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NYSE Shariah screener · October 2026

Is CNA Financial Corporation (CNA) Halal?

FAIL

CNA Financial Corporation · NYSE: CNA · Financials

The short answer

CNA Financial fails this screener's first gate: it is a conventional commercial property and casualty insurer (the Assurant and Globe Life precedents), with net investment income of about $1,581 million - roughly 10.6% of revenue - as core business income, over the 5% ceiling. Its long-term debt of about $2,971 million (24.1% of its ~$12.33 billion market cap) is under the 33% ceiling, but that is academic given the business-gate failure.

Gate 1 — Business activity: FAIL

Gate 1 — business activity: FAIL. CNA Financial Corporation is, per its own disclosures, one of the largest commercial property and casualty (P&C) insurance organizations in the United States, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and majority-owned by Loews Corporation. Its core business is underwriting conventional insurance — net earned premiums were $10,900 million in FY2025. Conventional insurance is an interest-based business under AAOIFI-style screening (the Assurant AIZ and Globe Life GL precedents).

Net investment income — returns on the bond portfolio and other invested assets backing insurance liabilities — was $1,581 million in FY2025, about 10.6% of total revenue, and is core to the insurer's business model rather than incidental treasury income. The business fails gate 1.

Gate 2 — Debt and cash: PASS

Gate 2 — interest-bearing debt: PASS for the record (24.1%, ceiling 33%) — moot given the gate-1 FAIL. Per CNA Financial's Q2 2026 Form 10-Q condensed consolidated balance sheet, long-term debt was $2,971 million at December 31, 2025 (interest expense $135 million in 2025). $2.971 billion against a market capitalization of about $12.33 billion (Finnhub, live quote October 2, 2026) is about 24.1% — under the 33% ceiling.

Cash of $425 million plus short-term investments of $2,320 million at December 31, 2025 represent about 22.3% of market cap. This result is academic: the business gate already failed.

Gate 3 — Non-compliant income: FAIL

Gate 3 — non-compliant income: FAIL for the record (10.6%, ceiling 5%) — moot given the gate-1 FAIL. CNA Financial's Q4 2025 earnings release (StockTitan) reports FY2025 net investment income of $1,581 million against total revenue of $14,854 million (MarketBeat, FY2025) — about 10.6%, over the 5% ceiling. For a conventional insurer this is core business revenue (returns on the investment portfolio backing insurance liabilities), not incidental interest income.

This result is academic: the business gate already failed.

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Frequently asked questions

What does CNA Financial do?

CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE: CNA) is one of the largest commercial property and casualty (P&C) insurance organizations in the United States, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and majority-owned by Loews Corporation. Per its Q4 2025 earnings release, its core P&C operations include Specialty, Commercial, and International segments, plus Life & Group and Corporate & Other. In FY2025 it reported net earned premiums of $10,900 million and net investment income of $1,581 million on total revenue of $14,854 million.

Is CNA Financial's business Shariah compliant?

No - CNA Financial's core business is conventional insurance underwriting, which is an interest-based business under AAOIFI-style screening (the Assurant and Globe Life precedents). Its FY2025 revenues were driven by net earned premiums ($10,900 million) plus net investment income ($1,581 million) - returns on the bond portfolio and other invested assets that back insurance liabilities, about 10.6% of total revenue and core to the insurer's business model rather than incidental treasury income. The business fails this screener's first gate.

How much interest-bearing debt does CNA Financial have?

Per CNA Financial's Q2 2026 Form 10-Q condensed balance sheet, long-term debt was $2,971 million at December 31, 2025. $2.971 billion against a market capitalization of about $12.33 billion (Finnhub, live quote October 2, 2026) is about 24.1% - under the 33% ceiling, but moot given the business-gate FAIL. Cash of $425 million plus short-term investments of $2,320 million at December 31, 2025 represent about 22.3% of market capitalization.

How much interest income does CNA Financial earn?

CNA Financial's Q4 2025 earnings release reports FY2025 net investment income of $1,581 million against total revenue of $14,854 million (MarketBeat) - about 10.6%, over the 5% non-compliant income ceiling. For a conventional insurer this is core business revenue (returns on the investment portfolio backing insurance liabilities), not incidental interest income. This result is academic: the business gate already failed.

What do third-party Shariah screeners say about CNA Financial?

Zoya publishes a CNA page under its AAOIFI methodology and flags CNA as not Shariah-compliant - directionally consistent with this page's FAIL. I could not verify a Musaffa rating page for CNA or a ShariaPortfolio rating from public sources. Third-party screeners apply different assumptions and update on different schedules, and their results can change when new financial statements are published - always check the latest screening before investing.

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Screened 2026-10-02 from published company figures and market data. Figures change; this page is educational, not financial advice and not a religious ruling.

Screened with our two-gate Shariah screening methodology (business-activity gate, then AAOIFI-style financial ratios).