Lewis Named CNA P&C President & CEO
NU Online News Service, August 1, 3:00 p.m. EST?CNA Financial Corp. announced today that, effective Aug. 26, James R. Lewis will become the new president and chief executive officer of CNA Property & Casualty Operations, CNA's largest operating business.
Mr. Lewis will succeed Stephen W. Lilienthal, who last week was promoted to chief executive officer of CNA Financial Corp., and chairman and chief executive officer of CNA insurance companies, according to CNA.
In his new position, the company said, Mr. Lewis will be responsible for CNA's worldwide property & casualty operations, global specialty lines, risk management, and portions of technology operations. He joined CNA in August 2001 as executive vice president, U.S. insurance operations, for CNA Property & Casualty Operations.
In making the announcement, Mr. Lilienthal said: "In less than a year, Jim has achieved significant progress and has distinguished himself in CNA's U.S. Insurance Operations." He continued that Mr. Lewis has "hands-on knowledge of virtually every aspect of the property and casualty business."
Mr. Lewis added: "The keys to our success in this ever-changing marketplace will be our agility and readiness to change. Our regional structure allows us to present one face to the customer and also permits us to uniformly adopt best practices in underwriting, claims, risk control and other functions."
Before joining Chicago-based CNA, Mr. Lewis was senior vice president, U.S. field operations, at the St. Paul Companies. During his nine years at St. Paul/USF&G, he held the positions of regional president, Northeast Region; senior vice president, Personal Lines; and president, Small Commercial, the company said. He also was with CIGNA in various marketing, underwriting and management positions for 17 years.
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