Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Kemper Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$20M
Total assets Small plan by assets
793
Participants Near avg headcount
73rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$25,272
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kemper Corporation Pension Plan · Sponsored by Kemper Corporation · Illinois · Finance & Insurance

$20M in assets, 793 participants

Kemper Corporation's Kemper Corporation Pension Plan reported $20M in total assets and 793 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 73rd percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #5,250 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Kemper Corporation multi-year trail

Kemper Corporation's plans moved -12.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Kemper Corporation Pension Plan at $20M / 793 participants.

#5,250
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
-93.7%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $297M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Kemper Corporation Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Kemper Corporation Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$20,040,377 Top 27% higher than 73% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Kemper Corporation Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Kemper Corporation Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (793 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Kemper Corporation Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$76M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$297M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kemper Corporation Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $316M in the plan year 2022 filing to $20M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kemper Corporation Pension Plan reported participants fell from 839 in the plan year 2022 filing to 793 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 954255452 · Kemper Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Kemper Corporation Pension Plan · $20M · 793 · 73rd

  • EIN $20M
  • RANK 793
  • PHOTO 73rd
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near Mfn Financial Corporation Pension Plan
  • 5500 ind #5250

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Kemper Corporation Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Kemper Corporation Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Kemper Corporation multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kemper Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$888M 12.701152678769292% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B 202220232024 $1.02B $0.89B ▼ -12.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 10,926 $1.0B
2023 2 10,101 $827M
2024 3 8,027 $888M

Kemper Corporation filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$316M
Net Assets (End of Year)$18M
Net Income-$297M
Employer EIN954255452
Plan Effective Date1990-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Kemper Corporation Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Kemper Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.020040377 · Participants: 793Kemper Corporation Pension PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 49.680270595 · Participants: 48538Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 35.242945747 · Participants: 45001State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.965094339 · Participants: 20680United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.960744597 · Participants: 16346John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.819798504 · Participants: 17382Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Kemper Corporation Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Kemper Corporation Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Kemper Corporation Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Mfn Financial Corporation Pension Plan in CA ($20M); by covered participants it is Newmarket Corporation and Affiliates Salaried Employees' Pension Plan in VA (792 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (793 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Kemper Corporation Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Kemper Corporation Pension Plan contracted severely - down 93.7% during 2023, from $316M to $20M. Reported net income was -$297M.
How have Kemper Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kemper Corporation's sponsor-wide assets declined 12.7%, from $1.0B to $888M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Kemper Corporation Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mfn Financial Corporation Pension Plan in CA ($20M, 3 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kemper Corporation Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Newmarket Corporation and Affiliates Salaried Employees' Pension Plan in VA (792 participants, $501M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 954255452.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.