Chicago CNA Surety to Present at Investor Conference, Nov. 29

CNA Surety Corp.announced today that John F. Welch, president and CEO, and John F. Corcoran, senior vice-president and CFO, will speak at the Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc. 2006 Investor Conference on Wed., Nov. 29th at 2:55 p.m. (ET), at the Grand Hyatt New York, Park Avenue at Grand Central, in New York City.

A live webcast will be available at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/fbr16/sur/ or go to the investor relations pages
of the CNA Surety website ( http://www.cnasurety.com ). A replay will be available for 60 days after the conference at
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/fbr16/sur/ .

CNA Surety Corp. is the largest publicly traded surety company in
the country. Through its principal subsidiary, Western Surety Company, CNA Surety provides surety and fidelity bonds in all 50 states through a combined network of approximately 35,000 independent agencies.

Source: CNA Surety Corp.