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  0001555371
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000860748
  Kemper Corporation
  001-18298
  200 E. Randolph Street, Suite 3300
  Chicago
  IL
  60601
  3126614600
  Robert Joyce
  Former Director
  Common
  UBS Financial Services Inc
  1000 Harbor Blvd
  3rd Floor
  Weehawken
  NJ
  07086
  4000
  182418
  63991262
  05/10/2023
  NYSE
  Common
  05/10/2023
  Stock Option Exercise
  Issuer
  N
  4000
  05/10/2023
  Cash
  Y
  05/10/2023
  /s/ UBS Financial Services Inc, as attorney-in-fact for Robert Joyce