Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 11, 2002

James Lewis – Cna Financial Corporation (cna)

JAMES R. LEWIS is President and Chief Executive Officer, Property & Casualty Operations for CNA Financial Corporation. Mr. Lewis is responsible for CNA's $7.2 billion worldwide property and casualty business, global specialty lines, risk management and portions of technology operations. He joined CNA in 2001 as Executive Vice President, U.S. Insurance Operations. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, U.S. Field Operations at the St. Paul Companies. He spent nine years at St. Paul/USFG, where he held the positions of regional president, Northeast Region; Senior Vice President, Personal Lines; and President, Small Commercial. He was with CIGNA in various marketing, underwriting and management positions for 17 years. He began his insurance career at Aetna Life and Casualty as a marine and fire underwriter. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief introduction to CNA?

Mr. Lewis: CNA has been in existence for 100 plus years. We are

focused heavily on commercial property and casualty business. We

sold our