Latest CNA Insurance Headlines
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CNA Expands Specialty Lines Business in Canada
Jan 5 2015 // CNA announced that its $2.9 billion Specialty Lines business, specializing in professional and management liability, financial and other specialized property and casualty insurance products and services, will begin...
CNA Seeks to Limit Liability in Minnesota Priest Abuse Case
Jan 2 2015 // An insurance company has asked a court to limit or eliminate its responsibility to cover some clergy sex abuse claims against the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Last month, the archdiocese sued about 20 insurers...
CNA Appoints Dmytrow Healthcare, Aging Services VP
Dec 24 2014 // CNA has appointed Bruce Dmytrow to vice president of aging services, national programs underwriting for the company’s healthcare segment, effective Jan, 1, 2015. Dmytrow will be responsible for the strategic...
Lindemann to Retire as President, COO of CNA Commercial Insurance
Dec 22 2014 // Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. announced the retirement of Robert Lindemann, president and chief operating officer of CNA Commercial — a $3.5 billion commercial property and casualty business — effective Dec. 31,...
People – East
Dec 1 2014 // Utica Mutual Insurance Company in New Hartford, New York, announced that at a meeting of the board of directors on Nov. 6, the board approved the nomination of Richard Creedon as the next chief executive officer. Creedon...
CNA Hires DeVinney as Commercial Underwriting Officer in New York
Nov 17 2014 // David DeVinney CNA Financial Corporation hired David DeVinney as commercial underwriting officer for its branch offices in Long Island and Westchester, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut. Based in New York, DeVinney will...
CNA Names 2 Actuarial Vice Presidents
Nov 17 2014 // CNA Financial Corp. has appointed two new actuarial senior vice presidents. Mark Kaufman has been appointed senior vice president of Actuarial Pricing for Specialty Insurance. Kaufman will be responsible for the overall...
Adams Named Sr. VP, Investments and Treasury at CNA
Nov 10 2014 // Amy Adams Chicago-based CNA Financial Corporation has appointed Amy Adams to senior vice president, investments and treasury. In this role, Adams will be responsible for both the operational and strategic management of...
CNA Restructures Hardy’s Lloyd’s Property Unit with New Appointments
Nov 7 2014 // CNA Financial Corporation announced a number of changes to the Property team of London-based Hardy (Underwriting Agencies) Limited, an independent wholly-owned indirect subsidiaries of CNA. The Property Business Unit will...
CNA Appoints Execs to Hardy’s Energy, Marine, Aviation Team
Nov 6 2014 // CNA Financial Corporation announced several senior appointments to the Energy, Marine and Aviation (EMA) team of London-based Hardy (Underwriting Agencies) Limited, an independent wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of CNA,...
CNA Offering 11,000 Former Employees Pension Buyouts
Nov 4 2014 // CNA Financial Corp., the commercial insurer majority-owned by Loews Corp., offered lump-sum payments to 11,000 former employees to encourage them to give up their pensions. The program could reduce fourth-quarter earnings...
Meinschenk Named VP, Sales & Producer Management at CNA Canada
Oct 30 2014 // CNA Canada has appointed Paul Meinschenk as vice president of sales & producer management. In this role, Meinschenk is responsible for the development and management of the distribution strategy and sales initiatives...
Business Moves
Sep 8 2014 // USI, Willis USI Insurance Services has entered into an agreement with certain subsidiaries of Willis North America Inc., part of Willis Group Holdings, to acquire seven of Willis’ retail insurance brokerage locations...
CNA Appoints Earley as Illinois Branch Vice President
Sep 4 2014 // Chicago-based property/casualty insurer, CNA, has named Steve Earley as Illinois branch vice president. Steve Earley Earley has been with CNA for 27 years, most recently serving as vice president of the company’s...
CNA’s Kocaj Joins Berkshire Hathaway Specialty
Sep 3 2014 // Specialty insurer Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Tom Kocaj as vice president and head of Financial Institutions, Executive and Professional Lines. Kocaj joins BHSI with a quarter century of...
IICF Names CNA’s Marohn Western Division Chair
Aug 25 2014 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation named Steve Marohn chairman of its Western division board of directors. Marohn is western zone officer for CNA. As chair of IICF, Marohn will help guide the philanthropic...
CNA Appoints Motamed Chairman of CNA Europe Board of Directors
Aug 12 2014 // Thomas F. Motamed, chairman and chief executive of CNA Financial Corporation, has been appointed chairman of the CNA Insurance Company Limited (CNA Europe) Board of Directors, effective as of August 18, following approval...
DelBuono Appointed VP of Product Management at CNA
Aug 7 2014 // Chicago-based property/casualty insurance organization, CNA Financial Corp., appointed Gary DelBuono vice president of product management, effective Aug. 11. DelBuono will oversee enterprise product development, partnering...
CNA Completes Sale of Continental to Wilton Re
Aug 4 2014 // CNA Financial Corp. announced it has completed completion the sale of Continental Assurance Co. (CAC) to a subsidiary of Wilton Re Holdings. Additionally, Wilton Re Bermuda Limited will reinsure all of the run-off...
CNA Promotes Travieso to Small Business Sales Manager for Southeast Zone
Jun 25 2014 // Oliver Travieso CNA Financial Corporation has promoted Oliver Travieso to the position of small business sales manager for the Southeast zone. In this role, Travieso will have primary responsibility for managing the...
