Loews Corporation

Name

Loews Corporation

Legal name

Loews Corporation

Website

https://loews.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Insurance Premiums (CNA Financial): CNA Financial generates revenue through property and casualty insurance premiums, providing coverage to businesses across multiple industries including commercial property, casualty, and specialty lines.
2. Pipeline Transportation (Boardwalk Pipelines): Boardwalk Pipelines generates fee-based revenue from natural gas transportation and storage services through its pipeline network.
3. Hotel and Hospitality (Loews Hotels & Co): Loews Hotels & Co generates revenue from hotel operations, owning and operating 27 hotels across the United States, including room rentals, food and beverage, and event services.
4. Packaging Products (Altium Packaging): Altium Packaging generates revenue from manufacturing and selling packaging solutions including plastic containers, bottles, and healthcare packaging products.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Loews Corporation is a diversified holding company that owns and operates four independent subsidiaries: CNA Financial (commercial property and casualty insurance), Boardwalk Pipelines (natural gas transportation and storage), Loews Hotels & Co (hospitality with 27 hotels across the United States), and Altium Packaging (rigid plastic containers and packaging products). The parent company allocates capital across these businesses and pursues long-term shareholder value through conservative financial management and a 55+ year track record of dividend payments.

Product overview

Loews Corporation is a diversified multi-industry holding company structured as a platform of distinct subsidiaries, each operating in separate industries. The portfolio consists of four core subsidiaries: CNA Financial (property and casualty insurance), Boardwalk Pipelines (natural gas midstream), Loews Hotels & Co (hospitality), and Altium Packaging (rigid plastic packaging). These subsidiaries operate independently under the Loews umbrella, which provides capital allocation and strategic oversight while allowing each business unit to focus on its respective industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CNA Financial CNA Financial Corporation is a property and casualty insurance company providing commercial lines insurance products and services to businesses, professionals, and organizations across multiple industries.
• Boardwalk Pipelines Boardwalk Pipelines operates interstate natural gas transmission systems providing natural gas storage and transportation services across the United States.
• Loews Hotels & Co Loews Hotels & Co is a hospitality company that owns and operates 27 hotels across the United States, offering lodging, dining, and event services to leisure and business travelers in major destinations including Arlington, Kansas City, St. Louis, Coral Gables, and Orlando.
• Altium Packaging Altium Packaging is a packaging manufacturer producing rigid plastic containers, bottles, and specialized packaging solutions for consumer goods, healthcare, and industrial applications, operating facilities across North America.

Quantifiable outcome

• Book value per share increased to $90.90 as of March 31, 2026 from $90.71 at year-end 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Spire Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2026Boardwalk Pipelines (a Loews subsidiary) completed acquisition of Spire Marketing from Spire Inc. for approximately $215 million, rebranding it as Boardwalk Continuum Marketing. This expands Boardwalk's gas marketing capabilities.
• St. Louis Ballpark VillageminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 October 2017Loews Hotels & Co announced its first St. Louis property as part of Ballpark Village's $260 million expansion project.
• KC Hotel Developers LLCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2017Loews Hotels & Co partnered with KC Hotel Developers LLC on a new Kansas City Convention Center Hotel development project.
• The Cordish CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 May 2017Loews Hotels partnered with The Cordish Companies and Texas Rangers on the Texas Live! project, including a $150 million flagship hotel at the Arlington entertainment complex. This is a major multi-billion dollar expansion program including developments in Arlington, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; Coral Gables, Florida; and Orlando, Florida.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Berkshire Hathaway: Berkshire Hathaway is the most direct comparable to Loews as a publicly traded diversified holding company with a major P&C insurance operation (GEICO, General Re), large-scale energy and infrastructure assets, and a multi-decade track record of family-led stewardship and opportunistic capital allocation.
• Markel Corporation: Markel is a specialty insurance-led holding company with diversified operating businesses across insurance, reinsurance, and industrial operations, closely mirroring Loews's insurance-anchored holding company model and long-duration value investing orientation.
• Fairfax Financial Holdings: Fairfax is a Canadian-domiciled diversified financial holding company with P&C insurance, reinsurance, and a portfolio of operating subsidiaries, sharing Loews's model of using insurance float to support long-term holding company investments and opportunistic acquisitions.
• Jefferies Financial Group: Formerly Leucadia National, Jefferies is a diversified holding company with capital markets, investment banking, and various operating businesses. Like Loews, it operates as a long-duration holding vehicle with multi-sector exposure and emphasizes capital allocation flexibility.
• White Mountains Insurance Group: White Mountains is a Bermuda-based insurance holding company with specialty P&C, reinsurance, and asset management operations, structured similarly to Loews with insurance at the core and selective diversified operating exposures, plus a long-term shareholder-return orientation.

Broad incumbents

• Brookfield Asset Management: Brookfield is a large alternative asset manager and holding company with significant infrastructure, real assets, and operating businesses. It is a broader-scale incumbent in the diversified holding/infrastructure space with overlapping exposure to energy infrastructure similar to Boardwalk Pipelines.
• The Travelers Companies: Travelers is a large publicly traded P&C insurer with a commercial lines franchise broadly comparable to CNA Financial. While not a holding company peer, it serves as a relevant benchmark for evaluating CNA's underwriting performance and valuation within Loews's portfolio.
• Enbridge: Enbridge is a major North American midstream energy company operating natural gas pipelines, storage, and related infrastructure, making it a comparable for Boardwalk Pipelines' core fee-based transportation and storage franchise.
• Hilton Worldwide Holdings: Hilton is one of the largest publicly traded lodging companies globally with a franchise-driven model. It is a broader-scale incumbent in the U.S. hospitality market in which Loews Hotels & Co's 27-property portfolio competes.
• Berry Global Group: Berry Global is a major publicly traded manufacturer of plastic packaging products serving consumer, healthcare, and industrial end markets, making it a relevant broader-scale incumbent comparable to Altium Packaging within Loews's packaging segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments1 record

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