8-K

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) August 13, 2013

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.)

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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 August 13, 2013, the registrant’s Board of Directors determined to increase the number of directors constituting the Board to 14 and to elect Anthony Welters as a director of the registrant, with both such actions to become effective on October 8, 2013.

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 August 13, 2013.

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:  August 14, 2013	By:	/s/ Gary W. Garson
		Gary W. Garson
		Senior Vice President
		General Counsel
		and Secretary

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Contact: Mary Skafidas Investor and Public Relations (212) 521-2788  

NEWS RELEASE

Loews Corporation Elects Mr. Anthony Welters

To its Board of Directors

NEW YORK, August 13, 2013 – Loews Corporation (NYSE:L) announced today that Anthony Welters has been elected a director of Loews, to take office effective October 8, 2013.  Mr. Welters is Executive Vice President and a member of the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated.  He is also Chairman of the Boards of the Morehouse School of Medicine and of New York University School of Law.

With the election of Mr. Welters, the Loews Board will consist of 14 directors, 11 of whom qualify as independent directors.

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Loews Corporation is one of the largest diversified companies in the United States.  Its principal subsidiaries are CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE:CNA), a 90% owned subsidiary; Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO), a 50.4% owned subsidiary; Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (NYSE:BWP), a 53% owned subsidiary; HighMount Exploration & Production LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary; and Loews Hotels, a wholly owned subsidiary.

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