CNA Presents Fresenius Medical Care North America with National Safety

    Business Editors

    PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2005--For the seventh consecutive year, the Risk Management Unit of CNA insurance companies (NYSE:CNA) will present its Safety in Excellence Award to Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), the North American subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care AG. CNA's award recognizes a company's national leadership and dedicated commitment to employee health, safety, and loss prevention. For seven consecutive years, FMCNA has demonstrated significant reductions in employee injury rates.
    An award presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, April 20, 2005, during the RIMS (Risk & Insurance Management Society) Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Ron Murtlow, CNA's vice president of Risk Management, will present the award.
    "This was an especially significant year for Fresenius Medical Care North America," said Murtlow. "Not only does it mark the seventh consecutive year that Fresenius Medical Care North America has received our Safety in Excellence Award, but it marks their best reduction of their OSHA Lost Time Case Incidence Rate as compared to each of the prior six years."
    Larry Park, FMCNA's vice president of Health, Safety, Environmental Affairs, Engineering and Risk Management, will receive the award. Park commented, "Without the dedicated efforts of all of our employees, this award would not be possible. Through their contributions, the entire company has been honored in the area of health and safety."
    CNA is the country's seventh largest commercial insurance writer and the 14th largest property and casualty company. CNA's insurance products include standard commercial lines, specialty lines, surety, marine and other property and casualty coverages. CNA's services include risk management, information services, underwriting, risk control and claims administration. CNA is a registered service mark, trade name and domain name of CNA Financial Corporation.
    Fresenius Medical Care AG is the world's largest, integrated provider of products and services for individuals undergoing dialysis because of chronic kidney failure, a condition that affects more than 1,300,000 individuals worldwide. Through its network of approximately 1,610 dialysis clinics in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, Fresenius Medical Care provides Dialysis Treatment to approximately 124,400 patients around the globe. Fresenius Medical Care is also the world's leading provider of Dialysis Products such as hemodialysis machines, dialyzers and related disposable products. For more information about Fresenius Medical Care, visit the Company's website at http://www.fmc-ag.com.

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CONTACT: CNA Katrina Parker, 312-822-5167

KEYWORD: PENNSYLVANIA ILLINOIS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MEDICAL INSURANCE SOURCE: CNA

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