the KAH business to the Company’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries. Accordingly, to facilitate the transition of such business to Unitrin’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries, KIC and Trinity entered into a quota share reinsurance agreement whereby Trinity reinsured, on a 100% indemnity basis, substantially all of the KAH business written or renewed by KIC after the acquisition date. KIC’s financial condition deteriorated rapidly after the acquisition, and accordingly, Unitrin accelerated its plans to transition the business directly to its property and casualty insurance subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2004, Unitrin’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries have obtained all necessary licenses, have completed all computer and data processing modifications and approximately 75% of the in-force KIC personal lines policies had been renewed directly by Unitrin’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries and renewal notices for an additional 10% had been sent to policyholders. Unitrin expects that approximately 92% of the in-force KIC personal lines policies at the end of the second quarter of 2004 will have been renewed directly by Unitrin’s property and casualty insurance subsidiaries and renewal notices will have been sent to an additional 5% of policyholders.

Note 3 - Investment in Investee

Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Investee was a loss of $0.1 million and income of $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Unitrin accounts for its investment in its investee, UNOVA, Inc. (“UNOVA”), under the equity method of accounting using the most recent and sufficiently timely publicly-available financial reports and other publicly-available information, which generally results in a three month delay in the inclusion of UNOVA’s results in Unitrin’s consolidated financial statements. Prior to the periods presented in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Unitrin determined that a decline in the fair value of its investment in UNOVA was other than temporary under applicable accounting standards. Accordingly, Unitrin reduced the carrying value of its investment in UNOVA to its then current estimated realizable value and allocated the reduction to Unitrin’s proportionate share of UNOVA’s non-current assets. Accordingly, Unitrin’s reported equity in the net income of UNOVA differs from Unitrin’s proportionate share of UNOVA’s reported results to the extent that such results include depreciation, amortization or other charges related to such non-current assets. The fair value of Unitrin’s investment in UNOVA subsequently recovered such that the fair value exceeded the carrying value of Unitrin’s investment in UNOVA by $207.6 million and $225.8 million at March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively. In accordance with applicable accounting standards, such excess is not included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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(Unaudited)

Note 4 - Other Receivables

Under the agreement governing the 1999 acquisition of Valley Group, Inc. (“VGI”), the Company is entitled to recover 90% of unfavorable