AIG vs CNA: How Do They Compare for Hired and Non-Owned Auto Insurance?

AIG’s listing names a specific manufactured-housing audience; CNA describes bodily-injury and property-damage liability from hired or non-owned business vehicles and asks applicants about drivers and loss history. 3,7

What Is AIG?

AIG is the marketing name for American International Group, Inc.; AIG says its insurance products are written or provided by subsidiaries or affiliates. Its U.S. business pages list commercial casualty, property, cyber, management and professional liability, and specialty programs, but a brand-level page does not identify the insurer for a particular policy. 1,2

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CNA Small Business Insurance: Products, Agents and Service

CNA directs small-business buyers to independent agents and describes CNA Connect as a businessowners policy for more than 600 small-business classes. Issuer and availability vary by policy and state, so confirm both in a quote. 4,5,6

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What Is Hired and Non-Owned Auto Insurance?

Hired and non-owned auto (HNOA) liability protects the business when rented cars or employees’ own cars are used for work. It does not pay for damage to those vehicles, and it is not a substitute for commercial auto on vehicles the business owns. 10,11,12

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Key Differences in Hired and Non-Owned Auto Insurance

Named program context and commercial-auto description

AIG’s source supports HNOA only as a coverage component in its Manufactured Housing Program, for named housing and recreation-related businesses. CNA describes bodily-injury and property-damage liability from hired and non-owned vehicles used for business. That difference matters if your firm is outside manufactured housing: CNA’s commercial-auto description is broader, but the published overview still does not establish acceptance or exact terms for your risk. 3 7

Application details reveal the exposure

CNA’s supplemental HNOA application asks about personal-auto limits, leased or rented vehicles, prior coverage and five years of loss history. AIG’s directory identifies the program and line but does not define covered drivers, vehicles or use. Prepare those details for CNA and request the comparable schedule and eligibility criteria from AIG’s program administrator. 9 3

Driver risk-control resources

CNA describes driver-distraction and cargo-securement risk-control programs tailored by underwriting and risk-control staff. AIG describes program-level underwriting, claims and loss-control resources but does not specify HNOA services for a particular account. Ask which services attach to the HNOA placement and how claims involving employee-owned cars are reported. 7 3

What to Confirm in Hired and Non-Owned Auto Insurance Quotes

  • Which AIG program audience includes your business, and what drivers, vehicles and use does its policy cover?
  • What limits and exclusions will CNA quote after reviewing driver history, personal-auto limits and vehicle use?

Review Scores

These averages can combine ratings for different products, locations, and customer groups, including approximate BBB grade conversions. Read each review for the sources, scope, and calculation.

AIG

4.4/ 10

Review Score

2 rated sources

Customer ratings for AIG are low: Trustpilot shows 1.9 out of 5 from 252 reviews, and NerdWallet gives 2.5 stars and notes more claims complaints than expected. These pages cover many AIG products and countries, so they only loosely describe business insurance.[1][2]

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CNA

9.0/ 10

Review Score

1 rated source

Customer feedback on CNA is mixed and hard to compare. NerdWallet gave it 4.5 out of 5 for manufacturers, while Trustpilot shows about 1.4 out of 5 from 49 mostly self-selected reviews.[1][5]

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Offering Details

AIG vs CNA: Hired and Non-Owned Auto Insurance: documented features by provider

CriteriaAIG Manufactured Housing Program Hired and Non-Owned AutoCommercial Auto – Hired and Non-Owned Auto
Role in This Line

AIG’s public directory supports HNOA only as a listed component of its Manufactured Housing Program; it does not establish a broad standalone HNOA policy. 3Company-reported. Role in this product is limited to the description on the linked AIG source.

Confirm in your quote.

Who It’s For

AIG lists hired and non-owned auto only in its Manufactured Housing Program for manufactured-home communities, certain RV parks/destination resorts, retail manufactured-housing dealers and recreational-unit dealers (excluding RV dealers). This is not general HNOA eligibility. 3Company-reported. Audience is the segment AIG names on the linked source; this is not an underwriting decision, quote or guarantee of availability.

CNA’s risk-control guide describes hired vehicles as rentals used for business and non-owned vehicles as employees’ personal vehicles sometimes used for business. 8Company-reported. The guide explains the exposure and is not itself policy language or an eligibility rule.

Coverage Features

AIG lists Hired and Non-Owned Auto as a coverage component of the named Manufactured Housing Program. The directory does not define covered drivers, vehicles, use, limits or exclusions. 3Company-reported. AIG’s public product description is not the policy. Actual entitlement depends on the applicable issued form, endorsements and declarations.

CNA says its commercial auto policy covers bodily injury and property damage caused by hired and non-owned vehicles used for business. 7Company-reported. This is a top-level coverage description; the policy defines insureds, covered autos, conditions and exclusions.

Limits and Retentions

No HNOA limit, deductible or covered-auto schedule appears in the directory. Confirm these in the program quote and issued form. 3Not publicly disclosed. This statement reports only what the linked public source discloses and does not substitute for a quote or issued policy.

Confirm in your quote.

Risk Services

AIG describes Program Administrator support, underwriting, claims and loss-control resources for its programs. The page does not state account-level HNOA claims handling or services beyond those program-wide descriptions. 3Company-reported. The linked page describes company-reported support; specific account services and third-party arrangements must be confirmed.

CNA describes driver-distraction and cargo-securement risk-control programs and says underwriting and risk-control staff tailor resources to industry exposures. 7Company-reported. These are commercial-auto program services, not proof of a particular account’s enrollment or outcome.

How to Apply

Confirm in your quote.

A CNA HNOA supplemental application asks about personal-auto limits, leased or rented vehicles, prior HNOA coverage and five years of loss history. 9Company-reported. The form is an edition 2/08 example; CNA does not establish that this exact form applies to every risk today.

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Sources

AIG

  1. Investor Relations. American International Group, Inc. (AIG); About AIG and legal footer; lines 244–246 and 327–331. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  2. Business. AIG US; Surplus Lines heading and paragraph, lines 357–359. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  3. AIG Programs Insurance. AIG; Official AIG program directory, lines 510–525: Manufactured Housing audience, Hired and Non-Owned Auto coverage listing, and Nationwide program location; lines 242–284 describe program administration and services; policy terms caveat at line 680. Accessed 2026-09-30.

CNA

  1. Insurance for Small Businesses. CNA; Insurance for Small Businesses, lines 38-50 and 65-67 (CNA Central and agent route); lines 79-106 (product and stated appetite lists); page footer line 132 (CNA registered service mark). Accessed 2026-09-28.
  2. CNA Connect Small Businessowners Policy (BOP) | CNA Insurance. CNA; CNA Connect; coverages, product range, services. Accessed 2026-09-28.
  3. General Disclaimer. CNA; General Disclaimer paragraphs 1 and 5 (HTML lines 24 and 28): CNA describes Continental Casualty Company and its relevant affiliates; references to CNA may include one or more CCC affiliates; each particular policy/product/service is the responsibility only of the specific CNA company that issues or supplies it. Footer line 57 identifies CNA Financial Corporation as trademark registrant. Re-read 2026-09-29. Accessed 2026-09-29.
  4. Commercial Auto Insurance for Businesses. CNA; Current U.S. page: owned, hired and non-owned business-use vehicles; automobile liability/physical damage; driver safety and cargo securement risk-control programs; tailored underwriting and claims teams. Retrieved 2026-09-30. Accessed 2026-09-30.
  5. Hired and Non-Owned Auto Exposures. CNA; Risk-control guide: definition and examples of employee-owned and hired vehicles used for business, personal-auto-first discussion, and suggested employer controls; guide content is educational and does not state CNA policy wording. Retrieved 2026-09-30. Accessed 2026-09-30.
  6. Hired / Non-Owned Auto Supplemental Application. CNA; PDF p. 2: CNA supplemental application asks about employee personal-auto limits, leased/rented vehicles, prior HNOA coverage and five-year loss history; edition 2/08, illustrative process document, not proof that this exact application applies to every risk. Retrieved 2026-09-30. Accessed 2026-09-30.

Hired and Non-Owned Auto Insurance Guide

  1. Commercial Insurance Guide. California Department of Insurance; Commercial General Liability; Commercial Automobile; What Should I Expect from a Broker-Agent?; How Are Commercial Policies Rated? Accessed 2026-09-16.
  2. Non-Owned Auto Liability Insurance. Hiscox; What is covered?; Who is covered; What the policy does not cover. Accessed 2026-09-16.
  3. Business Auto Coverage Form. ISO; hosted by National General; I.A p.1; II.A pp.2–3; II.B pp.3–4; III pp.4–6; IV.B.5 p.7. Accessed 2026-09-16.

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