Loews 10-Q 2022-03-31

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period From ____________ to _____________

Commission File Number 1-06541

LOEWS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware13-2646102
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

667 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10065-8087

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 521-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01 per shareLNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes☒No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes☒No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐
Emerging growth company☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes☐No ☒

As of April 29, 2022, there were 246,108,045 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

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INDEX

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Part I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets3
March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations4
Three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Loss5
Three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
Consolidated Condensed Statement of Equity6
Three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows7
Three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements8
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations30
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk45
Item 4. Controls and Procedures45
Part II. Other Information45
Item 1. Legal Proceedings45
Item 1A. Risk Factors45
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds45
Item 6. Exhibits47
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

Loews Corporation and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

March 31,December 31,
20222021
(Dollar amounts in millions, except per share data)
Assets:
Investments:
Fixed maturities, amortized cost of $40,928 and $39,952, less allowance for credit loss of $17 and $18$41,945$44,380
Equity securities, cost of $1,496 and $1,5461,5151,674
Limited partnership investments1,9171,933
Other invested assets, primarily mortgage loans, less allowance for credit loss of $16 and $161,0701,091
Short term investments4,6554,860
Total investments51,10253,938
Cash798621
Receivables9,2599,273
Property, plant and equipment9,8969,888
Goodwill348349
Deferred non-insurance warranty acquisition expenses3,5043,476
Deferred acquisition costs of insurance subsidiaries766737
Other assets3,4713,344
Total assets$79,144$81,626
Liabilities and Equity:
Insurance reserves:
Claim and claim adjustment expense$24,348$24,174
Future policy benefits11,93813,236
Unearned premiums5,9425,761
Total insurance reserves42,22843,171
Payable to brokers39690
Short term debt39393
Long term debt8,8838,986
Deferred income taxes7151,079
Deferred non-insurance warranty revenue4,5284,503
Other liabilities4,3064,529
Total liabilities61,44962,451
Commitments and contingent liabilities
Preferred stock, $0.10 par value:
Authorized – 100,000,000 shares
Common stock, $0.01 par value:
Authorized – 1,800,000,000 shares
Issued – 248,596,343 and 248,467,051 shares22
Additional paid-in capital2,8592,885
Retained earnings15,09714,776
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(1,251)186
16,70717,849
Less treasury stock, at cost (2,195,656 and 50,000 shares)(132)(3)
Total shareholders’ equity16,57517,846
Noncontrolling interests1,1201,329
Total equity17,69519,175
Total liabilities and equity$79,144$81,626

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

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Loews Corporation and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 3120222021
(In millions, except per share data)
Revenues:
Insurance premiums$2,059$1,962
Net investment income432550
Investment gains (losses)(11)57
Non-insurance warranty revenue382338
Operating revenues and other540715
Total3,4023,622
Expenses:
Insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits1,4551,506
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs344359
Non-insurance warranty expense354311
Operating expenses and other691914
Interest96125
Total2,9403,215
Income before income tax462407
Income tax expense(92)(114)
Net income370293
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests(32)(32)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$338$261
Basic net income per share$1.36$0.98
Diluted net income per share$1.36$0.97
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Shares of common stock247.97267.39
Dilutive potential shares of common stock0.510.37
Total weighted average shares outstanding assuming dilution248.48267.76

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

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Loews Corporation and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 3120222021

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements included under Item 1 of this Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements, Risk Factors, and MD&A included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. This MD&A is comprised of the following sections:

Page No.
Overview30
Results of Operations31
Consolidated Financial Results31
CNA Financial32
Boardwalk Pipelines37
Loews Hotels & Co38
Corporate38
Liquidity and Capital Resources39
Parent Company39
Subsidiaries40
Investments41
Critical Accounting Estimates44
Accounting Standards Update44
Forward-Looking Statements44

OVERVIEW

Loews Corporation is a holding company and has four reportable segments comprised of three individual consolidated operating subsidiaries, CNA Financial Corporation (“CNA”), Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (“Boardwalk Pipelines”) and Loews Hotels Holding Corporation (“Loews Hotels & Co”); and the Corporate segment. The Corporate segment is primarily comprised of Loews Corporation, excluding its operating subsidiaries, the consolidated operations of Altium Packaging LLC (“Altium Packaging”) for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the equity method of accounting for Altium Packaging for the three months ended March 31, 2022. For information regarding the deconsolidation of Altium Packaging, see Note 2 of the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Company” as used herein means Loews Corporation including its consolidated subsidiaries, the terms “Parent Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or like terms as used herein mean Loews Corporation excluding its subsidiaries, the term “Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation” as used herein means Net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation shareholders and the term “subsidiaries” means Loews Corporation’s consolidated subsidiaries.

We rely upon our invested cash balances and distributions from our subsidiaries to generate the funds necessary to meet our obligations and to declare and pay any dividends to our shareholders. The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends is subject to, among other things, the availability of sufficient earnings and funds in such subsidiaries, applicable state laws, including in the case of the insurance subsidiaries of CNA, laws and rules governing the payment of dividends by regulated insurance companies (see Note 14 of the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021) and compliance with covenants in their respective loan agreements. Claims of creditors of our subsidiaries will generally have priority as to the assets of such subsidiaries over our claims and those of our creditors and shareholders.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Consolidated Financial Results

The following table summarizes net income (loss) attributable to Loews Corporation by segment and net income (loss) per share attributable to Loews Corporation for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021:

Three Months Ended March 3120222021
(In millions, except per share data)
CNA Financial$281$279
Boardwalk Pipelines9185
Loews Hotels & Co15(43)
Corporate(49)(60)
Net income attributable to Loews Corporation$338$261
Basic net income per share$1.36$0.98
Diluted net income per share$1.36$0.97

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $338 million, or $1.36 per share, compared to net income attributable to Loews Corporation of $261 million, or $0.97 per share in the comparable 2021 period.

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation increased for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to the comparable prior year period as CNA, Boardwalk Pipelines, and Loews Hotels & Co all generated strong operating results. CNA experienced higher property & casualty non-catastrophe underwriting results and lower catastrophe losses, offset by lower net investment income and investment losses compared to investment gains in the comparable prior year period. Loews Hotels & Co’s results improved significantly as the company continues its recovery from reduced travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Boardwalk Pipelines’ earnings increased due to higher revenues from growth projects recently placed into service. The parent company generated lower net investment income than in the comparable prior year period.

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CNA Financial

The following table summarizes the results of operations for CNA for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 as presented in Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements included under Item 1 of this Report. For further discussion of Net investment income and Investment gains (losses), see the Investments section of this MD&A.

Three Months Ended March 3120222021
(In millions)
Revenues:
Insurance premiums$2,059$1,962
Net investment income448504
Invest

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

There were no material changes in our market risk components as of March 31, 2022. See the Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk included under Item 7A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for further information. Additional information related to portfolio duration and market conditions is discussed in the Investments section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included under Part I, Item 2.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

The Company maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), which is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act, including this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis. These disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management on a timely basis to allow decisions regarding required disclosure.

The Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer (“CEO”) and principal financial officer (“CFO”) conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Report and, based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2022.

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2022 that have materially affected or that are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Information on our legal proceedings is set forth in Note 9 to the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements included under Part I, Item 1.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 includes a discussion of material risk factors facing the Company. There have been no material changes to such risk factors as of the date of this Report.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Items 2 (a) and (b) are inapplicable.

(c) STOCK REPURCHASES

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Period(a) Total number of shares purchased(b) Average price paid per share(c) Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs(d) Maximum number of shares (or approximate dollar value) of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (in millions)
January 1, 2022 - January 31, 2022242,440$57.82N/AN/A
February 1, 2022 - February 28, 2022878,70060.71N/AN/A
March 1, 2022 - March 31, 20221,024,51660.58N/AN/A
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Item 6. Exhibits.

Description of ExhibitExhibit Number
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)31.1*
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)31.2*
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)32.1*
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)32.2*
XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document101.INS *
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema101.SCH *
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase101.CAL *
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase101.DEF *
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase101.LAB *
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase101.PRE *
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)104*

*Filed herewith.

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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: May 2, 2022By:/s/ David B. Edelson
DAVID B. EDELSON
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Duly authorized officer and principal financial officer)
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