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		<title><![CDATA[The St. Paul buys Kemper renewals. (Financial News).(St. Paul Companies purchased right to seek renewals of Kemper Insurance Companies' commercial insurance business)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The St. Paul Companies announced last week that, for an undisclosed  price, it has purchased the right to seek renewals of Kemper Insurance  Companies' commercial insurance business.    The sale to The St. Paul is the latest hatch of renewal right  selloffs announced by Long...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kemper Insurance Companies. (Other Rating News).(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_200304/ai_n20030774]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings has downgraded the insurer financial strength ratings  of three primary insurance underwriters of the Kemper Insurance  Companies KIC to 'CC' from 'B+'. Additionally,  Fitch has downgraded the surplus notes issued by group member Lumbermens  Mutual Casualty Company to 'C' from 'CCC'. All  ratings...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Surplus Noteholders of Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company -Kemper Insurance Companies- Form Ad Hoc Committee]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors  NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--March 27, 2003  Holders of all three series of surplus notes issued by Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company ("Lumbermens"), and certain related trust certificates, have formed an ad hoc committee (the "Committee") to evaluate Lumbermens' recently announced tender offer and consent solicitation (the "Offer") related...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beleaguered Kemper to cease underwriting, sell renewals. (Late Breaking News).(Kemper Insurance Companies)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_200303/ai_n20054201]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A mid its disappointing 2002 yearend results, Kemper Insurance  Companies announced that it will cease underwriting activities and sell  its core middle-market business to a new firm capitalized by equity  investment firms, including an affiliate of giant rein-surer Swiss Re.    The Long Grove, Ill.-based...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Lowers Rating of Kemper Insurance Companies]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors  OLDWICK, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 3, 2003  A.M. Best Co. has lowered the financial strength rating to B Fair from B+ Very Good of the participants in the Kemper Insurance Companies (Long Grove, IL) inter-company pool, 10 reinsured affiliates and one domestic affiliate.  The rating remains under...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kemper Reaches Renewal Rights Agreement with Arch Insurance Group on Surety Business]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors  LONG GROVE, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 27, 2003  The Kemper Insurance Companies today announced it has reached an agreement in principle to sell the renewal rights to its surety business to Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd.  Kemper's agreement with Arch includes contract...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kemper sheds its specialty business. (Kemper Analysis).(Kemper Insurance Companies to sell specialty business insruance policies)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_200301/ai_n20053920]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Kemper Insurance Companies, which suffered downgrades by several  rating agencies in recent weeks, announced a number of deals to sell off  renewal rights to some of its specialty business insurance policies.    "This transaction is another in a series of steps Kemper is  taking to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kemper Reaches Renewal Rights Agreement with Old Republic on Large Risk National Accounts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors  LONG GROVE, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 15, 2003  The Kemper Insurance Companies today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell the renewal rights to a significant number of its large risk national accounts to Old Republic Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Old Republic International...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big changes at Kemper prompt buyer concerns.(Kemper Insurance Companies must decide whether to continue with mutual insurer or use another; discusses recent financial woes)(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: MICHAEL BRADFORD    LONG GROVE, Ill.-Kemper Insurance Cos.' financial difficulties  will likely put some of the insurer's policyholders in a quandary.    With renewals looming, commercial risks with coverage written by  Kemper will have to decide whether to stick with the Long Grove,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Lowers Rating of Kemper Insurance Companies Intercompany Pool]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Dec_24/ai_95766679]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Editors  OLDWICK, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 24, 2002  A.M. Best Co. has lowered the financial strength rating to B+ Very Good from A- Excellent of the participants in the Kemper Insurance Companies intercompany pool, Long Grove, Ill.  In addition, A.M. Best has lowered the rating of the surplus...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2002 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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