---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000021175-23-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNA"
cik: "0000021175"
company_name: "CNA FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T05:26:04.824086+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CNA Q1 net income $297M, core income +9% to $325M; P&C underwriting record $197M

## Summary
- Net income $297M ($1.09 EPS) vs $295M ($1.08); core income $325M ($1.19) up 9%.
- P&C core income $346M vs $321M; record pretax underlying underwriting income $197M; net investment income +17% to $525M.
- P&C combined ratio 93.9% (2.4 pts catastrophe losses); underlying combined ratio improved 0.6 pts to 90.8%.
- P&C gross written premium ex captives +11%; net written premium +11%; renewal premium change +7%, rate +5%.
- Book value per share ex AOCI $44.21 (+2% adj. for dividends); quarterly dividend $0.42 declared.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000021175-23-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNA
- cik: 0000021175
- company_name: CNA FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117523000037/0000021175-23-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117523000037/cna-20230501.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021175-23-000037.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CNA FINANCIAL CORP reported first quarter 2023 results: net income $297 million, or $1.09 per share, EPS $1.09 per share.
  - Period: first quarter 2023
  - Net income: $297 million, or $1.09 per share
  - EPS: $1.09 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 1, 2023 , the registrant issued a press release and posted on its website ( www.cna.com ) a financial supplement providing information on its results of operations for the first quarter 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117523000037/0000021175-23-000037-index.htm

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