All the headlines from our CNA Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 2 2005 // CNA Financial Corporation announced that Michael Smith has joined CNA insurance companies as vice president of its Reading, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pa. branches; and Katherine Fenwick has been appointed underwriting...
Jul 4 2005 // Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp. has received a subpoena from New York federal prosecutor David Kelley relating to his investigation of finite reinsurance. Kelley, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern...
Jun 21 2005 // Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp. has received a subpoena from New York federal prosecutor David Kelley relating to his investigation of finite reinsurance. Kelley, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern...
Apr 4 2005 // Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp. announced it has completed the sale of Caronia Corp., a third-party claims administrator focused on medical professional liability, to Octagon Risk Services Inc., a...
Apr 4 2005 // Fitch Ratings affirmed the “BBB-” long-term issuer and senior debt ratings of Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp., as well as the “BBB-” insurer financial strength ratings of...
Mar 21 2005 // With overall claims frequency still on the decline and loss costs and rates relatively stable, the state of the workers’ compensation line nationwide continues to show positive signs of improvement. Nevertheless, the...
Mar 18 2005 // CNA Financial Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Caronia Corporation, a third-party claims administrator focused on medical professional liability, to Octagon Risk Services, Inc., a subsidiary of...
Mar 14 2005 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the “BBB-” long-term issuer and senior debt ratings of Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp., as well as the “BBB-” insurer financial strength ratings of...
Feb 22 2005 // Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp. reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2004 of $305 million as compared to $174 million for the same period in 2003. Income before net realized investment...
Feb 9 2005 // Chicago-based CNA Surety Corp. reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2004 of $12.2 million, or $0.28 per share, compared to net income of $10.6 million, or $0.25 per share, for the same period in 2003. The increase...
Jan 24 2005 // Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services Commissioner Linda A. Watters named Andy Schor as the new public information officer. As PIO, Schor’s responsibilities will be to share the priorities and...
Dec 20 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Houston installed Donald E. (Woody) Woodard, Jr. as the association’s president for 2004-2005. Woodard began his insurance career in 1973 at Houstoun Stevenson and Cummings, in the...
Dec 20 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its “BBB-” counterparty credit rating on CNA Financial Corp. and its “A-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on CNA’s...
Dec 10 2004 // Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp. announced that Raye Singer has joined CNA insurance companies as vice president of CNA Excess & Surplus Lines. CNA E&S is written through Columbia Casualty...
Dec 9 2004 // Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA Financial Corp. announced that it intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer new 10-year senior notes in a public offering underwritten by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner...
Dec 6 2004 // Chicago-based CNA Surety Corp. reported net income for the third quarter of 2004 of $11 million, or 26 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $47.4 million, or $1.10 per share, for the same period in 2003. The company,...
Nov 19 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit rating on CNA Financial Corp. (NYSE:CNA) and its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on...
Nov 17 2004 // Chicago-based CNA Surety Corp. reported net income for the third quarter of 2004 of $11 million, or 26 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $47.4 million, or $1.10 per share, for the same period in 2003. The company,...
Nov 16 2004 // Chicago-based CNA Surety Corp. announced that the company tentatively has agreed to sell all of its financial interest in U.K.-based DeMontfort Group Ltd. to HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. The agreement covers CNA...
Nov 15 2004 // Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA‘s woes continue as the company announced a net loss of $28 million for the third quarter, thanks in part to $174 million in losses due to the quadruple kick to the pants delivered...