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CHICAGO--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Kemper Corporation ] (NYSE: KMPR) announced today that its subsidiary, Fireside Bank, completed the sale of $283 million of previously charged-off loans in its non-active loan portfolio in a private transaction on March 9, 2012. Including the net proceeds of this transaction, remaining wind-down costs and existing capital, Fireside Bank now expects to return at least $20 million, an increase of $5 million, to Kemper upon completion of its wind-down process, which should be substantially completed by the end of the second quarter of 2012.

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Kemper is a diversified insurance holding company with subsidiaries that principally provide life, health, auto, homeowners, renters and other insurance products to the individual and small business markets. Kemper serves its customers through a network of independent agents, brokers and career agents, as well as directly to consumers via direct mail, web, employer-sponsored employee benefit programs and other affinity relationships.

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