Dino Robusto is Executive Chairman of the Board of CNA Financial Corporation (CNA), one of the largest U.S. commercial property and casualty insurers, providing comprehensive and specialized insurance solutions to over one million businesses and professionals.
The Company was founded in 1897 and is listed on both the New York and the Chicago stock exchanges, with a market capitalization of $13 billion. With a meaningful presence in North America, the U.K. and Europe, CNA generates over $9 billion in annual premium revenue, backed by nearly $13 billion of total capital and $11 billion of statutory surplus.
Since joining CNA in November 2016 as CEO, Dino has re-energized the business and reinvigorated its underwriting culture. He has done this through an intense focus on underwriting discipline, underwriting acumen, distribution partnerships and talent development. Through these efforts in service of the goal Dino set when he joined, today CNA is consistently delivering top-quartile underwriting performance with a high degree of financial flexibility and robust financial strength ratings. Over the past eight years, CNA’s premium revenue has grown 60% and the Company has returned nearly $7 billion to shareholders while maintaining a robust balance sheet.
Dino is a recognized industry leader with extensive experience across virtually every insurance discipline. He spent almost 30 years of his career at Chubb where he was Executive Vice President and President of Chubb’s Commercial and Specialty Lines division before joining CNA. Prior to this role, he held leadership positions including President of Personal Lines, Chief Claims Officer, Chief Administration Officer and Commercial Field Operations Officer as well as roles with responsibility and oversight for functional areas including Human Resources, Information Technology, Communications, Corporate Development and Innovation.
Dino holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance and economics from McGill University in Montreal, and he is a graduate of the Wharton Business School Executive Management Program.
Dino is a member of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, where he serves as Chair, a member of the Executive Committee, a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the PAC Committee. He is also a signatory to PwC’s CEO Action for Diversity & InclusionTM. He previously served on the Board of Overseers for the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science, as well the Board of Directors of Applied Systems, the RAND Corporations Institute for Civil Justice, the Board of Trustees for the Institutes, the Board of Advisors of Catalyst Inc., as well as Junior Achievement, USA.