---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000021175-23-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNA"
cik: "0000021175"
company_name: "CNA FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T22:23:24.106721+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CNA Q2 net income up 49% to $1.04/sh; core income $1.13/sh, up 34% YoY

## Summary
- Net income $283M ($1.04 per diluted share) vs $190M ($0.69) in Q2 2022; core income $308M ($1.13) vs $230M ($0.84).
- P&C core income $374M vs $317M prior year; combined ratio 93.8% (incl. 3.1 pts catastrophe loss) vs 91.0%.
- Gross written premiums ex-captives +12%; Commercial segment GWP +21%; renewal premium change +7%.
- Net investment income $575M pretax, +33% YoY, driven by limited partnerships (+$83M) and fixed income (+$60M).
- Quarterly dividend $0.42/sh declared, payable Aug 31 to holders of record Aug 14; book value ex AOCI $44.86 (+5% adj. for dividends).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000021175-23-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNA
- cik: 0000021175
- company_name: CNA FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117523000054/0000021175-23-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117523000054/cna-20230731.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021175-23-000054
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021175-23-000054.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000021175-23-000054.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CNA FINANCIAL CORP reported second quarter 2023 results: net income $283 million, EPS $1.04 per share.
  - Period: second quarter 2023
  - Net income: $283 million
  - EPS: $1.04 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE: CNA) today announced second quarter 2023 net income of $283 million, or $1.04 per share, versus $190 million, or $0.69 per share, in the prior year quarter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/21175/000002117523000054/0000021175-23-000054-index.htm

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