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CNA Announces Agreement to Sell Continental Management Services, Ltd. to Tawa UK, Ltd.


CHICAGO -- CNA Financial CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE: CNA) is a financial corporation based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and noted for its 600 foot tall red headquarters building there. Its principal subsidiary, Continental Casualty Company (CCC) was founded in 1897.  Corporation (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: CNA (Certified NetWare Administrator) See Novell certification. ) today announced the signing of an agreement to sell Continental Management Services, Limited (CMS (1) See content management system and color management system.

(2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system.
) to Tawa Tawa may refer to:
  • Tava, an Indian cooking implement
  • Tawa River, in central India
  • Tawa, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington
  • Tawa (tree), after which the above suburb is named
  • A early variation on the name of the Ottawa tribe
 UK, Limited. CMS is a wholly-owned United Kingdom subsidiary that is a substantial component of CNA's discontinued operations Discontinued operations

Divisions of a business that have been sold or written off and that no longer are maintained by the business.
.

The sale is for cash consideration which is subject to adjustment at the time of closing. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval in the United Kingdom and is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of this year. Any gain or loss from the sale, which is not expected to be significant, will be reported as income or loss from discontinued operations.

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's services include risk management, information services See Information Systems. , 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 forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 

This press release includes statements which relate to anticipated future events (forward-looking statements) rather than actual present conditions or historical events. You can identify forward-looking statements because generally they include words such as "believes", "expects", "intends", "anticipates", "estimates" and similar expressions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, there is no assurance that the transaction described in this press release will occur, or that, if it does occur, material changes will not be made to its terms prior to closing. 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. 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.
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