EXHIBIT 21.1

CNA FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Significant Subsidiaries of the Registrant

December 31, 2006

Name of Subsidiary	Organized Under Laws of		Business Names
The Continental Corporation	New York	)		CNA
Continental Casualty Company	Illinois	)

The names of certain subsidiaries which, if considered as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Regulation S-X, have been omitted.