---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860748-23-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMPR"
cik: "0000860748"
company_name: "KEMPER Corp"
filed_at: "2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T01:30:29.443090+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kemper elects Alberto Paracchini to board; director Robert Joyce to retire at May 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Alberto Paracchini elected to board effective Feb 1, 2023; appointed to Audit and Risk Committees.
- Paracchini is CEO of Byline Bank with nearly 20 years in financial services.
- Robert Joyce to retire after his term ends May 4, 2023; will not stand for re-election.
- Joyce served on board since 2012, including as chairman (2015-2021) and lead director.
- Board expands to 12 directors, 10 of whom are independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860748-23-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMPR
- cik: 0000860748
- company_name: KEMPER Corp
- filed_at: 2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074823000046/0000860748-23-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074823000046/kmpr-20230201.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860748-23-000046
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860748-23-000046.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860748-23-000046.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alberto J. Paracchini was elected as director at KEMPER Corp.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On February 1, 2023, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Kemper Corporation (“Company”) elected Alberto J. Paracchini to the Board to serve as a non-employee director and appointed him to the Audit and Risk Committees of the Board, in each case effective as of February 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074823000046/0000860748-23-000046-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert J. Joyce departed as director at KEMPER Corp.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: director
  source text: in addition, on February 1, 2023, Robert J. Joyce notified the Board that he will not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074823000046/0000860748-23-000046-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.