Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Note 9 - Income Taxes On December 22, 2017, Public Law 115-97, more commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), was enacted and included numerous changes to existing federal income tax law, including a permanent reduction in the federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018. Pursuant to Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), the Company recorded certain provisional amounts for estimated income tax effects of the Tax Act on deferred income taxes. In the third quarter of 2018, the Company finalized certain effects of the Tax Act on deferred income taxes, which were previously recorded as provisional amounts under SAB 118, based on additional information received from third parties and the completion of additional actuarial computations which impacted tax elections made for the 2017 and earlier tax years. As a result, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $26.0 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2018. The tax benefit recognized includes the estimated benefit of elections to reset the interest rates used to discount and compute the tax-basis of reserves on certain post-1987 life insurance contracts reported in the Company's 2014 through 2017 income tax returns. Final determination of the effects of the Tax Act on deferred income taxes, aside from the items noted above, continues to require additional information and detailed computations, the Company expects to complete its determination of the effect of the Tax Act on its deferred income tax assets and liabilities during the fourth quarter of 2018. The statute of limitations related to Kemper and its eligible subsidiaries’ consolidated Federal income tax returns is closed for all tax years up to and including 2013. The expiration of the statute of limitations related to the various state income tax returns that Kemper and its subsidiaries file varies by state. Liabilities for Unrecognized Tax Benefits at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 include $3.8 million and $7.6 million, respectively, for tax positions for which the ultimate deductibility is highly certain but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such deductibility. Because of the impact of deferred income tax accounting, other than for interest and penalties, the disallowance of the shorter deductibility period would not affect the effective income tax rate but would accelerate the payment of cash to the taxing authority to an earlier period. The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. Liabilities for Unrecognized Tax Benefits included accrued interest of $0.7 million and $0.5 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. Income taxes paid, net of refunds received, were $10.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Income taxes paid, net of refunds received, were $5.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Note 9 - Income Taxes

On December 22, 2017, Public Law 115-97, more commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), was enacted and included numerous changes to existing federal income tax law, including a permanent reduction in the federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018. Pursuant to Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), the Company recorded certain provisional amounts for estimated income tax effects of the Tax Act on deferred income taxes.

In the third quarter of 2018, the Company finalized certain effects of the Tax Act on deferred income taxes, which were previously recorded as provisional amounts under SAB 118, based on additional information received from third parties and the completion of additional actuarial computations which impacted tax elections made for the 2017 and earlier tax years. As a result, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $26.0 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2018. The tax benefit recognized includes the estimated benefit of elections to reset the interest rates used to discount and compute the tax-basis of reserves on certain post-1987 life insurance contracts reported in the Company's 2014 through 2017 income tax returns. Final determination of the effects of the Tax Act on deferred income taxes, aside from the items noted above, continues to require additional information and detailed computations, the Company expects to complete its determination of the effect of the Tax Act on its deferred income tax assets and liabilities during the fourth quarter of 2018.

The statute of limitations related to Kemper and its eligible subsidiaries’ consolidated Federal income tax returns is closed for all tax years up to and including 2013. The expiration of the statute of limitations related to the various state income tax returns that Kemper and its subsidiaries file varies by state.

Liabilities for Unrecognized Tax Benefits at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 include $3.8 million and $7.6 million, respectively, for tax positions for which the ultimate deductibility is highly certain but for which there is uncertainty about the timing of such deductibility. Because of the impact of deferred income tax accounting, other than for interest and penalties, the disallowance of the shorter deductibility period would not affect the effective income tax rate but would accelerate the payment of cash to the taxing authority to an earlier period.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. Liabilities for Unrecognized Tax Benefits included accrued interest of $0.7 million and $0.5 million at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Income taxes paid, net of refunds received, were $10.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Income taxes paid, net of refunds received, were $5.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.