Latest Kemper Headlines
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Zurich North America Environmental Makes Deal to Purchase Renewal Rights for Kemper’s ECB
Jan 15 2003 // Zurich North America Environmental has come to an agreement-in-principle to acquire renewal rights to the existing policies of the Kemper Insurance Companies environmental casualty book of business. “We are confident...
Fitch Downgrades Trio of Kemper Companies Primary Underwriters
Jan 8 2003 // Fitch Ratings has downgraded the insurer financial strength ratings of three primary insurance underwriters of the Kemper Insurance Companies (KIC) to ‘B+’ from ‘BBB’. Additionally, Fitch has...
Kemper Announces Retirement of President and COO
Dec 31 2002 // The Kemper Insurance Companies announced that its president and chief operating officer, William Smith, has decided to retire effective year-end. An Office of the Chairman has been created to help lead the...
National Indemnity Backs Kemper With Cut-through Agreement
Dec 25 2002 // The Kemper Insurance Companies reached an agreement-in-principle with Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary National Indemnity Company, under which National Indemnity will provide a cut-through endorsement on policies issued...
S&P Cuts Kemper Ins Cos Members’ Ratings
Dec 23 2002 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that it removed from CreditWatch its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the members of Kemper Insurance Cos. Intercompany Pool (Kemper) and lowered them...
Fitch Ratings Issues Report on Kemper/Lumbermens Mutual
Oct 28 2002 // Fitch Ratings issued a credit analysis report on Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company (Lumbermens), the lead property-casualty insurance underwriting subsidiary of the Kemper Insurance Companies (Kemper) group. Fitch...
Kemper Expands Web Training for Agents
Aug 14 2002 // Kemper Auto and Home, formerly Individual Family and Group (IFG) are adding a pair of training seminars to its roster. To date, more than 3,000 new and existing agents have participated in the program since it was first...
Kemper Affirmed
Jul 22 2002 // A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) of the Kemper Insurance Companies, Long Grove, Ill., with a stable outlook and removed the rating from under review with negative...
Kemper Affirmed
Jul 22 2002 // A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) of the Kemper Insurance Companies, Long Grove, Ill., with a stable outlook and removed the rating from under review with negative...
Kemper Affirmed
Jul 22 2002 // A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) of the Kemper Insurance Companies, Long Grove, Ill., with a stable outlook and removed the rating from under review with negative...
Former Kemper chairman, CEO James S.
Jul 10 2002 // James S. Kemper, Jr., the former head of the Kemper Insurance Companies who transformed the mutual insurance company his father founded in 1912 into a major financial services complex, died July 2 at the age of 88. Kemper...
A.M. Best Affirms Kemper Insurance Companies Rating
Jul 2 2002 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) of the Kemper Insurance Companies, Long Grove, Ill., with a stable outlook. The group’s rating has been removed from under review with...
Kemper Ins. Co. Names John Mahoney President of KEMPES
Jun 28 2002 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Kemper Insurance Company made several recent appointments. John Mahoney was named president of KEMPES, a unit that underwrites specialty program business. Mahoney joined KEMPES in 1999 to lead the...
Kemper E-Guide
Jun 24 2002 // Kemper Insurance Companies as launched Kemper E-Guide, an online catalogue of information detailing the company’s products and services. The comprehensive online system of information is accessible to all Kemper...
Kemper FSR Lowered
Jun 10 2002 // A.M. Best Company lowered the financial strength rating to “A-” from “A” of the Kemper Insurance Companies, Long Grove, Ill. It also assigned a “bbb-” rating to the surplus notes issued...
Kemper Appoints William Smith CEO Effective
May 23 2002 // In preparation for the retirement of current Chairman and CEO David B. Mathis in April 2003, the Kemper Insurance Companies announced its board of directors has elected William D. Smith CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2003. Mathis...
Kemper Cos. Choose Accenture’s Claim Components Software
May 15 2002 // Accenture has been chosen to implement its Web-based Claim Components software application at Kemper Insurance Companies, a provider of commercial casualty and specialty insurance services, and has licensed the software to...
Berkshire Hathaway Plans to Buy Portion of Kemper Business
May 9 2002 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc. plans to buy a portion of Kemper Insurance Companies’ business. Berkshire will buy an undisclosed equity stake in the commercial casualty and specialty insurance business of privately held...
Fitch Lowers Ratings of Members of Kemper Insurance Cos.
Apr 17 2002 // Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Insurer Financial Strength ratings of the Kemper Insurance Companies (KIC) from ‘A-‘ to ‘BBB’. Additionally, Fitch has downgraded the surplus notes rating of...
S&P Places Kemper Insurance Cos. Intercompany Pool on CreditWatch
Mar 27 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has placed its single-‘A’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the members of property/casualty insurer Kemper Insurance Cos. Intercompany Pool on CreditWatch with...
