Kemper Board Elects Several Executives To New Positions

Mark O'Brien, vice president of Kemper's risk management group, has been elected senior vice president. O'Brien joined Kemper in Chicago as a casualty underwriter trainee in 1979. He was named Western region special risks underwriting manager in 1986 and appointed region special risks underwriting officer in 1988. He was appointed assistant special risks underwriting officer in Long Grove in 1990 and special risks underwriting officer the following year. He was elected vice president in 1994.

"It is a direct result of Mark's leadership that the risk management group had a good year in 1997," said Kim Kemper, executive vice president, commercial lines group. "RMG sales increased more than 18 percent, in spite of the non-renewal of some large accounts, a remarkable turnaround after 1996 when sales decreased 9 percent. The 1997 result is even more impressive given that it was accomplished at an 11 percent return on equity."

Elected vice presidents were Bob Hiltz, director of risk engineering services; Peter Logothetis, corporate and Kemper Re systems officer; Marge Wagenvoord, excess casualty officer; Bernard Habet, general manager of Kemper Japan's Tokyo office and; George Neale, claim financial and performance analysis officer.