Kemper Corporation (NYSE: KMPR) reported net income of $75.4 million, or $1.16 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2024, compared to a net loss of $97.1 million, or $(1.52) per share, for the second quarter of 2023.

Adjusted Consolidated Net Operating Income¹ was $91.7 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2024, compared to Adjusted Consolidated Net Operating Loss¹ of $14.2 million, or $(0.22) per share, for the second quarter of 2023.

Key themes of the quarter include:

• Profitability continued to improve sequentially generating an 11.5% ROE and a 17.6% Adjusted ROE¹
• Specialty P&C underlying combined ratio¹ improved 4.0 points sequentially to 89.6%, a 12.4 point improvement over 2Q’23
• Specialty P&C achieved 4.6% sequential quarter PIF growth
• Underlying business fundamentals in the Life business remain stable
• Parent liquidity remains strong at $1.1 billion; insurance companies remain well capitalized

“I’m proud of the strong results and progress we achieved this quarter,” said Joseph P. Lacher, Jr., President and CEO. “Notably, we delivered a third straight quarter of operating profitability, a combined ratio well below our long-term target in our Specialty Auto business, and generated 4.6% sequential quarter policies-in-force growth for that business. Our distinctive competitive advantages for our businesses and laser focus on long-term profitable growth will enable us to continue to maximize shareholder value.”

*NOTE: In third quarter 2023, the Company finalized the establishment of Kemper Reciprocal, an Illinois-domiciled reciprocal insurance exchange that began writing policies in September 2023. The results of Kemper Reciprocal are consolidated under US GAAP.

Unless specified otherwise, discussion of our second quarter 2024 results is focused on net income attributable to Kemper Corporation common shareholders, which does not include financial results from Kemper Reciprocal that are presented within the condensed consolidated financial results in this release.

Revenues

Total revenues for the second quarter of 2024 decreased $132.9 million, or 10.5 percent, to $1,129.9 million, compared to the second quarter of 2023, mostly driven by a $69.7 million decrease from the Specialty Property & Casualty Insurance segment due to continued lower new business volumes resulting from targeted actions to improve profitability, partially offset by higher average earned premium per exposure resulting from rate increases. The decrease was also due to $62.1 million in lower premiums from our Preferred Insurance business, reported as Non-Core Operations, due primarily to lower volumes resulting from the decision to exit and run-off the business in the third quarter of 2023 as well as ongoing profit improvement actions.

Segment Results

Unless otherwise noted, (i) the segment results discussed below are presented on an after-tax basis, (ii) prior-year development includes both catastrophe and non-catastrophe losses and LAE, (iii) catastrophe losses and LAE exclude the impact of prior-year development, (iv) loss ratio includes loss and LAE, and (v) all comparisons are made to the prior year quarter unless otherwise stated.

The Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance segment reported adjusted net operating income of $102.3 million for the second quarter of 2024, compared to an adjusted net operating loss of $10.8 million in the second quarter of 2023. This increase in results was due primarily to an improvement in the Underlying Combined Ratio¹ and lower prior year loss and LAE development. The segment’s Underlying Combined Ratio¹ was 89.6 percent compared to 102.0 percent in the second quarter of 2023. The improvement was primarily driven by higher average earned premiums per exposure resulting from rate increases and lower underlying claim frequency.

The Life Insurance segment reported adjusted net operating loss of $0.2 million for the second quarter of 2024, compared to an adjusted net operating income of $8.9 million in the second quarter of 2023. The decrease in results was primarily driven by a reduction in net investment income that included an $11.9 million after-tax loss from an investment valuation adjustment on one real estate investment in our alternative investment portfolio.

Capital

Total Kemper Corporation Shareholders’ Equity at the end of the quarter was $2,671.2 million, an increase of $166.0 million, or 7 percent, since year-end 2023 primarily driven by net income for the year. Kemper and its direct non-insurance subsidiaries ended the quarter with cash and investments of $376.5 million, and $458.0 million of available borrowing capacity under the revolving credit agreement.

On May 1, 2024, Kemper announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share, or $20.3 million. The dividend was paid on May 28, 2024, to its shareholders of record as of May 13, 2024.

Kemper ended the quarter with a book value per share of $41.46, an increase of 6 percent from $39.08 at the end of 2023. Adjusted book value per share¹ was $27.14 at the end of the quarter, compared to $25.39 at the end of 2023.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 are presented below.

Unaudited business segment revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 are presented below.

Unaudited selected financial information for the Specialty Property & Casualty Insurance segment follows.

Unaudited selected financial information for the Life Insurance segment follows.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted Consolidated Net Operating Income (Loss)¹ is an after-tax, non-GAAP financial measure and is computed by excluding from Net Income (Loss) attributable to Kemper Corporation the after-tax impact of:

(i) Change in Fair Value of Equity and Convertible Securities;

(ii) Net Realized Investment Gains (Losses);

(iii) Impairment Losses;

(iv) Acquisition and Disposition Related Transaction, Integration, Restructuring and Other Costs;

(v) Debt Extinguishment, Pension Settlement and Other Charges;

(vi) Goodwill Impairment Charges;

(vii) Non-Core Operations; and

(viii) Significant non-recurring or infrequent items that may not be indicative of ongoing operations

Significant non-recurring items are excluded when (a) the nature of the charge or gain is such that it is reasonably unlikely to recur within two years, and (b) there has been no similar charge or gain within the prior two years. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is Net Income (Loss) attributable to Kemper Corporation. There were no applicable significant non-recurring items that Kemper excluded from the calculation of Adjusted Consolidated Net Operating Income (Loss)¹ for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 or 2023.

Kemper believes that Adjusted Consolidated Net Operating Income (Loss)¹ provides investors with a valuable measure of its ongoing performance because it reveals underlying operational performance trends that otherwise might be less apparent if the items were not excluded. Change in Fair Value of Equity and Convertible Securities, Net Realized Investment Gains (Losses) and Impairment Losses related to investments included in Kemper’s results may vary significantly between periods and are generally driven by business decisions and external economic developments such as capital market conditions that impact the values of Kemper’s investments, the timing of which is unrelated to the insurance underwriting process. Acquisition and Disposition Related Transaction, Integration, Restructuring and Other Costs may vary significantly between periods and are generally driven by the timing of acquisitions and business decisions which are unrelated to the insurance underwriting process. Debt Extinguishment, Pension Settlement and Other Charges relate to (i) loss from early extinguishment of debt, which is driven by Kemper’s financing and refinancing decisions and capital needs, as well as external economic developments such as debt market conditions, the timing of which is unrelated to the insurance underwriting process; (ii) settlement of pension plan obligations which are business decisions made by Kemper, the timing of which is unrelated to the underwriting process; and (iii) other charges that are non-standard, not part of the ordinary course of business, and unrelated to the insurance underwriting process. Goodwill Impairment Charges are excluded because they are infrequent and non-recurring charges. Non-Core Operations includes the results of our Preferred Insurance business which we expect to fully exit. These results are excluded because they are irrelevant to our ongoing operations and do not qualify for Discontinued Operations under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). Significant non-recurring items are excluded because, by their nature, they are not indicative of Kemper’s business or economic trends. The preceding non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for the comparable GAAP financial measures, as they do not fully recognize the profitability of Kemper’s businesses.

A reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) attributable to Kemper Corporation to Adjusted Consolidated Net Operating Income (Loss)¹ for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 is presented below.

Diluted Adjusted Net Operating Income (Loss) per Unrestricted Share¹ is a non-GAAP financial measure computed by dividing Adjusted Net Operating Income (Loss)¹ attributed to unrestricted shares by the weighted-average unrestricted shares and equivalent shares outstanding. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is Diluted Net Loss per Unrestricted Share.

A reconciliation of Diluted Net Income (Loss) per Unrestricted Share to Diluted Adjusted Net Operating Income (Loss) per Unrestricted Share¹ for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 is presented below.

Return on Adjusted Shareholders' Equity¹ is a calculation that uses a non-GAAP financial measure. It is calculated by dividing the period’s net income attributable to Kemper Corporation by the average shareholders’ equity excluding net unrealized gains and losses on fixed maturities, the change in discount rate on future life policyholder benefits and goodwill. Return on Shareholders’ Equity is the most directly comparable GAAP measure. We use this non-GAAP measure to identify and analyze the change in performance attributable to management efforts between periods. Kemper believes this non-GAAP financial measure is useful to investors because it eliminates the effect of items that can fluctuate significantly from period to period and are generally driven by economic developments, primarily capital market conditions, the magnitude and timing of which are not influenced by management. Kemper believes it enhances understanding and comparability of performance by highlighting underlying business activity and profitability drivers. The “Return on Adjusted Shareholders’ Equity” metric was referred to as “Return on Tangible Shareholders’ Equity” in prior periods.

A reconciliation of Return on Shareholders’ Equity to Return on Adjusted Shareholders’ Equity¹ is presented below: