UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
     
February 10, 2015



LOEWS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



   
Delaware
   
1-6541
   
13-2646102
(State or other jurisdiction
   
(Commission
   
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
   
File Number)
   
Identification No.)



667 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.    
10065-8087
(Address of principal executive offices)    
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   
(212) 521-2000



NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02
     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 
On February 10, 2015, the registrant’s Board of Directors determined to increase the number of directors constituting the Board from 13 to 14 and to elect Charles D. Davidson as a director of the registrant.
 
The registrant’s press release announcing the foregoing is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01
     Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 

(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable.
(c)
Exhibit:


Exhibit Reference
         
           
 
Number
     
Exhibit Description
   
   
99.1
Loews Corporation press release, issued February 10, 2015.

 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


   
LOEWS CORPORATION
   
(Registrant)
   
   
   
   
   
   
Dated:  February 10, 2015
By:
/s/ Gary W. Garson
   
 
Gary W. Garson
   
 
Senior Vice President
   
General Counsel
   
and Secretary


 
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Exhibit 99.1


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Contact:
David B. Edelson
Chief Financial Officer
(212) 521-2439
 
Mary Skafidas
Investor and Public Relations
(212) 521-2788
 

    NEWS RELEASE


Loews Corporation Elects Charles D. Davidson to Its Board of Directors

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2015 -- Loews Corporation (NYSE:L) announced today that Charles D. Davidson has been elected a director of Loews. Mr. Davidson currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Noble Energy, an independent producer of oil and natural gas in the United States and overseas, where he also served as Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to October 2014. In 2014, he announced his retirement from Noble Energy, effective in May of this year.

With the election of Mr. Davidson, the Loews Board consists of 14 directors, 11 of whom qualify as independent directors.

About Loews Corporation

Loews Corporation is a diversified company with four subsidiaries, three of which are publicly-traded: CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE: CNA), Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (NYSE: BWP); and one of which is wholly owned: Loews Hotels & Resorts. For more information please visit www.loews.com.
 
 
 

 

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