CNA Opens Catastrophe Operations Center to Process Claims Relating to Hurricane Dolly

CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
Today, CNA insurance companies announced that a Catastrophe
Operations Center within its Nashville, Tennessee office is fully
operational in preparation for handling anticipated claims from
Hurricane Dolly. All new Hurricane Dolly losses should be reported
through Innovation First Notice (IFN), as follows:

-- Voice Line 1-877-CNA-ASAP (1-877-262-2727)

-- Fax Line 1-800-953-7389

-- E-mail lossreport@cnaasap.com

Once the losses have been reported to Innovation First Notice,
CNA's professional claim staff will be on hand in the Nashville
Catastrophe Operations Center to assist with policyholders' daily
needs. The designated telephone and fax numbers for the Catastrophe
Operations Center are:

-- Voice Line 1-877-706-0671

-- Fax Line 1-877-706-0672

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 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 may include statements which relate to
anticipated future events (forward-looking statements) rather than
actual present conditions or historical events. These statements are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and generally 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. Further, 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.

CNA Financial Corporation
Katrina W. Parker, 312/822-5167

Copyright Business Wire 2008