All the headlines from our CNA Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 2 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘A-‘ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on U.K.-based commercial and cargo lines writer CNA...
Mar 18 2004 // Three months after the insurer and the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) parted ways, Westport Insurance Corp. has signed on with the state’s agent association to sell its lawyers’ professional liability...
Mar 10 2004 // Chicago-based CNA Surety Corp. announced that Douglas W. Hinkle has joined the company as chief underwriting officer. Hinkle comes to CNA Surety with more than 25 years of insurance experience. Most recently, he was a...
Mar 5 2004 // Atlanta, Ga.-based Crawford & Company was recently named as one of three national service providers to offer property, casualty, and workers’ compensation claims handling to CNA Insurance...
Feb 20 2004 // Cunningham Lindsey US, Inc., a subsidiary of Lindsey Morden Group, Inc., has recently been accepted by CNA as an approved Independent Adjusting Company to assist them with their outside claims handling needs in the United...
Feb 16 2004 // CNA Surety Corporation reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2003 of $10.6 million, or $0.25 per share, compared to net income of $4.0 million, or $0.09 per share, for the same period in 2002. The fourth quarter...
Feb 11 2004 // Rory A. Cline, former executive vice president of facultative reinsurance at CNA Reinsurance, has launched DirectFac Inc., a new independent property facultative agency that aims to provide insurers direct access to...
Feb 5 2004 // Swiss Re announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Chicago-based CNA Financial’s individual life insurance business, as well as a life insurance servicing and administration facility in Nashville, Tenn.,...
Jan 20 2004 // Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA announced the early release of its enhanced Business Account Package Policy (BAPP). Originally scheduled for release in late March, the company said in a statement that the...
Jan 12 2004 // The small business unit of Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA hopes to hit $1 billion in premium volume at the end of 2005 by targeting Main Street businesses with more customized policy forms and a stripped-down...
Jan 12 2004 // The small business unit of Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA hopes to hit $1 billion in premium volume at the end of 2005 by targeting Main Street businesses with more customized policy forms and a stripped-down...
Jan 6 2004 // Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA Financial Corp. has completed the previously announced sale of its group benefits business to Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. for about $500 million. The business sold...
Dec 1 2003 // A.M. Best Co. downgraded the financial strength ratings to “A” (excellent) from “A+” (superior) of the members of the CNA Surety Corporation Group based in Chicago. The rating outlook is...
Dec 1 2003 // A.M. Best Co. downgraded the financial strength ratings to “A” (excellent) from “A+” (superior) of the members of Chicago-based CNA Surety Corporation Group. The outlook is negative. The rating...
Dec 1 2003 // Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA Financial Corp. announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to sell its group benefits business to The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. for about $500...
Dec 1 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA Financial Corp.’s sale of its group benefits business to Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. was expected and will have...
Nov 20 2003 // Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA recently announced that Paul Nhem and Tom Gill will become partnering managers of its dedicated small business program unit. Nhem and Gill will partner with agencies to generate and...
Nov 18 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength ratings to “A” (excellent) from “A+” (superior) of the members of the Chicago-based CNA Surety Corp. Group. The rating outlook is negative.The...
Nov 17 2003 // Chicago-based insurer CNA Financial Corp. named Henry Pippins Jr. as senior vice president of its Small Business for Standard Lines unit, an $800 million business operation. Pippins previously served as vice president of...
Nov 13 2003 // Chicago-based insurer CNA Financial Corp. reported a net loss for the third quarter of 2003 of $1.8 billion, or $7.94 per share, as compared with net income of $54 million, or 24 cents per share, for the same period in...