CNA FINANCIAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Feb 27, 2003

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549

FORM 4

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

o Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1.	2.	Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol				I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
Deutsch, Robert V.		CNA Financial Corporation (CNA)
CNA Plaza, 40S	4.	Statement for Month/Day/Year			5.	If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
		2/03
(Street)	6.	Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check All Applicable)			7.	Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Chicago, Illinois 60685 (City) (State) (Zip)		o	Director	o	10% Owner	x	Form filed by One Reporting Person
		x	Officer (give title below)			o	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
		o	Other (specify below)
			Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

• If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).

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Title of Security (Instr. 3)	Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	4.	Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		5.	Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
		Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/06/02	A		2500***			110,015	D

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Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	5.	Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
Code	V	(A)	(D)

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Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)	7.	Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)	8.
Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

*** (shares were previously reported as vesting on December 31, 2003. Vesting has occurred as of December 31, 2002 pursuant to the terms of the Addendum to August 16, 1999 Employment Agreement executed on February 25, 2003).

/s/ Robert V. Deutsch	2/26/03
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date

Reminder:	Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note:	File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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