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Loews LThe company said CNA Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of its subsidiary, as sponsor of the CNA Employee Retirement Plan Trust, is evaluating potential purchase of a group annuity contract under which the Plan would transfer part of its defined benefit pension obligations to an insurer.
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AI summaryThe company said CNA Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of its subsidiary, as sponsor of the CNA Employee Retirement Plan Trust, is evaluating potential purchase of a group annuity contract under which the Plan would transfer part of its defined benefit pension obligations to an insurer.
Loews said the contract is expected to cover approximately 6,000 to 8,000 Plan participants and beneficiaries and $800 million to $1 billion of Plan obligations (approximately 50% to 60% of total obligations), and that it is expected to close in Q4 2024, but there is no assurance of this.
The company said the insurer would make an irrevocable commitment and be solely responsible for paying pension benefits to the transferred participants due on and after January 1, 2025, and that the amount of benefits payable to them would not change.
The company said that upon completion of the transaction, it expects a one-time non-cash pretax pension settlement charge in Q4 2024 of approximately $300 to $400 million ($215 to $290 million after tax and noncontrolling interests). It said the charge would have no effect on shareholders' equity and CNA would not need to make any cash contribution.
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CNA Evaluates Pension Group Annuity Contract
The company said CNA Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of its subsidiary, as sponsor of the CNA Employee Retirement Plan Trust, is evaluating potential purchase of a group annuity contract under which the Plan would transfer part of its defined benefit pension obligations to an insurer.
Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits
Size of Transferred Liabilities and Closing Timing
Loews said the contract is expected to cover approximately 6,000 to 8,000 Plan participants and beneficiaries and $800 million to $1 billion of Plan obligations (approximately 50% to 60% of total obligations), and that it is expected to close in Q4 2024, but there is no assurance of this.
Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits
Insurer's Payment Obligation and Unchanged Benefits
The company said the insurer would make an irrevocable commitment and be solely responsible for paying pension benefits to the transferred participants due on and after January 1, 2025, and that the amount of benefits payable to them would not change.
Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits
Expected One-Time Non-Cash Settlement Charge
The company said that upon completion of the transaction, it expects a one-time non-cash pretax pension settlement charge in Q4 2024 of approximately $300 to $400 million ($215 to $290 million after tax and noncontrolling interests). It said the charge would have no effect on shareholders' equity and CNA would not need to make any cash contribution.
Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits
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