28. CNA Financial (Loews Corp)

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £127.3m

Includes gross written premiums less treaty for:
CNA Financial Insurance £81.2m
Maritime Insurance Company £46.1m

CNA Financial Insurance

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £81.2m
Year established: 1978
Address: 77 Gracechuch Street
London
EC3V 0DL
Tel: 020 7548 5907
Fax: 020 7548 5910

Chief officer: Keith Davies

UK branch offices: Five
UK staff: 160 (CNA Insurance Company and Maritime)
UK general insurance agents: 1250
UK general insurance `club style' agents: None
Main classes of general insurance business:
Marine - hull and cargo

Key general insurance personnel:
Nigel Jenkins, global marine underwriting
James Brown, underwriting, hull

Maritime Insurance Company

Gross written premiums less treaty (2000): £46.1m

Year established: 1864
Parent: CNA Financial Corporation
Address: 77 Gracechurch Street
London EC3V ODL
Tel: 020 7548 5907
Fax: 020 7548 5910

Chief officer: Nigel Jenkins

UK branch offices: Five
UK staff: 160 (CNA Insurance Company and Maritime)
UK general insurance agents: 60
UK general insurance `club style' agents: None
Main classes of general insurance business: Property, casualty, accident, travel and financial lines.

Notes: CNA Re excluded - reinsurance company
Continental Management excluded - the group stopped actively underwriting third party insurance business in 1993 but continues to manage the run-off of its own insurance contracts, reinsurance protections of third party discontinued business and also provides run-off management services for third parties. Since 1993 the group has also underwritten reinsurance for other CNA group companies
ContReCorp UK excluded - reinsurance company