Loews Stock

Loews Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the commercial property and casualty insurance; the transportation and storage of natural gas and natural gas liquids; and the operation of a chain of hotels.

The company’s subsidiaries are CNA Financial Corporation (a 92% owned subsidiary); Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP; and Loews Hotels Holding Corporation. The company also owns 53% of Altium Packaging LLC (Altium Packaging), which engages in the manufacture of rigid plastic packaging solutions.

Segments

The company operates through CNA Financial Corporation, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, and Loews Hotels Holding Corporation.

CNA Financial Corporation

CNA Financial Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, CNA) is an insurance holding company. CNA’s property and casualty and remaining life and group insurance operations are primarily conducted by Continental Casualty Company (CCC), The Continental Insurance Company, Western Surety Company, CNA Insurance Company Limited, Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Limited and its subsidiaries (Hardy) and CNA Insurance Company (Europe) S.A. CNA accounted for 83.6% of the company’s consolidated total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023.

CNA’s insurance products primarily include commercial property and casualty coverages, including surety. CNA’s services include warranty, risk management, information services and claims administration. CNA’s products and services are primarily marketed through independent agents, brokers and managing general underwriters to a wide variety of customers, including small, medium and large businesses, insurance companies, associations, professionals and other groups. The property and casualty insurance industry is highly competitive, both as it relates to rate and service. CNA competes with a large number of stock and mutual insurance companies, as well as other entities, for both distributors and customers.

Property & Casualty Operations

CNA’s commercial property and casualty insurance operations (Property & Casualty Operations) includes its Specialty, Commercial and International lines of business.

Specialty

Specialty provides management and professional liability and other coverages through property and casualty products and services using a network of brokers, independent agencies and managing general underwriters. Specialty includes the following business groups:

Management & Professional Liability: Management & Professional Liability consists of the following coverages and products:

professional liability coverages and risk management services to various professional firms, including architects, real estate agents, accounting firms and law firms;

directors and officers (D&O), errors and omissions (E&O), employment practices, fiduciary, fidelity and cyber coverages. Specific areas of focus include small and mid-size firms, public, as well as privately held firms and not-for-profit organizations;

insurance products to serve the health care industry, including professional and general liability as well as associated casualty coverages. Key customer groups include aging services, allied medical facilities, dentists, physicians, nurses and other medical practitioners.

Surety: Surety offers small, medium and large contract and commercial surety bonds. Surety provides surety and fidelity bonds in all 50 states.

Warranty and Alternative Risks: Warranty and Alternative Risks provides extended service contracts and insurance products that provide protection from the financial burden associated with mechanical breakdown and other related losses, primarily for vehicles, portable electronic communication devices and other consumer goods. Service contracts are generally distributed by commission-based independent representatives and sold by auto dealerships and retailers in North America to customers in conjunction with the purchase of a new or used vehicle or new consumer goods. Additionally, CNA’s insurance companies may issue contractual liability insurance policies or guaranteed asset protection reimbursement insurance policies to cover the liabilities of these service contracts issued by affiliated entities or third parties.

Commercial

Commercial works with a network of brokers and independent agents to market a broad range of property and casualty insurance products to all types of insureds, targeting small business, construction, middle markets and other commercial customers. Property products include standard and excess property, marine and boiler and machinery coverages. Casualty products include standard casualty insurance products, such as workers’ compensation, general and product liability, commercial auto, umbrella, and excess and surplus coverages. Most insurance programs are provided on a guaranteed cost basis; however, CNA also offers specialized loss-sensitive insurance programs and total risk management services relating to claim and information services to the large commercial insurance marketplace.

International

International underwrites property and casualty coverages on a global basis through a branch operation in Canada, a European business consisting of insurance companies based in the United Kingdom and Luxembourg and Hardy, CNA’s Lloyd’s of London (Lloyd’s) syndicate.

Property & Casualty Structure

CNA’s commercial property & casualty underwriting operations presence in the United States of America (U.S.) consists of field underwriting locations and centralized processing operations which handle policy processing, billing and collection activities and also act as call centers to optimize service. CNA’s claim operations presence in the U.S. consists of primary locations where it handles multiple claim types and key business functions, as well as regional claim offices which are aligned with CNA’s underwriting field structure. CNA also has property & casualty underwriting operations in Canada, the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Continental Europe, as well as access to business placed at Lloyd’s through Syndicate 382.

Other Insurance Operations

Other Insurance Operations include CNA’s run-off long-term care business, as well as structured settlement obligations not funded by annuities related to certain property and casualty claimants, certain corporate expenses, including interest on CNA corporate debt, and certain property and casualty businesses in run-off, including CNA Re, A&EP, a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation (EWC) policies and certain legacy mass tort reserves.

Regulations

As CNA’s insurance operations are conducted in both domestic and foreign jurisdictions, CNA is subject to a number of regulatory agency requirements applicable to a portion, or all, of CNA’s operations. These include but are not limited to, the State of Illinois Department of Insurance (which is CNA’s global group-wide supervisor), the U.K. Prudential Regulatory Authority and Financial Conduct Authority, the Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions in Canada, the Luxembourg insurance regulator Commissariat aux Assurances and the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

Hardy, a specialized Lloyd’s underwriter, is also supervised by the Council of Lloyd’s, which is the franchisor for all Lloyd’s operations. The Council of Lloyd’s has wide discretionary powers to regulate Lloyd’s underwriting, such as establishing the capital requirements for syndicate participation. In addition, the annual business plan of each syndicate is subject to the review and approval of the Lloyd’s Franchise Board, which is responsible for business planning and monitoring for all syndicates.

The IAIS has adopted a Common Framework (ComFrame) for the supervision of Internationally Active Insurance Groups (“IAIGs”) which is focused on the group-wide supervision of IAIGs, such as CNA. As part of ComFrame, the IAIS has developed a global capital standard that, if adopted in the U.S., would be applicable to U.S.-based IAIGs. Certain elements of ComFrame were incorporated into regulatory guidelines issued by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for application by regulators beginning in 2023.

The NAIC has developed an approach to group capital regulation and solvency-monitoring activities using the Group Capital Calculation (GCC). While historically the U.S. regulatory regime was primarily based on legal entity regulation, the GCC quantifies risk across the insurance group. The GCC was adopted by the NAIC along with model legislative language and attendant regulations, which have been adopted in a number of U.S. states where IAIGs are domiciled, including Illinois. Alongside the GCC, the NAIC has also developed the Aggregation Method (AM) approach to assessing group capital as an alternative to the Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) developed by the IAIS. The AM is influenced by the GCC and calculated in a similar manner. A decision by the IAIS on whether the AM provides comparable outcomes to the ICS is expected in 2024.

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (together with its subsidiaries, Boardwalk Pipelines) engages in the business of transportation and storage of natural gas and natural gas liquids and hydrocarbons (herein referred to together as NGLs). Boardwalk Pipelines also provides ethane supply and transportation services for industrial customers in Louisiana and Texas. Boardwalk Pipelines accounted for 10.3% of the company’s consolidated total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023.

A wholly owned subsidiary of the company’s, Boardwalk Pipelines Holding Corp. (BPHC) owns, directly and indirectly, 100% of the general partner and limited partnership interests of Boardwalk Pipelines.

On September 29, 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines acquired 100% of the equity interests of Williams Olefins Pipeline Holdco LLC (Bayou Ethane) from Williams Field Services Group, LLC.

Boardwalk Pipelines owns and operates approximately 13,455 miles of interconnected natural gas pipelines directly serving customers in thirteen states and indirectly serving customers throughout the northeastern and southeastern U.S. through numerous interconnections with unaffiliated pipelines. Boardwalk Pipelines also owns and operates approximately 855 miles of NGL pipelines in Louisiana and Texas. In 2023, its pipeline systems transported approximately 3.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and approximately 98.5 million barrels (MMBbls) of NGLs. Average daily throughput on Boardwalk Pipelines’ natural gas pipeline systems during 2023 was approximately 10.0 billion cubic feet (Bcf). Boardwalk Pipelines’ natural gas storage facilities are comprised of fourteen underground storage fields located in four states with aggregate working gas capacity of approximately 199.5 Bcf and Boardwalk Pipelines’ NGL storage facilities consist of eleven salt dome caverns located in Louisiana with an aggregate storage capacity of approximately 31.2 MMBbls. Boardwalk Pipelines also owns nine salt dome caverns and related brine infrastructure for use in providing brine supply services and to support the NGL storage operations.

Boardwalk Pipelines’ principal pipeline and storage systems are described below:

The Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC (“Gulf South”) pipeline system runs approximately 7,210 miles along the Gulf Coast in the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The pipeline system has a peak-day delivery capacity of 10.9 Bcf per day and average daily throughput for the year ended December 31, 2023 was 6.5 Bcf per day. Gulf South has ten natural gas storage facilities. The two natural gas storage facilities located in Louisiana and Mississippi have approximately 78.0 Bcf of working gas storage capacity and the eight salt dome natural gas storage caverns in Mississippi have approximately 46.0 Bcf of total storage capacity, of which approximately 29.6 Bcf is working gas capacity. Gulf South also owns undeveloped land which is suitable for up to five additional storage caverns.

The Texas Gas Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) pipeline system, a bi-directional pipeline, runs approximately 5,970 miles and is located in Louisiana, East Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio with smaller diameter lines extending into Illinois. The pipeline system has a peak-day delivery capacity of 6.1 Bcf per day and average daily throughput for the year ended December 31, 2023 was 3.3 Bcf per day. Texas Gas owns nine natural gas storage fields with 84.3 Bcf of working gas storage capacity.

Boardwalk Louisiana Midstream, LLC, Boardwalk Petrochemical Pipeline, LLC and Boardwalk Ethane Pipeline Company, LLC (collectively Louisiana Midstream) provide transportation and storage services for natural gas, NGLs and ethylene, ethane supply services, fractionation services for NGLs and brine supply services. These assets provide approximately 47.9 MMBbls of salt dome storage capacity, including approximately 7.6 Bcf of working natural gas storage capacity, significant brine supply infrastructure, and approximately 310 miles of pipeline assets. Louisiana Midstream owns and operates the Evangeline Pipeline (Evangeline), which is an approximately 180-mile interstate ethylene pipeline that is capable of transporting approximately 4.2 billion pounds of ethylene per year between Texas and Louisiana, with interconnections with its ethylene distribution system. Louisiana Midstream also owns and operates the Bayou Ethane Pipeline, an approximately 380-mile pipeline system originating in Texas, that transports ethane to Southeast Texas and Louisiana. The Bayou Ethane Pipeline provides interstate and intrastate transportation services, with interconnections with its NGL storage facilities. The Bayou Ethane Pipeline has the ability to deliver approximately 55.0 MMBbls of ethane per year. Throughput for Louisiana Midstream was 98.5 MMBbls for the year ended December 31, 2023, including Bayou Ethane Pipeline’s throughput of 9.2 MMBbls from the date of acquisition.

In 2023, Boardwalk Pipelines placed into service approximately $166 million of growth projects which represents approximately 0.3 Bcf per day of firm natural gas transportation capacity and additional capacity on its ethylene pipeline systems. Boardwalk Pipelines expects to spend approximately $310 million on its growth projects under construction through 2025. These projects are expected to add another approximately 0.5 Bcf per day of firm natural gas transportation capacity and additional NGLs capacity. All of Boardwalk Pipelines’ growth projects are secured by long-term firm contracts.

Customers: Boardwalk Pipelines serves a broad mix of customers, including end-use customers, such as electric power generators, local distribution companies, industrial users and exporters of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Boardwalk Pipelines also contracts with other customers, including producers and marketers of natural gas and interstate and intrastate pipelines, who, in turn, provide transportation and storage services for end-users. These customers are located throughout the Gulf Coast, Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S. Boardwalk Pipelines’ delivery market has diversified over time, with increased deliveries to end-use customers, whereas, historically its delivery markets were primarily to other pipelines who then delivered to end-use customers.

Governmental Regulation

The FERC regulates Boardwalk Pipelines’ interstate natural gas transmission operating subsidiaries under the Natural Gas Act of 1938 (“NGA”) and the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA).

Where required, Boardwalk Pipelines’ natural gas pipeline subsidiaries hold certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the FERC covering certain of their facilities, activities and services. The maximum applicable rates that Boardwalk Pipelines’ FERC-regulated subsidiaries may charge for all aspects of the natural gas transportation services they provide, are established through the FERC’s cost-based rate-making process; however, the FERC also allows for discounted or negotiated rates as an alternative to cost-based rates. Some of Boardwalk Pipelines’ other subsidiaries transport natural gas in intrastate commerce under the rules and regulations established by the Texas Railroad Commission and in interstate commerce that is subject to FERC jurisdiction under Section 311 of the NGPA. The maximum rates for services are established under Section 311 of the NGPA and are generally subject to review every five years by the FERC. The rates and terms of service on Boardwalk Pipelines’ interstate ethane transportation pipeline are also subject to regulation by the FERC under, among other statutes, the Interstate Commerce Act (“ICA”) and the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) regulates the rates Boardwalk Pipelines charges for interstate service on its ethylene pipeline systems. The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) regulates the rates Boardwalk Pipelines charges for intrastate service within the state of Louisiana on its petrochemical and NGL pipelines. The STB and LPSC require that Boardwalk Pipelines’ transportation rates are reasonable and that its practices cannot unreasonably discriminate among its shippers.

Boardwalk Pipelines is also regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended (“NGPSA”) and the Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, as amended (HLPSA). The NGPSA and HLPSA govern the design, installation, testing, construction, operation, replacement and management of interstate natural gas and NGL pipeline facilities. Boardwalk Pipelines has authority from PHMSA to operate certain natural gas pipeline assets under issued permits with specific conditions that allow it to operate those pipeline assets at higher than normal operating pressures of up to 0.80 of the pipeline’s Specified Minimum Yield Strength (SMYS).

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 Boardwalk Pipelines to install additional pollution control equipment. For instance, the construction or expansion of pipelines often requires authorizations under the Clean Water Act, which authorizations may be subject to challenge.

Loews Hotels Holding Corporation

Loews Hotels Holding Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, Loews Hotels & Co) operates a chain of 25 hotels. Eleven of these hotels are owned by Loews Hotels & Co, twelve are owned by joint ventures in which Loews Hotels & Co has noncontrolling equity interests and two are managed for unaffiliated owners. Loews Hotels & Co’s earnings are derived from the operation of its owned hotels, its share of earnings in joint venture hotels and hotel management fees earned from both joint venture and managed hotels.

Recent Developments and Growth Projects:

In 2023, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel’s management agreement ended;

In 2023, Loews Hotels & Co acquired a controlling majority equity interest in Live! by Loews, Arlington, Texas, which had previously been a joint venture property;

In the first quarter of 2024, Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center in Arlington, Texas is expected to open with 888 guestrooms and over 250,000 square feet of function space. Loews Hotels & Co will serve as manager and has a controlling majority equity interest in this property; and

Altium Packaging LLC

Altium Packaging is a packaging solutions provider and manufacturer in North America. The business specializes in customized mid- and short-run packaging solutions, serving a diverse customer base in the pharmaceutical, dairy, household chemicals, food/nutraceuticals, industrial/specialty chemicals, water and beverage/juice industries. Altium Packaging develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of extrusion blow-molded and injection molded plastic containers. In addition, Altium Packaging manufactures commodity and differentiated plastic resins from recycled plastic materials. Altium Packaging sells its products throughout North America and its customers include a diverse customer base of many nationally recognized branded food, beverage, consumer products and pharmaceutical companies.

History

Loews Corporation was incorporated in 1969.