Crain's Chicago Business on 5/9/03 said that former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar's connection to Kemper Insurance Co is a main reason he is not going to seek reelection in the U.S. Senate. Edgar is a Kemper Board member, joining the group February 1999, just weeks after signing into law legislation that would have allowed Kemper to partially de-mutualize (a move the company never executed). The story criticized Edgar for being a part of decisions that it said is going to cost Illinois about 6000 jobs, referring to the company's latest plan to stop underwriting commercial property and casualty and p...
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