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Issuer:     KEMPER Corp (KMPR)
CIK:        0000860748
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-15T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000860748-25-000198
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. steps down; C. Thomas Evans, Jr. appointed interim CEO
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- Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. steps down as President/CEO and resigns from Board, effective Oct 14, 2025; remains advisor through Dec 31, 2025.
- C. Thomas Evans, Jr. (EVP, Secretary, General Counsel, Company veteran since 1992) appointed Interim CEO effective Oct 14, 2025.
- Board of Directors forms search committee and will engage a leading global executive search firm for CEO search.
- Separation agreement: cash severance of $5,720,000 (2x base salary + target bonus), plus 2025 bonus, healthcare, outplacement, and continued equity vesting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074825000198/0000860748-25-000198-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074825000198/kmpr-20251015.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860748-25-000198

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