secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KEMPER Corp (KMPR)
CIK:        0000860748
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-27T12:01:43+00:00
Accession:  0000860748-26-000056
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kemper appoints Stephen McAnena as President and CEO, effective June 1, 2026
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- Stephen J. McAnena appointed President, CEO, and Board member; previously EVP/COO at Horace Mann.
- CEO compensation: $1M base salary, 150% target bonus, $3.5M equity grant (60% PSUs, 20% RSUs, 20% options).
- Interim CEO C. Thomas Evans Jr. returns to EVP, Secretary and General Counsel role.
- Board adds Tony DeSantis as independent director; company also adopts Executive Severance Plan.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074826000056/0000860748-26-000056-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860748/000086074826000056/kmpr-20260521.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860748-26-000056

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