CNA Insurance

Company name: CNA Insurance. This generic name applies to two insurance companies, CNA Insurance Company and CNA Insurance Company (Europe). Both are subsidiaries of CNA Financial Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, US

Address: 77 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0DL

Phone number: 020 7522 6700

Email: infouk@cnaeurope.com

Website: www.cnaeurope.com

Lines of business: Marine (mainly cargo) 35%
Financial lines (financial institutions,
D&O, PI) 16%
PA/travel 19%
Commercial property 20%
Casualty 10%
(Splits based on 2002 GWP estimates)

Financial statistics for financial year 2001:
GWP: £182m - combined for both CNA Insurance Company and CNA Insurance Company (Europe)
Standard & Poor's rating: A-

Key Contacts: Keith Davies, managing director
Alastair Blundell, director, distribution and development, Europe
Paul Hennessy, chief underwriting officer, Europe
Andrew Coutts, marine underwriting manager, Europe
Chris Bottomley, chief underwriting officer, property
Andrew Dougall, chief underwriting officer, casualty
Graham Evans, chief underwriting officer, financial lines
Geoff Chapman, chief underwriting officer, PA & travel
Marcus Robson, risk control manager
Stephen Shepherd, director of claims

Number of staff:approx. 200

UK offices:
London: CNA Insurance, 77 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0DL, Tel :020 7522 6700. Lloyd's: Box number C362, Third gallery, Lloyd's, 1 Lime Street, London EC3M 7HA

Manchester:CNA Insurance, 9th floor, Alberton House, St Mary's Parsonage, Manchester M3 2WJ, Tel 0161 830 1000

Birmingham: CNA Insurance, 170 Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2HB, Tel 0121 710 3750

Kings Hill: CNA Insurance, 35 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4DG, 01732 879000

Leeds: CNA Insurance, Princes Exchange, Princes Square, Leeds LS1 4HY, 0113 280 5880

UK Regional Contacts: Manchester: Ian Harrison, branch manager

Birmingham: Howard Potter, branch manager

Kings Hill: John Watson, branch manager

Leeds: James Tarran, marine underwriter

CNA is a broker-only insurer. As a provider of specialty products, it embraces added value, as opposed to providing commodity lines. The company focuses on long-term relationships and tries to deal with a small number of brokers to deliver the right service. It works with Biba to deliver a range of web-enabled products to a wider broker audience. With offices in five European countries and a global parent, CNA backs its products with financial reassurance and a commitment to local service.

Did you know?
CNA stands for the first letters of the three insurance companies, which originally came together to form the CNA Group: Continental Casualty, National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford and American Casualty Company of Reading, PA.