============================================================================== 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: December 1, 2003 ---------------------------- (Date of earliest event reported): December 1, 2003 ---------------------------- LOEWS CORPORATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 1-6541 13-2646102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 667 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021-8087 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (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) ============================================================================== Page 1 of 2 Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits (a) Not applicable. (b) Not applicable. (c) Exhibits: Exhibit No. Description ---------- ----------- 99.1 CNA Financial Corporation press release, issued December 1, 2003 Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure On December 1, 2003, CNA Financial Corporation, a 90% owned subsidiary, issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Group Benefits business to Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. for approximately $500 million. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. The information in this Report (including the exhibit) is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Report shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. 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 ----------------- Dated: December 1, 2003 By: /s/ Gary W. Garson ---------------------- Gary W. Garson, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Page 2 of 2