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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs
The following table presents the balances and changes in Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs for the Specialty Property and Casualty Insurance segment, Life Insurance segment, and Non-Core Operations business for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:
DOLLARS IN MILLIONS
Specialty
Life
Segment Total
Non-Core Operations
Total
Balance, January 1, 2023
$192.7 $404.8 $597.5 $38.1 $635.6 
Capitalizations
446.3 62.1 508.4 54.9 563.3 
Amortization Expense1
(496.4)(39.9)(536.3)(71.0)(607.3)
Balance, December 31, 2023
$142.6 $427.0 $569.6 $22.0 $591.6 
Capitalizations494.3 68.7 563.0 13.4 576.4 
Amortization Expense1
(474.1)(32.6)(506.7)(31.3)(538.0)
Balance, December 31, 20242
$162.8 $463.1 $625.9 $4.1 $630.0 
Capitalizations530.9 63.5 594.4 6.3 600.7 
Amortization Expense1,3
(534.9)(29.5)(564.4)(9.6)(574.0)
Balance, December 31, 20252
$158.8 $497.1 $655.9 $0.8 $656.7 
1 The Life Insurance segment includes increases to amortization expense related to experience adjustments of $4.6 million, $7.4 million, and $15.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
2 Includes $1.3 million and $1.1 million attributable to Kemper Reciprocal as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which is reported as a consolidated variable interest entity.
3Includes $2.0 million of impairment within Non-Core Operations related to a premium deficiency recognized during the year.