Kemper Corp. of Long Grove, Ill., said...

Kemper Corp. of Long Grove, Ill., said that annual and fourth-quarter operating earnings were up in 1986, compared to the year before. The investment-services segment was the largest contributor to the company’s 1986 earnings, a spokesman said. Strong mutual fund sales helped to increase the firm’s assets to $39.3 billion by year-end 1986, a 32.35% increase over a year earlier, the spokesman added.