AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Kemper (KMPR)

Kemper posts $8.0 million Q4 2025 net loss vs $97.4 million profit a year earlier

Negative Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Kemper Corporation reported a net loss attributable to shareholders of $8.0 million, or $(0.13) per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with net income of $97.4 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, a year earlier. Adjusted net operating income fell to $14.6 million, or $0.25 per share, from $115.1 million, or $1.78 per share, with Specialty Property & Casualty results under pressure from bodily injury severity and a $35.0 million Florida Statutory Profit Limit Refund.

Key points

  • Q4 2025 total revenues fell $55.4 million to $1,131.4 million from the prior-year quarter.
  • Specialty Personal Automobile Underlying Combined Ratio was 110.0 percent, compared with 91.4 percent in Q4 2024.
  • Specialty Property & Casualty segment adjusted net operating income was $2.6 million, versus $101.2 million a year earlier.
  • Full-year 2025 net income was $143.3 million, or $2.29 per diluted share, down from $317.8 million, or $4.91, in 2024; C. Thomas Evans, Jr. is Interim CEO.

The filing

CompanyKemper (KMPR)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECFeb 4, 2026, 4:08 PM ET
Accession number0000860748-26-000006

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

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