August 18, 2023
Jumps in rates and written premiums did little to move the needle on underwriting profits for U.S. personal auto insurers, Fitch Ratings reported based on a recent review of midyear results of nine big market players. Profitability challenges in the …
August 17, 2023
Fitch Ratings said it has downgraded the financial strength rating of Kemper Corp’s Trinity Universal Insurance Company to A- (Strong) from A. Trinity Universal of Jacksonville, Florida is Kemper Corp.’s lead property/casualty operating subsidiary. “The downgrades for Trinity and Kemper’s …
April 5, 2021
Kemper Corp. has closed its previously announced acquisition of Downers Grove, Illinois-based American Access Casualty Co. and its related captive insurance agency, Newins Insurance Agency Holdings LLC, and its subsidiaries (collectively AAC). AAC provides specialty private passenger auto insurance in …
January 29, 2021
AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) to “a” from “a-” of the property/casualty subsidiaries and affiliated insurance companies of Kemper Corp., collectively referred …
January 7, 2021
Ismat Aziz has joined insurer Kemper Corp. as chief human resources officer (CHRO) and chief administrative officer, based in Chicago. Aziz will report to Kemper President and CEO Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. She will be responsible for Kemper’s compensation and …
November 23, 2020
Specialty insurer, Kemper Corp., has agreed to acquire American Access Casualty Co, and its related captive insurance agency, Newins Insurance Agency Holdings LLC, and its subsidiaries (collectively “AAC”). AAC is headquartered in Downers Grove, Ill. The $370 million transaction is …
November 4, 2020
Kemper Corp.’s Q3 net income dipped slightly, though that decline would have been worse if not for after-tax gains in assessments and investments. The company reported $122.3 million in net income during the 2020 third quarter, or $1.83 per diluted …
January 13, 2020
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a $141.7 million arbitration award in favor of the Kemper Corp. subsidiary, Kemper Corporate Services, against Computer Sciences Corp. A decision of the arbitrator, issued in November 2017, found …
July 2, 2018
Chicago-based insurer Kemper Corp. has closed on its $1.6 billion acquisition of Birmingham-based nonstandard auto insurer Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. The stock portion of the cash and stock deal announced in February was based on Kemper’s closing stock price …
June 1, 2018
Kemper Corp. and Infinity Property and Casualty Corp.reported that the companies’ respective shareholders approved proposals related to the agreement announced in February under which Kemper will acquire Infinity. According to the companies, the proposals received overwhelming shareholder support, with more …