Latest CNA Insurance Headlines

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CNA WTC Losses Put at $468 Million Pre-Tax

Nov 15 2002 // CNA’s most recent Form10-Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission put overall net pre-tax losses from the attacks on the World Trade Center at $468 million net of reinsurance; after tax losses are...

CNA Reports $38 Million Q3 Net Operating Income

Nov 8 2002 // Chicago-based CNA Financial Corporation reported third quarter net operating income from continuing operations of $38 million, or $0.17 per share, as compared with a net operating loss from continuing operations of $160...

CNA Completes Sale of London Reinsurance Company

Nov 1 2002 // CNA Financial Corporation announced that it has completed the sale of its London reinsurance operation, CNA Reinsurance Company Limited (UK), to Tawa UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Artemis Group, the diversified French holding...

Agent Partners with CNA on Realty Firm Coverage

Oct 15 2002 // The Maryland-based agency Victor O. Schinnerer announced that it has introduced a p/c policy, Victor O. Schinnerer’s Realty Choice(TM), for real estate firms located in Massachusetts, Virginia and Illinois...

2001 Market Share For Insurers in Texas

Oct 14 2002 // The 2001 premium and loss data for Texas verifies everything you heard from the insurance companies — it was a really bad year. Here are the highlights in review: • Texas accounts for 7 percent of the national premium...

CNA Launches Specialty D&O and Fiduciary Liability Lines

Sep 10 2002 // Schinnerer & Company Inc. of Chevy Chase, Md. is now offering liability coverage to architects, engineers, land surveyors, landscape architects and specialty consultants through CNA’s E-Pack. With this newest...

Robert James Promoted to EVP, U.S. Ins. Operations for CNA P&C

Aug 26 2002 // Robert V. James has been promoted to CNA insurance companies’ executive vice president of U.S. Insurance Operations for CNA Property & Casualty Operations. The announcement came from James R. Lewis who precedes...

CNA Appoints Robert V. James Exec-VP for U.S. Operations

Aug 20 2002 // CNA announced that Robert V. James has been promoted to CNA insurance companies’ executive vice president of U.S. Insurance Operations for CNA Property & Casualty Operations, effective August 26, 2002. The...

CNA Moves to 2ndQ profit on rising premiums

Aug 9 2002 // CNA Financial Corp. reported it swung to a second-quarter profit, able to raise prices on many of its policies. CNA, which is 87 percent-owned by holding concern Loews Corp., posted net income of $35 million, or 16 cents a...

Lewis Promoted to President & CEO of CNA Property & Casualty

Aug 2 2002 // CNA Financial Corporation announced that, effective Aug. 26, James Lewis will become the new president and CEO of CNAProperty & Casualty Operations, CNA’s largest operating business. In his new position, Lewis...

Lilienthal Appointed CEO of CNA Financial, CNA Insurance

Jul 26 2002 // CNA Financial Corp. has appointed Stephen Lilienthal chief executive, succeeding Bernard L. Hengesbaugh, who remains chairman. The move is effective Aug. 26. Lilienthal has been president and chief executive of the CNA...

CNA Announces Deal on Sale of London Reinsurance Company

Jul 15 2002 // CNA Financial Corporation has signed a binding “share purchase agreement” to sell CNA’s London reinsurance operation, CNA Reinsurance Company Limited (UK), to Tawa UK Ltd., pending approval by the...

CNA Financial Reports 1stQ Net Income from Continuing Operations of $111M

May 10 2002 // CNA Financial Corporation reported first quarter 2002 net operating income from continuing operations of $111 million, or $0.50 per share, compared with $119 million, or $0.65 per share, reported in the first quarter 2001....

Fitch Rates CNA Subs

Apr 15 2002 // Fitch Ratings has assigned new ratings to various entities of CNA Financial Corporation (CNA), including its “A” insurer financial strength rating for members of The Continental Insurance Company Pool (CIC) and...

Fitch Assigns Rating to Subsidiaries of CNA

Mar 27 2002 // Fitch Ratings has assigned new ratings to various entities of CNA Financial Corporation (CNA), including a ‘A’ insurer financial strength ratings for members of The Continental Insurance Company Pool (CIC) and...

CNA FINANCIAL REPORTS 4Q LOSS

Feb 25 2002 // CNA Financial Corp. reported a fourth-quarter 2001 net loss of $22 million, compared with net income of $193 million for the same quarter in 2000. According to Chairman and CEO Bernard Hengesbaugh, 2001 was a year when the...

CNA to Pay $18M for Wrongful Death

Feb 18 2002 // According to Associated Press, CNA Insurance has awarded the family of Ana Flores $18 million for the wrongful death of the 36-year-old mother of two. Flores was killed in 1999 by a shard of glass that fell from the 29th...

CNA Financial Announces Net Loss for 4Q, Year-End

Feb 15 2002 // CNA Financial Corporation reported a fourth quarter 2001 net loss of $22 million compared with net income of $193 million for the same quarter in 2000. Total net loss for the year ended Dec. 31, 2001 was $1.6 billion...

CNA Surety Announces 4Q Decrease in Net Income

Feb 12 2002 // CNA Surety Corporation reported that net income for the fourth quarter of 2001 decreased to $0.6 million, or $0.01 per share, from $12.0 million, or $0.28 per share, for the same period in 2000. Operating earnings, after...

Debra McClenahan New CEO of CNA Re

Jan 31 2002 // Debra McClenahan has been appointed chief executive officer of CNA Re, one of the three major businesses of CNA insurance companies. McClenahan, who succeeds William J. Adamson, will have overall responsibility for...