Posted On: May 5, 2005, 6:20 pm CDT

Posted By: k. thomas

I agree with Mr. Hronek. Mr Smith brought a perfectly good company down to the ground. Mr Mathis, and the directors, allowed it to happen. Didn't anyone see it coming, or were they just blinded by the large salaries and "extras" they were getting? Was a corporate jet REALLY necessary? Please.... I don't think so.. We may have only been between the 12th and 15th in the country, but at least it was a stable company. With AIG now being under scutiny, makes me wonder what Smith did to that company while he was there. I for one was on disability at the time Kemper announced its closing. After 16 years with the company. I had to settle for a disability payment less then 1/3 of what I was entitled to. I bet Mr's Smith and Mathis along with many others in the higher levels of the company lost nothing!! For many of us we saw the company going down the tubes as soon as Smith came on board and all the stories about his "spending" and inappropriate changes within the of the company started happening. We knew that many of his "buddies" were hired. I know they had contracts that were paid out in full and were outrageous. As usual its the little guy that pays the price for the ineffective management at the higher level..