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EUR 217.56 For Business Accounts Only

LOEWS CORPORATION: Annual Update of Key Rating Factors

Loews' large cash and investment balances provide strong stand-alone financial flexibility, supporting a higher rating than its operating subsidiaries.
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Loews Corporation

Loews is a holding company and has five reportable segments comprised of four individual operating subsidiaries: CNA Financial Corporation, which provides commercial property and casualty coverages; Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., which provides contract drilling services to the energy industry; Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, which is engaged in the business of natural gas and natural gas liquids and hydrocarbons transportation and storage; Loews Hotels Holding Corporation, which operates a chain of hotels; and the Corporate segment, which includes the operations of Altium Packaging LLC, which is a packaging solutions provider and manufacturer in North America.

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