Latest CNA Insurance Headlines

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CNA Targets $1 Billion in Main Street Business

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...

CNA Targets $1 Billion in Main Street Business

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...

CNA Finalizes Group Benefits Sale

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...

CNA Surety Downgraded

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...

CNA Surety Downgraded

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...

CNA to Sell Benefits Business to Hartford

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...

CNA Benefits Sale Doesn’t Affect S&P Rating

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...

CNA Names Small Business Unit Managers

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...

Best Downgrades CNA Surety, Fitch Affirms CNA Financial Corp.

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...

Henry Pippins Jr. to Head CNA’s Small Biz Unit

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...

CNA Posts $1.8 Billion 3Q Loss, Cut By Moody’s

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...

Fla. PEO Files Counterclaim Against CNA

Nov 12 2003 // Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based professional employer organization services provider Certified Services Inc. announced that its primary operating subsidiary, Cura Inc., has filed an answer and counterclaim against Continental...

Folksamerica Hires 22 Former CNA Re Execs for Chicago HQ

Oct 23 2003 // New York-based Folksamerica Reinsurance Co. announce that it has hired 22 former employees of CNA Reinsurance to staff its newly formed Chicago office. Folksamerica recently acquired the renewal rights to CNA Re’s...

CNA Exits Assumed Reinsurance Business

Oct 6 2003 // Chicago-based insurer CNA Financial Corp. announced that it agreed to sell the renewal rights for most of the treaty business of CNA Re, its assumed reinsurance business unit, to Folksamerica Reinsurance Co. Concurrently...

Fortin Joins CNA as Senior VP of Specialty Brokerage Unit

Oct 1 2003 // Chicago-based insurer CNA Financial Corp. announced that Daniel S. Fortin has joined CNA insurance companies as senior vice president of the specialty lines open brokerage unit within its property/casualty operation....

Zurich, CNA Announce Isabel Claims Centers

Sep 19 2003 // Zurich North American asks its commercial property insurance customers to contact them in one of the following ways to report a claim related to Hurricane Isabel: Phone: 1-800-987-3373 E-mail:...

CNA Sues Former Exec for Raiding Talent

Sep 11 2003 // Chicago-based insurer CNA has filed suit against a former executive it says violated an exit agreement not to hire away any employees for at least three years by luring away 11 top company executives to a competing firm,...

CNA Surety Announces $15 Million Loss on Claim

Sep 4 2003 // CNA Surety Corp. announced today that it recently received a claim notification on a $19.5 million insurance program bond. This commercial surety bond supports the credit obligations of a principal to a third party...

CNA Develops Three-in-One Approach to Non-Medical Insurance Coverage in Mass.

Aug 29 2003 // Chicago-based CNA announced a new approach to providing non-medical group insurance benefits to businesses of any size. The “Flexible Protection Plan(SM) enables Massachusetts employers to provide benefit funds in...

Fitch Downgrades CNA, Best Stands Still

Aug 8 2003 // A $308 million after-tax charge taken by Chicago-based carrier CAN Financial Corp.’s primary insurance subsidiaries have led to a downgrade by Fitch Ratings, while A.M. Best says its ratings had already taken into...