Latest Kemper Headlines
All the headlines from our Kemper Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kemper Introduces New High Value Homeowner Product in Texas
Aug 9 2007 // Kemper announced it has introduced INFINITY, an enhanced homeowners program designed for homes in Texas valued from $400,000 to $1.5 million. According to the company’s announcement, INFINITY features three primary...
Business Moves
Sep 4 2006 // IIAT Independent insurance agency principals, key personnel and leading industry vendors will gather in Waco, Texas, in mid-October for the second annual Small Agency Conference sponsored by the Independent Insurance...
Kemper Auto and Home Aims to Relieve Texas Select Policyholders
Aug 8 2006 // Kemper Auto and Home announced that it is participating in the effort to help policyholders of Texas Select Lloyds Insurance Company make the adjustment away from the recently liquidated insurer to a new insurer. The...
Kemper Auto and Home Enhances Website
Apr 11 2006 // Kemper Auto and Home, A Unitrin Company, has added a credit car payment option to its Web site for policyholders to quickly and securely make payments with a Visa credit card at www.KemperAutoandHome.com The ability for...
News Briefs
Jul 4 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Romney Would Require Insurance: Gov. Mitt Romney would require every person in the state to have health insurance under his plan for universal health coverage, which he has dubbed the Safety Net Care...
Kemper Auto and Home Unveils Real-Time Rating in Conn. Via SETWrite
Jun 29 2005 // Rackley Solutions has joined with personal lines carrier Kemper Auto and Home (KAH) to launch a real-time connection allowing KAH’s Connecticut agents access to auto rates through SETWrite, Rackley’s new...
St. Paul Travelers and Kemper Reach Co-Surety Settlement
Jun 17 2005 // St. Paul Travelers Companies and The Kemper Insurance Companies have reached a settlement in connection with certain surety bonds that St. Paul Travelers and Kemper issued as co-sureties. The bonds were issued on behalf of...
Unitrin Sees Improved Q1 Numbers
Apr 28 2005 // Chicago-based Unitrin Inc. reported net income of $67.9 million ($0.99 per common share) for the first quarter of 2005, compared to net income of $48.0 million ($0.71 per common share) for the same period in 2004. Net...
Born as Kemper Life, Then Zurich Life, Then OneLife, Now…Chase Insurance under J.P. Morgan
Nov 16 2004 // The insurance company that began as part of Kemper Life in 1905 will begin its second century with the name Chase Insurance, reflecting its new role as the insurance arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chase Insurance...
People and Places
Oct 25 2004 // William Hickey Chicago-based insurance industry investment banker Cochran, Caronia & Co. has named William Hickey its chief operating officer. Hickey is responsible for spearheading the firm’s strategic planning...
Hickey Named COO of Cochran, Caronia & Co.
Oct 7 2004 // Chicago-based insurance industry investment banker Cochran, Caronia & Co.. has named William Hickey its chief operating officer. Hickey is responsible for spearheading the firm’s strategic planning initiatives...
Kemper Surplus Drops Nearly $184 Million in First Half
Aug 19 2004 // Kemper filed its financial statements (LMC financial statement – AMM financial statement) for the first six months of 2004 on Monday, Aug. 16, noting sufficient losses. The company posted a combined statutory surplus...
Unitrin’s Q2 Profit Up Nearly $40 Million
Aug 18 2004 // Chicago-based property/casualty insurer Unitrin Inc. has reported second-quarter net income of $62.4 million (91 cents per common share), 57 percent higher than the $22.7 million (34 cents per common share) in profit the...
People and Places
Aug 9 2004 // Thomas McDaniel Thomas McDaniel was named president of Kemper Auto and Home. McDaniel previously served as Kemper Auto and Home’s senior vice president of product management, overseeing the company’s...
Kemper Auto & Home Names McDaniel as President
Jul 14 2004 // Thomas McDaniel has been named president of Kemper Auto and Home headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. McDaniel succeeds Dale Hammond, immediate past president of Kemper Auto and Home who will serve as group executive for...
Unitrin Nets $131 Million in 2003
Feb 5 2004 // Chicago-based Unitrin Inc. reported today net income of $44.4 million, or 66 cents per common share, for the fourth quarter of 2003, compared to a net loss of $3.7 million, or 5 cents per common share, for the same period...
Top 10 2003 Newsmakers
Dec 15 2003 // While less turbulent than 2001-2002, this year hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park. The industry continues to face intractable problems—a lack of capital strength, accompanied by accusations that it’s...
Top 10 2003 Newsmakers
Dec 15 2003 // While less turbulent than 2001-2002, this year hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park. The industry continues to face intractable problems—a lack of capital strength, accompanied by accusations that it’s...
Chattem Inc. Notes Motion to Intervene in Lawsuit Filed by Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.
Nov 28 2003 // Chattem, Inc., a marketer and manufacturer of branded consumer products, announced that Interstate Fire & Casualty Company (“Interstate”) has filed a motion to intervene as a party plaintiff in the...
Kenning to Manage Kemper, Trenwick Runoff
Nov 17 2003 // Kenning Financial Advisors LLC has been formed by Michael Coutu and Tom Norsworthy to be an owner and manager of property/casualty insurance operations that are in runoff. The Stamford, Conn.-based company’s first...
