---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860748-22-000157"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMPR"
cik: "0000860748"
company_name: "KEMPER Corp"
filed_at: "2022-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T09:15:00.519295+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kemper appoints James A. Alexander as principal accounting officer

## Summary
- James A. Alexander, age 56, appointed as principal accounting officer effective September 13, 2022.
- Annual base salary of $425,000; eligible for annual cash bonus and LTI plan with target value of 80% of base.
- One-time LTI award of $315,000 in RSUs vesting in three tranches: $30,000 after one year, $190,000 in March 2024, $95,000 in March 2025.
- Sign-on bonuses totaling $705,000: $55,000 payable within 30 days of start, $650,000 in February 2023, subject to continued employment.
- Previously served as Chief Accounting Officer at Element Fleet Management and Deputy Corporate Controller at AIG.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860748-22-000157
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMPR
- cik: 0000860748
- company_name: KEMPER Corp
- filed_at: 2022-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074822000157/0000860748-22-000157-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074822000157/kmpr-20220913.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860748-22-000157.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James A. Alexander was appointed as principal accounting officer at KEMPER Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: On September 13, 2022, the Board of Directors (“Board“) of Kemper Corporation (“Kemper” or the “Company”) appointed James A. Alexander, age 56, as principal accounting officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074822000157/0000860748-22-000157-index.htm

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