secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CNA FINANCIAL CORP (CNA)
CIK:        0000021175
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000021175-21-000086
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CNA Financial Q2 2021 net income $1.35/share; record core income $1.25/share
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- Net income $368M ($1.35/diluted) vs $151M ($0.55) YoY; core income $341M ($1.25) vs $99M ($0.36).
- P&C combined ratio 94.0% vs 109.2% YoY; catastrophe losses $54M vs $301M; underlying combined ratio 91.4%.
- Net investment income $591M (+11% YoY) with limited partnership returns of 8.3% ($156M).
- Book value per share $46.69; ex-AOCI $44.81, up 6% from year-end 2020 adjusted for dividends.
- Quarterly dividend $0.38/share declared, payable Sept 2, 2021 to record on Aug 16.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117521000086/0000021175-21-000086-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117521000086/cna-20210802.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021175-21-000086

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