Latest CNA Insurance Headlines

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CNA, SeaPass to Expand On-Line Quoting for Small Business Partners

Jun 14 2010 // CNA insurance companies recently formalized its relationship with SeaPass Solutions, Inc. to support the expansion of on-line quoting resources for its small business agents and brokers. Through the SeaPass Hub platform, a...

CNA Completes Sale of Its Argentinean Subsidiary to QBE

Jun 8 2010 // CNA Financial Corporation announced that it has completed the sale of its Argentinean subsidiary, CNA Aseguradora de Riesgos del Trabajo (CNA ART S.A.), to QBE the Americas, the Australia-based insurer and reinsurer. The...

Business Moves

Jun 7 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group has announced that its subsidiary, Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. (LMAC) has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an...

People

Jun 7 2010 // Craig A. Payan has been elected to serve as chairman of the board of directors for Itasca, Ill.-based Associated Risk Managers International Inc. Payan is president of PA&T Insurance and Financial Services, an...

People

Jun 7 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) President and CEO Kristin W. Wall has been elected to the board of directors of NCCI Holdings Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation and employee injury data and...

CNA Takes Over Not-for-Profit Directors & Officers Liability Program

Jun 1 2010 // CNA Financial Corp. said it is taking over the underwriting and administration of the existing Not-for-Profit Directors & Officers (D&O) program formerly managed by Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. starting today. In...

CNA Select Risk Extends Reach with New York, Los Angeles Offices

May 25 2010 // CNA Select Risk – which includes Excess & Surplus (E&S) business, as well as Wholesale Property accounts – announces new growth in its Casualty unit with the opening of new locations in New York City...

CNA Appoints Abercrombie as Commercial Underwriting Officer

May 14 2010 // CNA has appointed Jamie Abercrombie as commercial underwriting officer. Abercrombie, who has more than 27 years of underwriting experience will be based in Philadelphia. He most recently served as vice president of risk...

Mattucci-Mychajliw Appointed Underwriting Officer for CNA in New York

Apr 30 2010 // CNA has appointed Belinda Mattucci-Mychajliw to commercial underwriting officer for its New York Metro branch office. In this position, Mattucci-Mychajliw joins nine recently announced commercial underwriting officers who...

Ivey Appointed Head of CNA’s Reading, Pa. Branch

Apr 28 2010 // CNA announced that Robert Ivey, who recently joined the company as branch vice president of its Philadelphia office, has also been appointed branch vice president of its Reading, Pennsylvania office. In his new position,...

People

Apr 19 2010 // CNA appointed Nancy Osborn branch vice president for its Phoenix and Albuquerque, N.M., offices; and Connie Taylor vice president of its new Los Angeles branch office, scheduled to open in May. Osborn began her insurance...

CNA Select Risk Enhances Transportation Unit, Adds Underwriters

Apr 13 2010 // CNA Select Risk, which includes excess and surplus business, as well as wholesale property accounts, added to its transportation unit the newly-created Center of Excellence in Atlanta. The unit will focus on writing new...

CNA Appoints Two Branch VPs in Northeast

Apr 8 2010 // CNA has appointed two vice presidents in its Parsippany, N.J. and Philadelphia branches. Scott Simonson will be vice president in Parsippany. He has 17 years of insurance experience, and previously served as regional vice...

CNA Appoints New Commercial Underwriting Officers

Apr 7 2010 // Chicago-based CNA Financial Corporation has appointed new commercial underwriting officers in several branch offices. The following commercial underwriting officers are scheduled to begin their new roles in April: Jamie...

Nurse Practitioner Liability Claims Costs Rising 2.3% a Year: CNA HealthPro

Mar 29 2010 // The average indemnity and expense payments in nurse practitioner liability claims have increased at a rate of 2.3 percent per year over the past 10 years, according to an insurer’s review of...

CNA Appoints Two Branch Vice Presidents

Mar 25 2010 // CNA Financial Corp. announced that, effective May 1, Nancy Osborn has been appointed branch vice president for its Phoenix and Albuquerque offices; and Connie Taylor has been appointed branch vice president of its new Los...

CNA Enhances Precasters Coverage With Expense Reimbursement

Mar 16 2010 // CNA has enhanced its current coverages for precasters with the Concrete Product Rework endorsement, which will reimburse precasters for expenses arising out of the removal, repair or replacement of defective precast...

CNA Appoints Clark Vice President of Ocean Marine Operation

Mar 16 2010 // Chicago-based CNA Insurance has named Stephen Clark as vice president of its Ocean Marine operation. In this role, Clark has responsibility for the global insurer’s entire ocean marine line of business, including...

Business Moves

Mar 8 2010 // ASPN, ISU Network Chicago-based ASPN, the Agency Specialty Products Network Insurance Agency LLC, formed a new alliance with San Francisco-based ISU International and the ISU Network, one of the nation’s largest...

CNA Names West Director of Business Development

Mar 8 2010 // Kevin West has been appointed director of business development for CNA. In this role, West will help shape and expand CNA’s market presence and sales culture. He will be located in CNA’s Woodland Hills, Calif.,...