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Company snapshot — CNA Financial Corporation

CNA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
CNA Financial is an insurance holding company that sells commercial property and casualty cover across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and other markets. It works through Specialty, Commercial, International and Life & Group segments, covering professional liability, healthcare, surety, marine and workers' compensation risks, alongside a run-off long-term care book. It is based in Chicago and is a subsidiary of Loews Corporation.
Where it sits in the stack
CNA sits outside our Rubin build-out index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector of our universe, within Insurance - Property & Casualty.
Who it is priced against
The market groups it with other diversified US property-casualty insurers such as Travelers and Chubb, though the diary has no peer group of its own recorded for CNA yet.
Why Closelook tracks it
CNA holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted or profiled it in an edition so far.
What the diary watches
Whether claims trends in the run-off long-term care book or in commercial liability lines shift the loss picture across CNA's segments.

CNA Financial Corporation (CNA) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CNA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Insurance - Property & Casualty · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Insurance - Property & Casualty · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CNA on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.94%, quarterly · last 0.48 USD on 2026-08-17

Dividends and capital return

What CNA pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.90 USD per share · a 3.94% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +4.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.82 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.48 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-17
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.42 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.76 USD · 2025: 1.84 USD · 2026: 1.44 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-10

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is CNA Financial Corporation (CNA)?

CNA Financial Corporation trades as CNA on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is CNA in a Closelook index?

Not currently — CNA Financial Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does CNA trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -4.7% vs the 50-day and +2.1% vs the 200-day average, 13.5% below the 52-week high and +16.1% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 44 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does CNA Financial Corporation do?

CNA Financial is an insurance holding company that sells commercial property and casualty cover across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and other markets. It works through Specialty, Commercial, International and Life & Group segments, covering professional liability, healthcare, surety, marine and workers' compensation risks, alongside a run-off long-term care book. It is based in Chicago and is a subsidiary of Loews Corporation. The market groups it with other diversified US property-casualty insurers such as Travelers and Chubb, though the diary has no peer group of its own recorded for CNA yet.

Where does CNA Financial Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

CNA sits outside our Rubin build-out index; it belongs to the Financial Services sector of our universe, within Insurance - Property & Casualty. CNA holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted or profiled it in an edition so far.

Does CNA Financial Corporation pay a dividend?

CNA Financial Corporation has paid 1.90 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.94% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.48 USD on 2026-08-17. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CNA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Insurance - Property & Casualty, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.