{"id":902,"date":"2017-12-10T13:04:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T13:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=902"},"modified":"2017-12-10T13:04:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T13:04:31","slug":"kemper-insurance-company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/places\/kemper-insurance-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemper Insurance Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For most of his professional life, Stan Hughey worked for Kemper Insurance, initially in the data processing department, and later as a Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>Kemper Insurance was a family of insurance companies first organized early in the 20th century by James S. Kemper. It included the Lumberman&#8217;s Mutual Casualty Company, American Manufacturer&#8217;s Insurance Company, and American Motorists Insurance Company.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-903\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Civic_Opera_House_060528.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-903\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Civic_Opera_House_060528-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rear facade of the Civic Opera House, formerly the Kemper Building, and even formerly, the Insull building\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Civic_Opera_House_060528-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Civic_Opera_House_060528.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rear facade of the Civic Opera House, formerly the Kemper Building, and even formerly, the Insull building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The company&#8217;s headquarters was located at 20 North Upper Wacker Drive, in what was then known as the Kemper Building. The building was built by Samuel Insull for his corporate headquarters and included an opera house on the street level. Following the financial demise of Insull after 1929, the building was purchased by Kemper for their headquarters and renamed. Kemper later moved out of the space to Long Grove, Illinois. The Opera House remains home to the Lyric Opera of Chicago.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-904\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-10-at-6.16.41-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-904\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-10-at-6.16.41-AM-277x300.png\" alt=\"4750 North Sheridan Road, Chicago IL\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-10-at-6.16.41-AM-277x300.png 277w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-10-at-6.16.41-AM-768x833.png 768w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Screen-Shot-2017-12-10-at-6.16.41-AM-944x1024.png 944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4750 North Sheridan Road, Chicago IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During World War II and after, Kemper Insurance also had an office building on the north side of Chicago, in the Uptown Neighborhood, at 4750 N. Sheridan Road. This is where Stanley primarily worked. It is also where Tom Cartmell&#8217;s father (Dr. Cartmell) worked for Kemper Insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Kemper moved out of the building when it migrated to its corporate campus in Long Grove, Illinois in the 1970s. But the building remains and is used by a number of small businesses and service organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The company thrived after WWII, growing to become one of the larger property-casualty insurance companies in America. But by the 1990&#8217;s, the winds of financial fortune had shifted and the company drifted into a slow, downward spiral.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_902_1('footnote_plugin_reference_902_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_902_1('footnote_plugin_reference_902_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_902_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_902_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insuranceobserver.com\/PDF\/2003\/010903.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schiff&#8217;s Insurance Observer<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_902_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_902_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> By 2013, its assets had been liquidated, although the name (as a recognizable trademark) lives on, adopted by Unitrin, and insurance company that purchased many of the remaining assets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_902_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_902_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_902_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_902_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_902_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_902_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_902_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insuranceobserver.com\/PDF\/2003\/010903.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schiff&#8217;s Insurance Observer<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_902_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_902_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_902_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_902_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_902_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_902_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_902_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_902_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_902_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_902_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_902_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_902_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_902_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_902_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most of his professional life, Stan Hughey worked for Kemper Insurance, initially in the data processing department, and later as a Vice President. 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