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• Further, CNA’s business could be affected as its policyholders adopt AI technologies. Read more

  Policyholder use of AI could introduce novel exposures that may result in new or increased claims. Widespread adoption of AI could fundamentally disrupt entire industries, which could impact the demand for certain products.

• Boardwalk Pipelines’ business and results of operations may be adversely affected by uncertainty and changes in U.S. Read more

  trade policies, including tariffs, trade agreements or other trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. or other governments. These actions have caused uncertainty and volatility in financial markets, may result in retaliatory measures on U.S. goods and may adversely impact both the U.S. and global economies.

• Boardwalk Pipelines’ business requires access to steel and other materials to construct and maintain its pipelines. Read more

  While Boardwalk Pipelines’ practice is to source steel through domestic producers in the U.S. in most instances, any imposition of or increase in tariffs on imports of steel or other materials, as well as corresponding price increases for such materials available domestically, could increase its construction costs and its costs to maintain its assets. To the extent that Boardwalk Pipelines is unable to pass all or any such cost increases on to its customers, such cost increases could adversely affect its returns on investment. Higher materials costs could also diminish Boardwalk Pipelines’ ability to develop new projects at acceptable returns, particularly during times of economic uncertainty, and limit its ability to pursue growth opportunities.

• Tariffs or other trade restrictions may lead to continuing uncertainty and volatility in U.S. Read more

  and global economies and commodity markets and inflation, and reduced demand for Boardwalk Pipelines’ and its customers’ products and services. Such conditions could have a material adverse impact on Boardwalk Pipelines’ business, results of operations and cash flows. Also, disruptions and volatility in the financial markets may lead to adverse changes in the availability, terms and cost of capital. Such adverse changes could increase Boardwalk Pipelines’ costs of capital and limit its access to external financing sources to fund acquisitions, capital projects, or refinancing of debt maturities on similar terms.

• Failure to comply with environmental or worker safety laws and regulations or an accidental release of pollutants into the environment may cause Boardwalk Pipelines to incur significant costs and liabilities.

• Boardwalk Pipelines’ operations are subject to extensive federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to protection of the environment and occupational health and safety. Read more

  Such laws and regulations impose, among other things, restrictions, liabilities and obligations in connection with the generation, handling, use, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of various substances, including hazardous substances and waste, and in connection with spills, releases, discharges and emissions of various substances into the environment. These laws include, for example, the CAA, the Clean Water Act, CERCLA, the RCRA, ESA, NEPA, OSHA and analogous state laws. These laws and regulations may restrict or impact Boardwalk Pipelines’ business activities, including requiring the acquisition or renewal of permits or other approvals to conduct regulated activities, restricting the manner…

• Stricter environmental or worker safety laws, regulations or enforcement policies could significantly increase Boardwalk Pipelines’ operational or compliance costs and compliance with new or more stringent environmental legal requirements could delay or prohibit its ability to obtain permits for operations or require it to install additional pollution control equipment. For instance, the construction or expansion of pipelines often requires authorizations under the Clean Water Act, which may be subject to challenge. Boardwalk Pipelines relies on NWP 12, alongside other NWPs, as blanket authority for construction, maintenance, repair and removal of pipelines. The NWP process relies upon the Clean Water Act Section 401 certification process, which is subject to ongoing litigation. In September 2023, the EPA finalized its Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement…

• A failure in Boardwalk Pipelines’ computer systems or a cybersecurity attack on any of its computer systems, devices or telecommunications networks or those of certain third parties could cause substantial and catastrophic damage and may materially adversely affect its cash flows, financial condition and ability to operate its business.

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• The COVID-19 pandemic, including new or emerging variants, other potential pandemics and related measures to mitigate the spread of the foregoing may continue to have adverse impacts on its business, results of operations and financial condition and could be material.

• CNA has experienced, and may continue to experience, claim submissions and litigation related to denial of claims based on policy coverage, or the facts of the claim, in certain lines of business that are implicated by the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigating actions taken by its customers and governmental authorities in response to its spread. These lines include primarily commercial property-related business interruption coverage, healthcare professional liability, management liability (directors and officers, employment practices and professional liability lines) and workers’ compensation. CNA

• recorded significant losses during 2020, a portion of which remain classified as incurred but not reported (“IBNR”) reserves, in these areas and may experience continued losses, which could be material.

• Increased frequency or severity in any or all of the foregoing lines, or others where the exposure has yet to emerge, relating to long-term effects of COVID-19, new or emerging variants, or other potential pandemics, and related measures to mitigate the spread of the foregoing may have a material impact on CNA’s business, results of operations and financial condition.