Andy Hall To Lead CNA's Canadian Operations

CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE: CNA) announced that, effective January 1, 2008, Andy Hall will be appointed president and chief operating officer of CNA’s Canadian operations. Hall will succeed Chuck Lawrence who has led CNA Canada since 1997 and recently announced his upcoming retirement. Mr. Hall, who currently serves as vice president for CNA’s Denver branch, has more than 25 years of experience, including serving as vice president of the Western Region for CNA Canada. He also holds the AIIC (Associate of Insurance Institute of Canada) designation. "Andy’s track record for achieving solid results in Denver and Canada makes us confident in his ability to achieve our growth initiatives as well as build upon the outstanding work of Chuck and his team,” said Peter Wilson, executive vice president, CNA Global Specialty Lines. "Also, I want to thank Chuck for his many contributions toward the tremendous success of CNA Canada.” CNA is the country’s seventh largest commercial insurance writer and the 13th largest property and casualty company. CNA’s insurance products include standard commercial lines, specialty lines, surety, marine and other property and casualty coverages. CNA's services include risk management, information services, underwriting, risk control and claims administration. For more information, please visit CNA at www.cna.com. CNA is a registered service mark, trade name and domain name of CNA Financial Corporation. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT This press release includes statements which relate to anticipated future events (forward-looking statements) rather than actual present conditions or historical events. You can identify forward-looking statements because generally they include words such as "believes”, "expects”, "intends”, "anticipates”, "estimates”, and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to a variety of inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results projected. Many of these risks and uncertainties cannot be controlled by CNA. For a detailed description of these risks and uncertainties please refer to CNA’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at www.cna.com. Any forward-looking statements made in this press release are made by CNA as of the date of this press release. CNA does not have any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained in this press release, even if CNA’s expectations or any related events, conditions or circumstances change.