secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CNA FINANCIAL CORP (CNA)
CIK:        0000021175
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000021175-22-000012
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CNA Q4 net income $0.98/share; full-year core income record $4.06; special dividend $2.00
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- Q4 net income $266M ($0.98); core income $265M ($0.97); full-year net income $1,202M ($4.41), record core $1,106M ($4.06).
- P&C combined ratio 92.9% (lowest in 5 yrs); underlying combined ratio 91.2%; GWP ex-captives +16% YoY; rate +8%.
- Quarterly dividend raised 5% to $0.40; special dividend of $2.00/share payable March 10, 2022.
- Book value per share $47.20; ex-AOCI $46.02 (+10% from year-end 2020, adjusted for dividends).
- Q4 core income includes $48M after-tax non-economic A&EP charge; P&C core income $353M, down $5M YoY.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117522000012/0000021175-22-000012-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117522000012/cna-20220207.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021175-22-000012

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