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  0001928725
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000860748
  Kemper Corporation
  001-18298
  200 E. Randolph Street, Suite 3300
  Chicago
  IL
  60601
  3126614600
  Matthew Hunton
  Officer
  Common
  UBS Financial Services Inc
  1000 Harbor Blvd
  3rd Floor
  Weehawken
  NJ
  07086
  3500
  159705
  63991262
  05/10/2023
  NYSE
  common
  06/03/2021
  RSU Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  06/03/2021
  No payment, shares vested
  common
  02/02/2022
  PSU Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  3135
  02/02/2022
  No payment, shares vested
  Y
  Shares being sold were the result of both RSU and PSU vesting events.  No payments were made by the executive.
  05/10/2023
  /s/ UBS Financial Services Inc, as attorney-in-fact for Matthew Hunton