What Discounts Does Kemper Offer for Auto Insurance?

Last Updated on July 29, 2021

We all want to save money, especially on our insurance. So, what discounts does Kemper offer for auto insurance? Quite a few.

With Kemper, the discounts you receive can apply to coverage for one specific car or driver, or they can function as a discount on your entire policy.

There are time constraints on many of these auto insurance discounts, either immediate or long term. For example: network discounts for referring a friend have to be completed by yourself and your friend within 30 days. This is juxtaposed by the safe and sound discount which won’t kick in until you’ve had insurance with Kemper for 1 year.

Below, let’s review all of the discounts that are offered by Kemper for car insurance.

Free-A-Tree Discount

If you free a tree so to speak, by going green, you get an auto insurance discount. To qualify you must:

• Go paperless for all insurance documents
• Sign all documents online
• Enroll in Easy Pay for automatic payments

You can use debit, credit, checking or savings accounts for your auto pay settings. Moreover, if you set up automatic payments of any kind, you are automatically enrolled in this discount program.

Happily Married Discount

If you have a spouse, or legally recognized partner (including civil unions and domestic partnerships) you may also get a discount.

This is one of those car insurance discounts that applies to the cost of your entire policy. In order to qualify you must provide evidence that you are not only married but living together and both parties must be on the policy. You can have 1 car, and both be insured on it, 2 individual cars, or more. Again, it applies to the total amount of your policy.

However, should you become unhappily married and separate, it will no longer apply.

Kemper Specialty California

Kemper Specialty is for customers in California only. It is available for home or auto insurance, in situations where customers are unable to get insurance from other providers. While the home insurance aspect was a result of many insurers canceling homeowner’s insurance in light of fires, the auto insurance aspect is for those with rare vehicles or who are a high-risk driver in need of coverage.

Multi-Policy Discount

Get coverage for your car and your home, apartment, or condo through Kemper and get a discount. This isn’t a very high discount, for most quotes show a savings of a few dollars per month if you add your homeowners insurance to your car insurance within 20 days of taking out a new policy, but something is better than nothing.

Network Discount

Already have Kemper but want more discounts? Get another auto insurance discount when you refer a friend who takes out a policy too. You and your friend get 10% off your auto insurance.

There is a window of opportunity here though. You must sign up and then provide your friends with a link you receive, after which they use that link and only that link to sign up for coverage.

Note: You must all take what is called a “Safety Pledge” and agree to be a safe driver in order to receive the discount. Your referral has to sign up within 30 days of your new policy.

Preferred Payer Discount

When you take out an insurance policy, for anything, you have a few payment options: monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annually.

For example: If you choose the monthly payment program, you are required to make a down payment followed by 10 additional monthly payments. You can choose the size of your down payment, and subsequently, the size of your remaining monthly payments.

This example structure works the same with any other payment schedule, with the key difference being how frequently you make your subsequent payments. With Kemper, if you opt for the larger, upfront payment, you save more money.

The amount of the discount varies based on the amount of money you pay toward your policy up front. The more you pay for your initial down payment, the bigger the discount.

Retro Loyalty Discount

If you already have insurance through another provider, but make the switch to Kemper, you get rewarded based on the duration of your loyalty to the previous insurer. Basically, if you had your previous insurance provider for a long time, Kemper would reward that loyalty with discounts. The longer you were with your previous provider, the greater the discount.

Safe and Sound Discount

If you are a safe driver, you get rewarded. If you have at least 2 people on your insurance policy, with one person over the age of 18, and all drivers on the insurance policy have gone 3 years without an accident or traffic violation, you get a discount.

The caveat with this is that you need coverage from Kemper for at least 12 months before the discount kicks in.

Traditional Discounts

The discounts described above are Kemper specific, things you are not likely to find through other insurance providers, but the company also provides more traditional discounts. These include:

• Airbags: Get a discount for having airbags in your car
• Anti-theft devices: Get a discount if you have qualifying anti-theft devices in your car (your Pitbull in the backseat does not count)
• Away at School: If you have a car used by that graduate, who is off at college and drives it only on holidays, then get a discount for the time it sits idle at home
• Good Student: Get a discount on a student driver who maintains high grades
• Mature Driver: Get a discount if you are 55 or older and have completed an accident prevention course
• Multi-Car: Not only do you save by combining home and auto, but if you have more than one car you save too
• Passive Restraint: If you have passive restraint devices like automatic seatbelts, you qualify for additional discounts

Remember, too, some of the discounts apply automatically with time, the longer you have your policy and are a safe driver, the more discounts you gain access to. Others are contingent upon the circumstances when you take out your initial policy.