---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860748-24-000142"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMPR"
cik: "0000860748"
company_name: "KEMPER Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:19:55.652158+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kemper separates Chairman/CEO roles; elects Gerald Laderman as Chairman

## Summary
- Gerald Laderman elected Chairman of the Board, effective May 1, 2024.
- Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. continues as CEO, President and Director.
- Stuart B. Parker shifts from Lead Director back to Director.
- Shareholders approved Amended 2023 Omnibus Plan, increasing authorized shares by 800,000.
- All 10 director nominees and other proposals approved at annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860748-24-000142
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMPR
- cik: 0000860748
- company_name: KEMPER Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074824000142/0000860748-24-000142-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074824000142/kmpr-20240501.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  KEMPER Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: Proposal 4: Advisory vote to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. A majority of shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. Vote results were as follows: For Against Abstain 58,764,660 1,183,292 63,530
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074824000142/0000860748-24-000142-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KEMPER Corp shareholders approved Vote to approve the Company’s Amended and Restated 2023 Omnibus Plan at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: Proposal 3: V ote to approve the Company’s Amended and Restated 2023 Omnibus Plan. A majority of shareholders voted in favor of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2023 Omnibus Plan. Vote results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 52,197,963 1,985,175 104,036 5,724,308
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074824000142/0000860748-24-000142-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KEMPER Corp shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors. Shareholders elected each of the ten (10) nominees named in the Proxy Statement for director. Vote results were as follows: Nominees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Teresa A. Canida 53,590,988 664,389 31,797 5,724,308 George N. Cochran 53,316,858 488,905 481,411 5,724,308 Jason N. Gorevic 53,281,469 954,137 51,568 5,724,308 Lacy M. Johnson 53,037,444 772,679 477,051 5,724,308 Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. 51,848,336 1,558,587 880,251 5,724,308 Gerald Laderman 53,852,542 384,467 50,165 5,724,308 Suzet M. McKinney 53,887,746 348,932 50,496 5,724,308 Alberto J. Paracchini 53,958,793 290,396 37,985 5,724,308 Stuart B. Parker 52,827,564 1,407,436 52,174 5,724,308 Susan D. Whiting 52,957,090 1,296,799 33,285 5,724,308
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074824000142/0000860748-24-000142-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KEMPER Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-01
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. A majority of shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, to approve the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. Vote results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 49,933,483 4,243,098 110,593 5,724,308
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074824000142/0000860748-24-000142-index.htm

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