CNA Surety Corporation to Release 2nd Quarter 2009 Earnings and Host Conference Call on July 31, 2009

CHICAGO, July 16  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CNA Surety Corporation (NYSE: SUR "CNA Surety") will release its second quarter 2009 earnings on Friday, July 31, 2009. The news release will be available on CNA Surety's website at http://www.cnasurety.com/. A conference call for investors and analysts is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will be hosted by John F. Welch, President and Chief Executive Officer of CNA Surety Corporation.

The call will be broadcast live at http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=60610. Go to the investor relations pages of the CNA Surety website (http://www.cnasurety.com/) for further details. The call may also be accessed by dialing 888-417-2254. The call is available to the media, but questions will be restricted to investors and the professional investment community. A taped replay of the call will be available beginning at 1:00 p.m. (EDT) time on July 31st until 1:00 p.m. (EDT) on August 14, 2009 by dialing 888-203-1112, passcode 1975064, or over the Internet at the foregoing websites.

CNA Surety Corporation is the largest publicly traded surety company in the country. Through its principal subsidiary, Western Surety Company, CNA Surety provides surety and fidelity bonds in all 50 states through a combined network of approximately 37,000 independent agencies. The Company's Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings are available at http://www.sec.gov/ or visit us at http://www.cnasurety.com/ for a direct link to the SEC website.

CNA is a registered service mark, trade name and domain name of CNA Financial Corporation. 

DATASOURCE: CNA Surety Corporation



CONTACT:  John F. Corcoran, [phone], or Doreen Lubeck,

[phone], both of CNA Surety Corporation



Web Site:  http://www.cnasurety.com/ 

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