All the headlines from our CNA Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 24 2021 // Commercial lines insurer CNA reported that it has sustained a “sophisticated cybersecurity attack” that caused a network disruption and impacted certain CNA systems, including corporate email.Upon learning of...
Mar 5 2021 // CNA announced that CNA CyberPrep, a proactive cyber risk services program, has been launched in Canada.Already available to CNA’s customers in the United States, CNA CyberPrep helps cyber policyholders with threat...
Feb 9 2021 // CNA Financial Corp. benefited significantly from rate hikes and premium growth in Q4, reporting more than $387 million in net income versus $273 million the year before.Net income per share during the quarter reached $1.42...
Feb 5 2021 // W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the appointment of David Brosnan as chief executive officer of W. R. Berkley Syndicate Management Ltd., the Lloyd’s managing agent for W. R. Berkley Syndicate 1967.He succeeds Alastair...
Jan 4 2021 // Commercial lines insurer CNA Financial Corp. and Enstar on Dec. 30, 2020 said they had reached an agreement to have a subsidiary of Enstar reinsure a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation policies,...
Dec 1 2020 // Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has added Rick Childs as senior vice president, Construction, to lead its growing construction business.Childs brings 25 years of commercial...
Nov 3 2020 // CNA Financial Corp. doubled its 2020 Q3 net income, thanks in part to higher investment returns and rate hikes in the P/C insurance division that increased more than 12 percent on average. Net catastrophe losses soared,...
Sep 28 2020 // Liability claims that involve nurses cost an average of $210,513 if a large indemnity payment is made, but even claims that are dropped, defeated or dismissed end up costing more than $20,000, according to a report...
Aug 6 2020 // CNA Financial Corp. saw its 2020 second quarter net income sliced almost by half compared to the previous year due to “considerable catastrophe losses” from COVID-19, civil unrest and weather-related events.The...
Aug 4 2020 // CNA Financial Corp. on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $151 million. On a per-share basis, the Chicago-based company said it had net income of 55 cents. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, were 36 cents per...
May 10 2020 // Nursing homes are right in the middle of the deadly coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S, with more than 28%, or nearly 20,000, of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths happening in these long term care facilities, according...
May 5 2020 // CNA Financial Corp. recorded a first quarter 2020 net loss of $61 million, and core income of $108 million. The insurer said results for the quarter reflected financial market volatility amid the events of COVID-19.The...
Mar 11 2020 // Embroker, Inc., a digital insurance broker, has partnered with CNA to provide a customized business owners policy (BOP) coverage to its business clients.Embroker is a technology platform that digitizes all aspects of the...
Nov 19 2019 // CNA Financial Corp. has achieved an “A+” financial strength rating from Standard & Poor’s, an upgrade made in recognition of the Chicago-based insurer’s efforts to improve its operations and...
Oct 16 2019 // Mark James has been named CNA’s Chief Risk and Reinsurance Officer.He assumes leadership for CNA’s Enterprise Risk Management function and maintains leadership for the Global Reinsurance team. Prior to joining...
Oct 1 2019 // Euclid Insurance Services, Inc. has formed Euclid Life Science Specialty, LLC (Euclid Life Science), a product and professional liability insurance underwriting platform providing tailored casualty coverage products to the...
Sep 16 2019 // Insurance broker Aon has appointed Jay Demeusy as U.S. vice chairman of its Reinsurance Solutions business. Alongside his new role, Demeusy will continue to chair the newly formed Global Construction & Inland Marine...
Sep 9 2019 // Chicago-based insurer CNA has appointed Jane Possell as chief information officer. Possell will be responsible for leading the development and execution of CNA’s overarching information technology strategy, reporting...
Aug 29 2019 // CNA has named Tanya Decman vice president and branch manager for the Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Ore., branches. Decman was previously assistant vice president of sales and distribution in the West. She was a marketing...
Jul 1 2019 // Chicago-based commercial property/casualty insurer, CNA, has appointed Jose Ramon Gonzalez as executive vice president and general counsel.Gonzalez will serve as the principal counsel for CNA, leading the company’s...