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Kemper KMPR Life Insurance — Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs, Amortization Expense
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Reported directly by Kemper in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpense.
The source filing: Kemper’s 10-Q, filed August 5, 2026.
- Filed
- Aug 5, 2026, 4:13 PM EDT
- Fiscal quarter
- Q2 FY2026
- Calendar quarter
- Q2 2026
- Accession
- 0000860748-26-000084
| (Dollars in Millions) | Specialty | Life | Segment Total | Non-Core Operations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance, December 31, 20251 | $158.8 | $497.1 | $655.9 | $0.8 | $656.7 |
| Capitalizations | 240.6 | 35.2 | 275.8 | 1.9 | 277.7 |
| Amortization Expense2 | (243.0) | (14.8) | (257.8) | (0.8) | (258.6) |
| Balance, June 30, 20261 | $156.4 | $517.5 | $673.9 | $1.9 | $675.8 |
| 1 Includes $0.8 million and $1.3 million attributable to Kemper Reciprocal as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, which is reported as a consolidated VIE. | |||||
| 2 The Life Insurance segment includes increases to amortization expense related to experience adjustments of $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026. |
Item 1. Financial Statements
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- What is Kemper's life insurance — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense?
- Kemper (KMPR) reported life insurance — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense of $8M in Q2 2026.
- How has Kemper's life insurance — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense changed year-over-year?
- Kemper's life insurance — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense increased by 14.3% year-over-year, from $7M to $8M.
- What is the long-term trend for Kemper's life insurance — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense?
- Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Kemper's life insurance — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense has grown at a -11.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $42M to $29.5M.
- What does life insurance — deferred policy acquisition costs, amortization expense mean?
- The periodic charge to the income statement representing the systematic recognition of previously capitalized policy acquisition costs. This expense aligns the cost of acquiring policies with the revenue generated over the life of those policies. It is a key metric for evaluating the timing and impact of acquisition-related expenses on current earnings.
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